Editing Maureen Lipman (section)

==Career==
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===Theatre===
Lipman worked extensively in the theatre following her début in a stage production of ''[[The Knack …and How to Get It|The Knack]]'' at the [[Watford Palace Theatre]]. In order to get the post, she pretended that a documentary producer wanted to follow her finding her first job – this was a lie but it seemed to work.<ref>Dunn, Kate. ''Exit Through the Fireplace'', [[John Murray (publishing house)|John Murray]], 1998.{{ISBN |978-0719554759}}</ref><ref name = Walsh>{{cite news|title= Agony!: Maureen Lipman talks to John Walsh|author= Walsh, John|work = [[The Independent]]|date = 22 October 2011|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/agony-maureen-lipman-talks-to-john-walsh-1074073.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/agony-maureen-lipman-talks-to-john-walsh-1074073.html |archive-date=12 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date = 29 January 2021}}</ref>

Lipman was a member of [[Laurence Olivier]]'s <!-- Did not gain the 'Royal' tag until 1988, so it is anachronistic to use the form here. -->[[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre Company]] at the [[Old Vic]] from 1971 to 1973 and of the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] for its 1973 [[Stratford on Avon|Stratford]] season.<ref>{{cite book|title=Who's Who in the Theatre|publisher=Pitman|location=London, UK|page=426|volume=1|edition=17|oclc=567386306}}</ref>

Lipman has continued to work in the theatre for more than fifty years, playing, among other roles, Aunt Eller in the National Theatre's ''[[Oklahoma!]]''.<ref name = Walsh/><ref name="Frazer Oct 2020"/>

From November 2005 to April 2006 she played [[Florence Foster Jenkins]] in the [[Laurence Olivier Award|Olivier Award]]-nominated show ''Glorious!'' at the [[Duchess Theatre]] in London's [[West End theatre|West End]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2005/nov/03/theatre3 |title=Maureen Lipman on soprano Florence Foster Jenkins | work= [[The Guardian]] |access-date=23 January 2011 |location=London |date=3 November 2005}}</ref>

From October 2010 to February 2011, Lipman starred in a production of [[J. B. Priestley|J.B. Priestley]]'s ''[[When We Are Married]]'' at the [[Garrick Theatre]]. In 2012, she directed and appeared in a production of ''[[Barefoot in the Park]]'' on tour and starred in ''[[Old Money (play)|Old Money]]'' at [[Hampstead Theatre]]. In 2013, she starred in ''Daytona'' at the [[Park Theatre (London)|Park Theatre]] followed by a tour, and in 2014 a season at the [[Theatre Royal Haymarket]]. In 2015, she starred with [[James Dreyfus]] in [[Mary Chase (playwright)|Mary Chase]]'s play ''[[Harvey (play)|Harvey]]'' at [[Birmingham Repertory Theatre]], on tour and at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. In 2016, she starred in ''[[My Mother Said I Never Should]]'' at the [[The Other Palace|St. James Theatre]]. In 2017, she starred with [[Felicity Kendal]] in a revival of ''[[Lettice and Lovage]]'' at the [[Menier Chocolate Factory]]. In 2018, she starred with [[Martin Shaw]] in ''[[The Best Man (play)|The Best Man]]'' at the [[Playhouse Theatre, London|Playhouse Theatre]], as well as returning to the [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe]] for the first time in fifty years with a one-woman show of jokes and storytelling called ''Up For It''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Review: Maureen Lipman Is Up For It|url=https://theweereview.com/review/maureen-lipman-is-up-for-it/ |date=10 August 2018|access-date=28 January 2021|work=The Wee Review|last=Teakle|first=Kerry}}</ref>

===Television===
After early appearances in the sitcoms ''[[The Lovers (1970 TV series)|The Lovers]]'', and ''[[Doctor at Large (TV series)|Doctor at Large]]'', and a role in ''[[The Evacuees]]'' (1975),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a53da70|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427205442/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a53da70|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 April 2017|title=The Evacuees (1975)|website=[[BFI]]|access-date = 30 January 2021}}</ref> Lipman first gained prominence on television in the situation comedy ''[[Agony (TV series)|Agony]]'' (1979–81), in which she played an [[agony aunt]] with a troubled private life. In her role as Stella Craven in ''[[Smiley's People (TV series)|Smiley's People]]'' (1982), Lipman appeared with [[Alec Guinness]].

She performed the [[Joyce Grenfell]] monologue ''The Committee'' for the first time on ''[[The Green Tie on the Little Yellow Dog]]'', which was recorded 1982, and broadcast by [[Channel 4]] in 1983.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bright-thoughts.co.uk/monologues-02.html|title=Comic & Dramatic Monologues|work=The Green Tie on the Little Yellow Dog production website|accessdate=22 April 2022}}</ref>
[[File:Maureen Lipman performing as Joyce Grenfell.jpg|thumb|Lipman performing as Joyce Grenfell in [[The Green Tie on the Little Yellow Dog|''The Green Tie on the Little Yellow Dog'']]]]
She played the lead role in the television series ''[[All at No 20]]''<ref name="Number 2-">{{cite web |date=5 May 2020 |title=All at Number 20 |url=https://www.britishclassiccomedy.co.uk/all-at-number-20-1986 |access-date=29 January 2021 |website=British Classic Comedy}}</ref> (1986–87) and took on a range of diverse characters when starring in the series of comedy plays ''[[About Face (TV series)|About Face]]'' (1989–91).<ref>{{cite web |title=About Face |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/about_face/ |access-date=31 January 2021 |website=[[British Comedy Guide]]}}</ref> She is known for playing [[Joyce Grenfell]] in the biographical show ''Re: Joyce!'',<ref name="Aaronovitch JQ">{{cite magazine |last=Aaronovitch |first=David|author-link = David Aaronovitch |title= Maureen Lipman in conversation with David Aaronovitch|url=https://www.jewishquarterly.org/issuearchive/article335f.html?articleid=268 |magazine=[[Jewish Quarterly]] |date = Winter 2006–2007 | access-date=29 January 2021}}</ref> which she co-wrote with [[James Roose-Evans]].

In 1996 she appeared in the BBC comedy drama ''[[Eskimo Day]]'', written by husband [[Jack Rosenthal]] and directed by [[Piers Haggard]], about the trials and tribulations of three young would-be students as they arrive with their families at [[Queens' College, Cambridge]], on interview day.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1361887/ |title=BFI Screenonline: Eskimo Day (1996) |publisher=Screenonline.org.uk |date= |accessdate=13 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116230/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm|title=Eskimo Day|publisher=IMDb.com|accessdate=14 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00gq60w |title=BBC Four – Eskimo Day |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=11 January 2009 |accessdate=13 May 2014}}</ref> There was a sequel, ''Cold Enough for Snow'', in 1997.

She appeared as snooty landlady [[Lillian Spencer (Coronation Street)|Lillian Spencer]] in ''[[Coronation Street]]'' for six episodes in 2002. The character was employed by [[Fred Elliott]]  ([[John Savident]]) to run [[Rovers Return Inn|The Rovers Return Inn]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Deans|first=Jason|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/may/30/broadcasting2|title=Lipman to pull pints at the Rovers|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=30 May 2002|access-date=22 November 2019}}</ref> She re-joined the cast of ''Coronation  Street'' in August 2018, this time playing [[Evelyn Plummer]], the long-lost grandmother of [[Tyrone Dobbs]] ([[Alan Halsall]]).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-45056391|title=Maureen Lipman joining Coronation Street|date=3 August 2018|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=19 September 2018}}</ref>

In 2003 she appeared in ''[[Jonathan Creek]]'' in the episode "The Tailor's Dummy". Lipman played Maggie Wych in the children's television show ''[[The Fugitives (TV series)|The Fugitives]]'', broadcast in 2005. She has narrated two television series on the subject of design, one for [[UKTV]] about [[Art Deco]] and one about 20th-century design for [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]/[[Sky Travel]].

She performed as a villain, [[List of Doctor Who villains#The Wire|The Wire]], in the 2006 series of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in the episode entitled "[[The Idiot's Lantern]]".<ref>{{cite web|first=Dek|last=Hogan|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/british-tv/dekstvdiary/a33522/unwire-the-doctor.html|title=Unwire The Doctor|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|date=28 May 2006|access-date=29 January 2021}}</ref>

She has also appeared on ''[[Just a Minute]]'',<ref name="Just a Minute">{{cite web |date=18 September 2003 |title=Just a Minute 18/09/2003 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007jpqc |website=[[BBC Radio 4]]}}</ref> ''[[The News Quiz]]'',<ref name="News Quiz">{{cite web |title=The News Quiz: Series 45, Episode 6 |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/radio/the_news_quiz/episodes/45/6/ |access-date=29 January 2021 |website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref> ''[[That Reminds Me]]'', ''[[This Week (BBC TV series)|This Week]]'' and ''[[Have I Got News for You]]''.<ref name="HIGNY 2016">{{cite web |date=11 November 2016 |title=Have I Got News for You Series 52 Episode 6 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b082qkyv |access-date=29 January 2021 |website=[[BBC One]]}}</ref> In 2007, Lipman appeared as a celebrity contestant on ''[[Comic Relief Does The Apprentice]]'' to raise money for [[Comic Relief (charity)|Comic Relief]]. The show saw her helping to run a [[funfair]]. Later in 2007, she made a guest appearance in ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]''; this was followed by an appearance in a December 2011 episode of the ''Casualty'' spin-off ''[[Holby City]]'', playing a different character.

In May 2008, she appeared in the [[BBC]] documentary series ''[[Comedy Map of Britain]]''.<ref name="Comedy Map">{{cite web |date=2 May 2008 |title=Comedy Map of Britain: Series 2 – Newcastle to Leeds |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00b7zt0 |access-date=29 January 2021 |website=[[BBC Two]]}}</ref> On Sunday 11 January 2009, [[BBC Four]] was devoted to a "Maureen Lipman Night".<ref name="BBC Four">{{cite web |date= 11 January 2009 |title=Schedules: Sunday 11 January 2009 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl6b/2009/01/11 |access-date=29 January 2021 |website=[[BBC Four]]}}</ref> On 5 February 2009, she appeared in the third series of teen drama ''[[Skins (British TV series)|Skins]]'', in the episode entitled "Thomas" as [[Pandora Moon]]'s Aunt Elizabeth.

She played Irene Spencer in the [[ITV3]] comedy ''[[Ladies of Letters]]'', in which she starred alongside [[Anne Reid]]. The show's first series started in 2009, and it returned for a second series in 2010.

===Film===
Lipman made an early film appearance in ''[[Up the Junction (1968 film)|Up the Junction]]'' (1968).<ref name="Frazer Oct 2020"/> She played the title character's mother in [[Roman Polanski]]'s film ''[[The Pianist (2002 film)|The Pianist]]'' (2002).<ref name="Frazer Oct 2020"/>

In the 1999 film ''[[Solomon & Gaenor]]'', the character she played spoke [[Yiddish]] throughout.<ref name = Walsh/>

===Advertising===

In 1987,<ref>{{cite web |title='You Got An Ology?' – 1987 – The Launch of the BT Beattie Ads... |date=23 January 2007 |url=http://centuryads.blogspot.com/2007/01/you-got-ology-1987-launch-of-bt-beattie.html |access-date=25 April 2019}}</ref> she was cast as the character "Beatrice Bellman" ("Beatie/BT"), a Jewish grandmother in a series of television commercials for [[British Telecom]],<ref name = Walsh/> a role which became sufficiently well known to launch a book ''You Got An Ology'' in 1989,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lipman |first1=Maureen |last2=Phillips |first2=Richard |title=You Got An Ology |date=1989 |publisher=Robson Books |isbn=0860515982 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/yougotology00lipm }}</ref> and which was still referred to 25 years later by politicians.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nigel Farage: Maureen Lipman to blame for too many people with degrees |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ukip/10745193/Nigel-Farage-Maureen-Lipman-to-blame-for-too-many-people-with-degrees.html |access-date=25 April 2019 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=4 April 2014}}</ref>

===Books, newspapers and magazines===
After her husband died in May 2004 she completed his autobiography ''By Jack Rosenthal'', and played herself in her daughter's four-part adaptation of the book, ''Jack Rosenthal's Last Act'', on [[BBC Radio Four]] in July 2006.<ref name="Frazer Oct 2020"/> Her anthology, ''The Gibbon's In Decline But The Horse Is Stable'', is a book of animal poems that is illustrated by established cartoonists, including [[Posy Simmonds]] and [[Gerald Scarfe]], to raise money for Myeloma UK, to combat the cancer to which she lost her husband.

She also wrote a monthly column for ''[[Good Housekeeping]]'' magazine<ref name = Walsh/> for more than ten years,<ref name="Frazer Oct 2020">{{cite news |last=Frazer |first=Jenni |date=9 October 2020 |title=Dame Maureen Lipman: It was a world record for me to keep quiet for nine weeks! |work=[[Jewish News]] |url=https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/dame-maureen-lipman-it-was-a-world-record-for-me-to-keep-quiet-for-nine-weeks/ |access-date=29 January 2021}}</ref> which formed the basis for several autobiographical books, including ''How Was It For You?'', ''Something To Fall Back On'', ''Thank You For Having Me'', ''You Can Read Me Like A Book'' and ''Lip Reading''. Lipman has also contributed a weekly column in ''[[The Guardian]]'' in the newspaper's ''G2'' section.

She writes for ''[[The Oldie]]''<ref name="Frazer Oct 2020"/><ref name="Oldie">{{cite web |title=Maureen Lipman |url=https://www.theoldie.co.uk/about-us/contributors/maureen-lipman |access-date=28 January 2021 |website=[[The Oldie]]}}</ref> and is on the editorial advisory board of ''[[Jewish Renaissance]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web |title=Meet the team |url=https://www.jewishrenaissance.org.uk/meet-the-team |work=[[Jewish Renaissance]] |access-date= 28 January 2021}}</ref>