Dame Eileen June Atkins, DBE is an English actress and screenwriter. Atkins joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1957 and made her Broadway debut in the 1966 production of
The Killing of Sister George, for which she received the first of four Tony Award nominations for Best Actress in a Play in 1967. She received subsequent nominations for,
Vivat! Vivat Regina! (1972),
Indiscretions (1995) and
The Retreat from Moscow (2004).
Atkins co-created the television dramas
Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1975) and
The House of Elliot (1991–1994) with
Jean Marsh. She also wrote the screenplay for the 1997 film
Mrs Dalloway.
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