Harriet Thorpe was born on June 8, 1957. She attended London’s Central School of Speech and Drama before having success in television, playing the depressed and emotionally-unfit mother in The Brittas Empire (1991), and Fleur in Absolutely Fabulous (1992); the character first seen in Season One with her friends and coworkers Magda (Kathy Burke) and Catriona (Helen Lederer).
Harriet Thorpe
Movies
Calendar Girls
Middle aged Chris Harper (Dame Helen Mirren) and Annie Clarke (Dame Julie Walters) are best friends. They spend much of their time at their local Knapely, Yorkshire County chapter of the Women’s Institute (WI), whose motto is “enlightenment, fun, and friendship”. Although they like most of the women at the…
Songs
Fun Facts
Sister of actress Matilda Thorpe.
Lost weight during the latter half of her stint on "The Brittas Empire"". Regained it when returning to ""Absolutely Fabulous"".
Daughter of writers Edward Thorpe and Gillian Freeman.
Mother of actor Jack Thorpe Baker."