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- She's now a main cast member on one of the U.K.'s most popular drama series, Doc Martin. Atkins joined in season five as Ruth Ellingham, a retired forensic psychiatrist who's also the aunt of Martin Clunes' title character.
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Oct 2, 2017 · Acting legend and star of Cranford and The Crown, Dame Eileen Atkins reveals how her Doc Martin character, Aunt Ruth, has become an unexpected role model.
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In September 2011, Atkins joined the cast of ITV comedy-drama series Doc Martin playing the title character's aunt, Ruth Ellingham. [3] She remained with the series until the show ended in 2022. Atkins starred as Lady Spence with Matthew Rhys in an adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's The Scapegoat, shown in September 2012. [16]
Sep 4, 2022 · Dame Eileen Atkins joined the regular cast in series five in 2011 to play Ruth Ellingham, aunt of the Doc, and a criminal psychiatrist. She had travelled to Portwenn for the funeral of her sister Joan, who had left her her farm in her will, and she decided to stay.
Jun 28, 2022 · DAME EILEEN ATKINS is known for her role as Ruth Ellingham in Doc Martin and she has played the character since 2011. How old is the actress? By Katie Palmer , Senior TV Reporter
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Eileen Atkins. Actress: Gosford Park. Eileen Atkins was born in a Salvation Army Women's Hostel in north London. Her father was a gas meter reader; her mother, a seamstress and barmaid. A drama teacher taught her how to drop her Cockney accent, and she studied Shakespeare and Greek tragedies.
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Oct 21, 2021 · She's now a main cast member on one of the U.K.'s most popular drama series, Doc Martin. Atkins joined in season five as Ruth Ellingham, a retired forensic psychiatrist who's also the aunt of Martin Clunes' title character.
Jan 11, 2019 · With a long and distinguished acting career, Dame Eileen Atkins is well versed in dealing with the perils of location filming. Shooting the new season of "Doc Martin" on the windswept cliffs of the North Cornwall coast on a bitterly cold Spring day proved a challenge.
