Zoë Wanamaker
Birthday: 13 May 1949, New York City, New York, USA
Height: 161 cm
Zoë Wanamaker was born on May 13, 1949 in New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for My Family (2000), Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) and My Week with Marilyn (2011 ...Show More
Learning the scripts is agony. Robert Lindsay is very fast. He seems to have a genuinely photographi Show more
Learning the scripts is agony. Robert Lindsay is very fast. He seems to have a genuinely photographic memory, which is very irritating! Hide
I did a Who Do You Think You Are? (2004) last year and I was taken to see the FBI files in Washingto Show more
I did a Who Do You Think You Are? (2004) last year and I was taken to see the FBI files in Washington. Daddy's file, full of bits blanked out, is that thick! I discovered that he must have been tipped off in 1951 that he was going to be subpoenaed by McCarthy's committee, so he took a film job in England, and we came over, Mummy and my elder sister and I, on the Queen Mary. Hide
It's wonderful that a show that's so normal could go on for so long. It's not cutting-edge, but it h Show more
It's wonderful that a show that's so normal could go on for so long. It's not cutting-edge, but it has still struck a chord, because everyone can sit down and watch it without being offended. It's gentle, warm and loving. (On My Family (2000)) Hide
One thing we did discuss, before he [father Sam Wanamaker] died, was whether I should take over the Show more
One thing we did discuss, before he [father Sam Wanamaker] died, was whether I should take over the Globe. And we agreed 190 per cent that it was not my thing. I don't want to be a director, or to have responsibility for hundreds of people. So that was a relief. Hide
Although actually American - "When in America I feel British, and proud of it!"
Although actually American - "When in America I feel British, and proud of it!"
On not having children: "And children? 'I don't have any regrets about not having had children. What Show more
On not having children: "And children? 'I don't have any regrets about not having had children. What's the point? It's just something else to beat yourself up over." Hide
[Arthur Miller's "All My Sons"] starts quietly, and then just builds. It's just genius writing. You Show more
[Arthur Miller's "All My Sons"] starts quietly, and then just builds. It's just genius writing. You can turn this play on a sixpence! There's so much guilt in it, it's quite Greek - Man or god makes a mistake and it keeps coming back to haunt us. Hide
I don't have the confidence to be a personality.
I don't have the confidence to be a personality.
Zoë Wanamaker's FILMOGRAPHY
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Zoë Wanamaker'S roles
