Harrow, Lisa

Born April 25, 1943 in Auckland , a suburb of Mount Eden in the family of Kenneth Mayo Harrow and Eleanor Joan Harrow (nee Stackpool) ^[2] . She studied at Auckland University , later in 1968 she graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and joined the BBC Radio theater troupe.

The theater career of Lisa Harrow began in the troupe of the Royal Shakespeare Company , playing the roles of Olivia in the comedy " Twelfth Night " directed by John Burton, along with Judy Dench and Portia in the play "The Merchant of Venice " with Patrick Stewart . She played such leading roles in British theaters as Juliet (along with John Hurt , who played the role of Romeo ) on the stage of the Belgrade Theater in Coventry and Anne Whitfield in the play "The Man and the Superman" along with Peter O'Toole on the stage of the Royal Theater on ul. Haymarket , London.

Harrow has performed on stage throughout America. She played the central role of Vivian Bearing in the play Wit, (which won the Pulitzer Prize ), which went on for a long time on the stages of Off Broadway , New York City. She was named a 2001 performer in Pittsburgh for her role as Medea . She also played the roles of Ranevskaya in The Cherry Orchard at the Yale Repertoire Theater and the role of Katie Keller in the play All My Sons on the stage of the Chattanooga Theater. From October 3 to December 4, 2009, she played the role of Creusa in the play " Ion " by Euripides at the Shakespeare Theater in Washington ^[3] .

Harrow is known for her role as Nancy Astor (the first female member of the House of Commons ) in the 1982 drama Air Force Channel Nancy Astor. The film was also shown in the United States as part of the PBS Masterpiece Theater series .

Her first film role was the role of Glenda Jackson in the Italian film The Devil Is a Woman (1974). In 1975, Harrow played the role of Helen Anderson in the film adaptation of James Herriot 's book All Creatures Great and Small, and Simon Yard and Anthony Hopkins also took part in the film. The following year, she played the same role in the sequel It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet, along with John Alderton and Colin Blackley.

In 1978, Harrow became a guest actress in The Rack in the second season of The Professionals, starring Brian Clemens as the attorney in the CI5 investigation court. Also this year, she played the role of Assistant Controller Lynn Blake in the television series "1990" Channel BBC

Harrow played the role of journalist Kate Reynolds in the horror film “ Omen 3: The Last Battle ” (1981), playing with Sam Nill . She also worked together in Krzysztof Zanussi's film From a Far Country. In 1985, Harrow starred in the New Zealand film "Shaker Run." In 1987, she played the role of Lizzie Dickinson in the BBC series Lizzie's Pictures. In 1990, Harrow played the tongue-sharp, intriguing wife in a family of wealthy brewers in the 13 episode Sins of the Father on ITV's Inspector Morse television series, along with actor John Toe . This year, she also played in the ABC miniseries Come In Spinner and played the role of Imogen Donahue in Poirot's The Kidnapped Prime Minister, based on a piece by Agatha Christie. In 1992, Harrow won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her work in The Last Days of Chez Nous (1992). She played the role of Lizzy Kawagha's wife in the British television series Kavanagh QC, where Tau also played. After filming in the third series (shown in 1997), she left work on the program to move to America.

In 2014, Harrow played Marion in the New Zealand television series Step Dave.

In 2015, she received the award [[Order of Merit (New Zealand) ^[4] for her services in the field of dramatic art.

In the 1980s, she was married to actor Sam Nill. ^[5] Their son Tim was born in 1983.

She is currently married to a biologist, whale specialist Roger Payne and lives in Vermont , USA. Payne is the founder and president of the Ocean Alliance. He and scientist Scott McVeigh discovered that the humpback whales emit long-lasting complex and seemingly erratic signals, which they called " Song of the Whale ." Scientists have written a lecture / presentation series entitled “'SeaChange: Reversing the Tide” ^[6] .

Lisa Harrow - author of the environmental book What Can I Do? (What can I do?), Published by selected publications in Australia, New Zealand, the UK and the USA. She has a website for promoting the book ^[7] . The name of the publication in the USA is listed below

• Harrow, Lisa. What can I do? : an alphabet for living. - White River Junction, Vermont : Chelsea Green, 2004. (pbk.: Alk. Paper) Includes bibliographical references.

• Lisa Harrow on the Internet Movie Database
• Lisa Harrow | Biography, Photos, Movies, TV, Credits | Hollywood.com