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Frances Tomelty

Frances Tomelty

Birthday: 1948-10-06 | Place of Birth: Belfast, Northern Ireland

Frances Tomelty (born 6 Oct 1948 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish actress and the first wife of Sting. She is the daughter of Belfast actor Joseph Tomelty (5 March 1911 – 7 June 1995). She has featured in series including Bergerac, Inspector Morse, Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married, Strangers, Midsomer Murders and Coronation Street, Cracker, as well as films like Bellman and True, Monk Dawson, Bullshot and The Field. She was Lady Macbeth in the Old Vic's disastrous 1980 production of Macbeth, with Peter O'Toole in the title role. In 1976 she married Sting after knowing him for two years. They met on the set of a rock-musical called Rock Nativity. She was the Virgin Mary, he played in the band. They have two children, Joseph (born 23 November 1976) and Fuchsia Katherine (born 17 April 1982). The couple divorced in 1984. Tomelty's later work includes roles in the series Spooks, Casualty and The Amazing Mrs Pritchard. Description above from the Wikipedia article Frances Tomelty, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2023
Accused

as    Mrs. Daly

2023
The Woman in the Wall

as    Sister Eileen

2015
Charlie

as    Sarah Haughey

2009
Chéri

as    Rose

1994
Julius Caesar

as    Calphunia

1992
Carlo Levi Stopped Here

as    Self - Commentary

1990
The Field

as    Widow

1988
Star Trap

as    Hermione Bradstreet

1987
Bellman and True

as    Anna

1986
A State of Emergency

as    Jackie Hampton

1986
Lamb

as    Mrs. Kane

1985
Blue Money

as    Fidelma

1985
Bullshot

as    Fräulein Lenya von Bruno

1982
Under the Skin

as    Polly

1977
Catchpenny Twist

as    Monagh

1975
The Romantic Englishwoman

as    Airport Shop Assistant

1974
The Changeling

as    Diaphanta

1972
A Touch of the Victorians

as    Caroline Young

1971
Girl on the M1

as    Student

1
Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead

as    Leader of the Guild