Judith Annabel Leventon (born 20 April 1942 in Hertfordshire, England) is an English actress who has acted in various roles on stage and television.
While reading English at the University of Oxford she made several appearances at the Oxford Playhouse and toured France as Desdemona in the Oxford University Dramatic Society's production of Othello. She then joined the Fourbeats pop group, played at the Edinburgh Festival and continued in various other OUDS productions.
On obtaining her BA she gained a grant to LAMDA and made her professional stage debut in Leicester. In December 1967 she left for America where she joined Tom O' Horgan's La MaMa troupe in New York and worked with them for seven months before returning to Britain. She was in the original London cast of Hair in 1968 at the Shaftesbury Theatre, also directed by O'Horgan. She went on to direct and appear in the show in Paris. She also appeared in the original London production of The Rocky Horror Show.
Her first TV appearance was in The White Rabbit in 1967, and she went on to appear in a number of long-running series over the next four decades.
Her film credits include roles in Come Back Peter (1969), Le Mur de l'Atlantique (1970), Every Home Should Have One (1970), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), Real Life (1984), Defence of the Realm (1986), M. Butterfly (1993), Wimbledon (2004) and A Royal Night Out (2015).
In 2013, Leventon appeared in the role of Constance, the Madwoman of the Flea Market, in the British premiere of Jerry Herman's Dear World at the Charing Cross Theatre, London. In 2023, Leventon appeared in the role of Edith Tellmann in the British premiere of Bjørg Vik's The Journey to Venice at the Finborough Theatre, London. For this role, she was nominated for an Offie for Lead Performance in a Play.
She is the author of The Real Rock Follies: The Great Girl Band Rip-Off of 1976, released in 2017.
2023
as The Mother
2022
as Self
2022
as Eloise
2020
as Patricia Davis
2019
as The Director
2015
as Lady MacCloud
2011
as Margaret Kraszewski
2010
as Rich Lady
2004
as Pauline Rossdale
1999
as Various
1996
as Paris Mourner
1994
as Literary Guest
1993
as Frau Baden
1992
as Marion
1986
as Trudy Markham
1985
as Christine Bayly
1984
as Carla
1981
as Leonie Lemaire
1981
as DTV Audience Member (uncredited)
1979
as Muriel Standen
1979
as Janna
1979
as Journalist
1978
1975
as The Transylvanians
1974
as Caro
1973
as Shirley
1972
as Hannie Wijsman
1970
as Sybil, sous-officier Britannique
1970
as Chandler's Secretary
1969
as Chico
1969
as Creampuff, Hippie
as Wealthy Woman