I've always respected Harriet Walter. I remember her from the Peter Wimsey detective series back in 1987 when she played Harriet Vane. I think it is likely that she was made a Dame because of her long association with The Royal Shakespeare Company, and her performance in the theatre play Mary Stuart in the last year or so.

A piece of trivia - she is the niece of Christpher Lee.

Yeah I remember that series El Loro - it was running quite recently 

I like her too

Although I did have to google the name to remind myself who she was. I recognise her face well though...... but I'm trying desperately to remember the one thing I know her best from, it's on the tip of my tongue and it's driving me crazy!!!

Google hasn't helped so far.....

Oh...it's ok. I think it might be Sense and Sensibility (the Emma Thompson one).

She always struck me as quirky Ducky.

The soft spot might still remain 

She is a worthy soft spot I reckon. You can tell a lot about people from their soft spots

She was in waking the dead...Forensic scientist....

I think.....

 I'm slowly letting you in  

Yeah she was always popping up in the crime dramas lal, amongst others  

I'm pretty sure she turned up on Inspector Morse too.

Harriet is the niece of the film star Christopher Lee and was the partner of the late Peter Blythe, also an actor.
In 1989, she received the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award (Best Actress) and was nominated for the same Award in 2001.
Since 2003, she has been an associate artist with Sir Peter Hall's Cannon's Mouth Theatre Company.
She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1999.

Loved her in Peter Wimsy.... She is good in everything she is in...