Victoria Tennant(I)
- Actress
- Producer
- Writer
Victoria Tennant trained for eight years at the Elmhurst Ballet School
and for two years at the Central School for Speech and Drama in London.
In her first film, she starred in the title role of
The Ragman's Daughter (1972),
written by Alan Sillitoe and directed by
Harold Becker. Extensive television work
began with Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for the fifteen hour
miniseries,
The Winds of War (1983). For
the thirty-hour miniseries
War and Remembrance (1988),
she received her second Emmy nomination.
She also wrote and co-produced the film
Edie & Pen (1996) for HBO and produced
Sister Mary Explains It All (2001)
for Showtime with her producing partner and husband,
Kirk Stambler.
Ms. Tennant's work in the theatre includes the Santa Barbara Theatre
Company's production of "Doubt" by
John Patrick Shanley, for which she
won the Santa Barbara Independent's Indie award, The Vagina Monologues
at the Canon Theatre and the Napa Valley Opera House, The Misalliance
at LA Theatreworks, Love Letters at Steppenwolf in Chicago, Getting
Married at Circle-in-the-Square on Broadway, and The Taming of the
Shrew at the Westport Playhouse.
and for two years at the Central School for Speech and Drama in London.
In her first film, she starred in the title role of
The Ragman's Daughter (1972),
written by Alan Sillitoe and directed by
Harold Becker. Extensive television work
began with Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for the fifteen hour
miniseries,
The Winds of War (1983). For
the thirty-hour miniseries
War and Remembrance (1988),
she received her second Emmy nomination.
She also wrote and co-produced the film
Edie & Pen (1996) for HBO and produced
Sister Mary Explains It All (2001)
for Showtime with her producing partner and husband,
Kirk Stambler.
Ms. Tennant's work in the theatre includes the Santa Barbara Theatre
Company's production of "Doubt" by
John Patrick Shanley, for which she
won the Santa Barbara Independent's Indie award, The Vagina Monologues
at the Canon Theatre and the Napa Valley Opera House, The Misalliance
at LA Theatreworks, Love Letters at Steppenwolf in Chicago, Getting
Married at Circle-in-the-Square on Broadway, and The Taming of the
Shrew at the Westport Playhouse.