Madeleine Potter is an American actress who has played roles in over twenty films and television shows, including four productions directed by James Ivory.
Background
Potter is the only daughter of Philip B.K. Potter (1927-1975), an American diplomat who served in the Office of Strategic Services, and his wife, the former Madeleine Mulqueen Daly (1921-1985). She is also a great-great-granddaughter of Episcopal bishop Alonzo Potter and a great-grand-niece of Episcopal bishop Henry Codman Potter.
Career
She has also appeared in numerous stage productions in the United States and United Kingdom. She made her New York stage debut in Loves Labor"s Lost at The Shakespeare Center, produced by the Riverside Shakespeare Company in 1981. Potter"s only child, Madeleine Daly (born June 4, 1995), appeared as her character"s niece in the 2005 movie The White Countess.
London An Ideal Husband, directed by Peter Hall (1996) at Haymarket Theatre Southwark Fair, directed by Nicholas Hytner (2006) at Royal National Theatre After Mistress
Rochester, written and directed by Polly Teale (2003) at the Lyric Theatre and then the Duke of York"s Broken Glass, directed by Iqbal Khan (2010) at the Tricycle Theatre Broadway Ibsen"s Ghosts (1982) - Regina Engstrand, Mistress Alving"s maid Coastal Disturbances (1987) - Holly Dancer Metamorphosis (1989) - Greta, Gregor Samsa"s sister The Crucible (1991) - Abigail Williams Getting Married (1991) - Leo The Master Builder (1992) - Hilde Wangel A Little Hotel on the Side (1992) - Victoire.