Eleanor David

Eleanor M. David (born September 1954) is a British actress who has worked on projects in the UK, the US and New Zealand. She won positive reviews for her starring role in the biopic Sylvia, in which she played pioneering educationalist Sylvia Ashton-Warner. Life and career David has appeared in several films and television programmes. Her work includes BAFTA-nominated comedy Comfort and Joy directed by Bill Forsyth, mini-series Paradise Postponed, Mike Leigh's Topsy-Turvy and Alan Parker's film of Pink Floyd The Wall, in which she played the wife of the main character. In 1984, David travelled to New Zealand to star as Sylvia Ashton-Warner in the biopic Sylvia. Reviewing her performance, Janet Maslin of The New York Times commented: "Miss David bears a striking resemblance to the real woman and gives an intelligent, compassionate performance, limited only by the uncomplicated reverence with which the film makers regard their heroine." Village Voice critic Andrew Sarris praised the four principal actors and named Sylvia one of the ten best films of 1985. Filmography The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) - Louise Oliver Twist (1982) - Rose Maylie Pink Floyd The Wall (1982) - Pink's wife Comfort and Joy (1984) - Maddy Sylvia (1985) - Sylvia Ashton-Warner 84 Charing Cross Road (1987) - Cecily Farr The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (1989) - Lady Willoughby Slipstream (1989) - Ariel Ladder of Swords (1989) White Hunter Black Heart (1990) - Dorshka Zibelinsky The King's Whore (1990) - La Reine Topsy-Turvy (1999) - Fanny Ronalds House of Boys (2009) - Emma