| Fiona Gaunt | |
| Birth Name: | Fiona Elizabeth Keet-Gaunt |
| Birth Date: | 1947 5, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Beirut, Lebanon |
Fiona Elizabeth Keet-Gaunt (born 25 May 1947) is an English actress and the mother of actress Genevieve Gaunt.
According to a 1972 newspaper profile, Gaunt was born in Beirut to Scottish Presbyterian parents and lived in Uganda until she was 16.[1] In 1985 she met the Dutch actor Frederik de Groot. Their daughter, Genevieve, was born in January 1991.[2]
Fiona Gaunt trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, graduating in 1969.[3] She subsequently played opposite Anthony Hopkins - as Hélène Kuragina, wife of Pierre Bezukhov - in the BBC's 1972 production of War and Peace.[4] She then starred as psychiatrist Helen Smith in the 1973 science fiction series Moonbase 3. To prepare for her role, Gaunt studied tapes of the Apollo missions.
Gaunt appeared in a 1973 episode of the comedy series Sykes, playing an upper-class girl who tricks Eric Sykes' character into getting engaged. She had a handful of roles in The Two Ronnies, including as a stowaway in their spoof of The Onedin Line, and starred as Grace Lovell in the 1978 TV adaptation of A Horseman Riding By. She was also in the first production of Tom Stoppard's 1979 play, Undiscovered Country.[5]
| Year | Format | Title | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | TV series | A Horseman Riding By | Grace Lovell.[6] | |
| 1973 | TV series | Moonbase 3 | Dr. Helen Smith.[7] | |
| 1973 | TV series | The Two Ronnies.[8] | Various roles. | |
| 1973 | TV series | Sykes An Engagement.[9] | ||
| 1973 | TV series | Justice Malicious Damage | Diana Blumenthal | |
| 1972 | TV series | War and Peace.[10] | Hélène Kuragina.[11] | |
| 1971 | Miniseries | Cousin Bette | Leonie.[12] | |
| 1970 | Anthology Series | Tales of Unease | Girl |