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Although the part marks Abigail Thaw’s debut in a Morse-related drama, it transpires that this is not for want of trying. Abigail Thaw began her career working in rep at Cheltenham, York, and Salisbury, then performed with the RSC and the Royal Exchange Theatre and Library in Manchester, Chichester, The Tricycle, The Gate, Theatre503, The Orange Tree, Battersea Arts Centre, New End, The Finborough, Birmingham, Theatr Clwyd, Watford and extensive touring in Whipping It Up, Ladies in Lavender and Entertaining Angels. Abigail Thaw was born in London to actor John Thaw and his first wife, Sally Alexander, an academic/feminist activist who taught modern history at Goldsmiths College. It’s important that they know their roots,’  says Abigail. She also performs in the comedy series "I Want My Wife Back" for the BBC. I even considered changing my surname when I went to RADA because my dad had gone there too. I wanted to take stock and think about having another child. She went to Pimlico Comprehensive and would often join her mother on feminist marches. ‘I remember having dinner with him one evening after I’d been appearing in a play and a man came up to me and told me I wasn’t as good in it as I’d been the last time he’d seen me perform. ‘Not only did I feel I had to live up to my father’s name, but I’d basically got the part because we shared the same surname and I didn’t want anyone thinking I was just swanning in. I had this nightmare that people were saying, “Who does she think she is?” behind my back. But just occasionally, a subtle reminder suggests itself. Thaw was also an integral part of  her childhood. Abigail Thaw was born in London to actor John Thaw and his first wife, Sally Alexander, an academic/feminist activist who taught modern history at Goldsmiths College. Now Abigail is determined to make sure her daughters – Molly-Mae, 13, and Talia, eight –  know all about the talents and achievements that make her so proud of her father. The other has been transformed into a newspaper office with a chaotic jumble of desks, typewriters and towering stacks of paper. After school she spent a year in Italy, where she was in a car accident. ‘They both know who John Thaw  is and I am collecting all the work  he has ever done on DVD. [2][3]. It explores the forces that created Morse – and TV executives are  hoping that the new Morse will be a hit and evolve into a series to rival the original. By entering your details, you are agreeing to Radio Times privacy policy. Thaw has also worked in television since 1990, in The Bill, Casualty, Pie in the Sky, Peak Practice, Spywatch, Big Bad World, Vanity Fair, Love Soup, Trust, Midsomer Murders and Poirot. On her mother's side she has a half-brother (Daniel), and on her father's side she has an elder stepsister (Melanie Jane) and a half-sister (Joanna). ‘Of course they’ve shoe-horned me in for a specific purpose – my surname. Where have I seen Abigail Thaw before? ‘Seeing the script for the first time brought tears to my eyes. ‘Everyone thinks they knew my dad because he was so familiar to them from his TV roles, but my most  treasured memories of him are as a stage actor. Morse was so much a part of my father’s life, it was special to him. Abigail J. Thaw (born 1 October 1965[1]) is an English actress. Did Melania Trump rip her hand out of Donald's as they walked off stage together after TV election debate? By Nikki Murfitt for MailOnline Created: 12:37 EDT, 10 December 2011, Memories: Abigail Thaw said appearing in Morse without her father brought tears to her eyes. It is clear that the cameo role in Endeavour is important to Abigail. When he finally found out, he just said, ‘Ah, kid. Get four VASO premium glass straws for just £9.99! She adds: ‘Dad never made me feel left out. Sadly, that wasn’t the case.’, Star couple: John Thaw and wife Sheila Hancock at the BAFTA awards. This being rural Oxfordshire, there are no prizes for guessing that the policeman played by 31-year-old Shaun Evans is a young detective constable called Endeavour Morse. ‘My career was at the point where it was really beginning to take off,’ she recalls. “It was left hanging unexplained, which was nice. Abigail is following in her fathers footsteps, making an appearance alongside Shaun Evans' Morse, TV round-up: Endeavour, The Halcyon and Midsomer Murders, Abigail Thaw, , is play newspaper editor Dorothea Frazil, The legend of the Det Inspector Morse lives on: Endeavour is back, Last weekend’s TV reviewed: Nothing’s Taboo to Tom, Endeavour TRUMPS as Sherlock SLAMMED by viewers. [citation needed], https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/movies/keira-knightley-says-miss-world-comedy-misbehaviour-is-a-pretty-timely-feminist-tale/ar-AAIZ1p7, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abigail_Thaw&oldid=969458708, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 25 July 2020, at 15:11. [citation needed]. I honestly couldn’t think of anyone.”. Abigail Thaw, 52, stars as newspaper editor Dorothea Frazil, a role she took on in 2012 – 10 years after her father’s death at the age of 60 from cancer of the oesophagus. Thaw met Nigel Whitmey at RADA in the mid-1980s, and they married in 1986. “There were suggestions of doing King Lear, but we never did. If it gets made into a series we might see her again. The cameras roll: the paper’s  editor becomes increasingly irritated by the questions fired at her by a young detective on the hunt for a missing schoolgirl. I wanted to stand on my own two feet. Fingers crossed.”. DAVID CAY JOHNSTON says the price of defeat for Donald Trump is the loss of immunity from a criminal inquiry into tax and insurance fraud that could put him in jail, Trump brands Sacha Baron Cohen an 'unfunny creep' after his new film prompted White House security concerns when 'Borat's daughter' came within feet of the President and shook Don Jr's hand. In early 2015, she participated in the world premiere of Michael Hastings' The Cutting of the Cloth. A founding editor of the History Workshop Journal (established in 1976), she taught in the Extra-Mural Department of the University of London in the 1970s; as of 2018 is Emeritus Professor of Modern History at Goldsmiths, University of London. ‘Travelling on the bus four days after his funeral, I saw a woman reading a piece about Dad and his cancer. Abigail Thaw gives her verdict on Endeavour. In 1997 she gave birth to a daughter, Molly-Mae Whitmey, and in 2003 to her second daughter, Talia. I was outraged!” she says, laughing. Dad was very musical. “I couldn’t believe it when I didn’t get it. I remember having to sing Fear No More The Heat Of The Sun, the great funeral speech, while holding another actress in my arms. On her mother's side she has a half-brother (Daniel), and on her father's side she has an elder stepsister (Melanie Jane) and a half-sister (Joanna). That was very like the way my dad played it. ‘When I was younger, directors would often suggest that Dad and I work together. 'He never criticised my work, whereas if my mum didn’t think I was any good she’d tell me straight out. Sally A. Alexander, FRHistS (born 1943) is an English historian and feminist activist. I’d gone to Italy for a year after leaving school and had a car crash and broke my nose. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express. Going to work on Endeavour doesn’t feel like a homage to my father. Her stepmother is actress Sheila Hancock. He never criticised, he’d just smile and say, “Well done kid.”. Togetherness: Abigail, centre, with Sheila Hancock and Melanie, left, and Joanna, right, at John Thaw's memorial service at St Martin-in-the-Fields Church, in Trafalgar Square, London, ‘I know he worried that I’d get hurt by the rejection that is an inevitable part of acting. When I started acting I would say to him, ‘I haven’t heard anything.’ And he would say, ‘I’ve been waiting 25 years to hear whether I got this or that job.’ You win some, you lose some.”. He got that really well.”, Thaw, 46, had the chance to witness Evans’ performance at close quarters as she has a role in the drama as Dorothea Frazil, editor of the Oxford Mail, in the pages of which Morse spots a clue. Abigail attended Pimlico Comprehensive. Alexander has a daughter, Abigail Thaw, with ex-husband John Thaw. After her father’s death, Abigail was offered the chance to work in America. The couple divorced in 1968 after four years of marriage and Thaw went on to marry actress Sheila Hancock in 1971. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Although it’s now almost a decade since John Thaw passed away, it’s still easy to hear the sadness in the voice of his daughter, the actress Abigail Thaw, when she remembers her first reaction to the idea of a young actor stepping into her father’s shoes. “Russell Lewis is such a good writer,” she enthuses. I totally understand it. Sadly, she didn’t get it. 'It feels like a very nice connection and I think my dad would have found it rather fun.’, Happy days: Abigail plays in the garden with her father in 1973. John Thaw's daughter reveals why she's given the seal of approval to a new drama about Morse's early years. This is an edited version of an article from the issue of Radio Times magazine that went on sale 23 December 2011. “Hunched over a pint, drinking it in big gulps,” she says. Our best wishes for a productive day. News, photos, videos and full episode guide, Abigail Thaw gives her verdict on Endeavour, Inspector Morse named the greatest British crime drama of all time, Colin Dexter and Russell Lewis on Endeavour, Shaun Evans and Roger Allam in Endeavour – video, 30 years of Morse – how John Thaw’s legacy lives on in Endeavour. “He didn’t want the pain or the rejection for me. order back issues and use the historic Daily Express Express. Were there opportunities to appear on stage with him? Pausing momentarily, she says: ‘Have we met?’ When he says no and walks slowly to the door, she adds wistfully: ‘Another life then.’. I didn’t get the part. ‘I was sceptical about how they could bring back Morse without my dad,’ she said. ‘But so many people came up to chat to me because they’d worked with  my father. ‘But Dad was never the sort who’d pick up the phone and have a word with someone for me, not least because he knew I’d have found it insulting.’. Months later I was pregnant with Talia. Once I was in, he came to see everything and would give me the odd bit of advice, more as a father than a critic.”. She was brought ... Born: 1965 Photos. Abigail was later seen laughing with co-stars Roger Allam, who plays Detective Inspector Fred Thursday, and Shaun Evans, who plays the younger version of her father’s character. Abigail Thaw in der Internet Movie Database (englisch) Abigail Thaw, past productions, 1987–2012, Theatricalia; Rollen im Theater, 2011–2018; Nikki Murfitt: The idea of appearing in Morse without Dad brought tears to my eyes': John Thaw's daughter gives emotional interview in: Mail online, 10. Abigail says she and her step-family are incredibly close and enjoy family get-togethers – a situation that would have pleased her father, who adored his children and grandchildren. All three daughters are actresses. It’s only a small role but I had a wonderful time and everything about it felt right. “I was quite taken aback,” she recalls, echoing a feeling one imagines of many Morse fans. newspaper archive. I was captivated by it and probably got the acting bug from that day. But in January, ITV will screen a special two-hour prequel, with the title Endeavour, to mark the 25th anniversary of the first episode. “I was chuffed to bits to play the part. He also adopted Sheila’s daughter from her first marriage, Melanie, who is now 47. The daughter of original Morse actor John Thaw, she’s starred in Black Mirror, Love Soup, I Want My Wife … It felt as if the nation was mourning with us, but it was a double-edged sword. Abigail is Thaw’s daughter from his first marriage to feminist professor of modern history Sally Alexander, who famously flour-bombed the 1970 Miss World contestants at …

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