
Deborah Norton was born in Croydon, Surrey, in 1944. She attended a Quaker boarding school and later studied at the Drama Centre London. She worked in Britain until she toured America with The Beggar's Opera. She later returned to the UK. She has acted roles in many television productions, including Marta Dorf in the television miniseries Holocaust and roles in A Bit of Fry & Laurie, although she is perhaps best known for her role as the PM's advisor Dorothy Wainwright in Yes, Prime Minister.

Omnibus
TV • 1967

Holocaust
TV • 1978

Lady Killers
TV • 1980

2Point4 Children
TV • 1991

A Bit of Fry & Laurie
TV • 1989

Yes, Prime Minister
TV • 1986

Yes, Prime Minister
TV • 1986

Home to Roost
TV • 1985

Mussolini: The Untold Story
TV • 1985

Zodiac
TV • 1974

Worlds Beyond
TV • 1986

Hardwicke House
TV • 1987

Health and Efficiency
TV • 1993

Instant Enlightenment Including VAT
MOVIE • 1979

The Peddler
MOVIE • 1976

Adult Fun
MOVIE • 1972

Robbie
MOVIE • 1979

Country
MOVIE • 1981