Frances Tomelty
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1948-10-06
Place of Birth
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Frances Tomelty
Biography
Frances Tomelty (born 6 Oct 1948 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish actress and the first wife of Sting. She is the daughter of Belfast actor Joseph Tomelty (5 March 1911 – 7 June 1995). She has featured in series including Bergerac, Inspector Morse, Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married, Strangers, Midsomer Murders and Coronation Street, Cracker, as well as films like Bellman and True, Monk Dawson, Bullshot and The Field. She was Lady Macbeth in the Old Vic's disastrous 1980 production of Macbeth, with Peter O'Toole in the title role. In 1976 she married Sting after knowing him for two years. They met on the set of a rock-musical called Rock Nativity. She was the Virgin Mary, he played in the band. They have two children, Joseph (born 23 November 1976) and Fuchsia Katherine (born 17 April 1982). The couple divorced in 1984. Tomelty's later work includes roles in the series Spooks, Casualty and The Amazing Mrs Pritchard. Description above from the Wikipedia article Frances Tomelty, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also Known For
Storm Rider: Legend of Hammerhead
The Field
Sep 21, 1990
Bullshot
Oct 27, 1983
The Bouncing Boy
Dec 11, 1972
Bellman and True
Nov 12, 1987
Accused
Oct 05, 2023
Carlo Levi Stopped Here
Jul 28, 1992
Monk Dawson
Jul 31, 1998
Chéri
Apr 08, 2009
Lamb
Oct 10, 1986
A State of Emergency
Nov 01, 1986
Girl on the M1
Sep 21, 1971
A Touch of the Victorians
Sep 05, 1972
Burning Beds
Oct 30, 1988
The Changeling
Jan 20, 1974
The Romantic Englishwoman
Jun 11, 1975
Nobody's Children
Mar 03, 1994
High Boot Benny
Sep 03, 1993
Iris in the Traffic, Ruby in the Rain
Nov 24, 1981
The Boxer
Dec 31, 1997
Blue Money
Mar 01, 1985
Star Trap
Jan 01, 1988
The Medusa Touch
Apr 13, 1978
Catchpenny Twist
Dec 05, 1977
Under the Skin
Jan 19, 1982
Julius Caesar
Nov 30, 1994
Juno and the Paycock
Apr 12, 1980
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
Oct 03, 2006
Midsomer Murders
Mar 23, 1997
Strangers
Jun 05, 1978
Pebble Mill at One
Oct 09, 1972
Tales of the Unexpected
Mar 24, 1979
The White Queen
Jun 16, 2013
Atlantis
Sep 28, 2013
Silent Witness
Feb 21, 1996
Inspector Morse
Jan 06, 1987
Spooks
May 13, 2002
Survivors
Apr 16, 1975
Callan
Jul 08, 1967
The Enigma Files
Apr 15, 1980
Bonekickers
Jul 08, 2008
Spender
Jan 08, 1991
Trial & Retribution
Oct 19, 1997
New Tricks
Jan 01, 2004
Play for Today
Oct 15, 1970
Life and Death of Penelope
Jan 07, 1976
Cracker
Sep 27, 1993
Perfect Scoundrels
Apr 22, 1990
Oxbridge Blues
Nov 14, 1984
Waking the Dead
Jun 18, 2001
Casualty
Sep 06, 1986
The Royal
Jan 19, 2003
The Woman in the Wall
Aug 27, 2023
Casualty
Sep 06, 1986
Testament of Youth
Nov 04, 1979
Charlie
Jan 04, 2015
Bergerac
Oct 18, 1981
Vanity Fair
Nov 01, 1998
Black Earth Rising
Sep 10, 2018
Call the Midwife
Jan 15, 2012
Peaky Blinders
Sep 12, 2013
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Nov 09, 1992
Death in Paradise
Oct 25, 2011
Play for Today
Oct 15, 1970
Warrior Nun
Jul 02, 2020
Gangs of London
Apr 23, 2020
Merlin
Sep 20, 2008
BBC Play of the Month
Oct 19, 1965