Researching Gerda Stevenson
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 21014 people with the Stevenson surname? In that year Stevenson was ranked number 168 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Gerda means "protection" and is of German origin.
Records of Gerda Stevenson on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Gerda Stevenson and the Stevenson Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 31062 people with the Stevenson surname in the UK? Stevenson is now ranked number 152 for popularity in the UK. |
Stevenson Family History Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 94186 people with the Stevenson surname in the USA? Stevenson is ranked number 126 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Gerda Stevenson
Gerda Stevenson
Gerda Stevenson (born 10 April 1956 in Peeblesshire, Scotland) is a Scottish actress, director and writer, described by The Scotsman in 1999 as "Scotland's finest actress". She has played many parts in the theatre, including the title role in Edwin Morgan's English translation of Racine's Phèdre, and Lady Macbeth, and has appeared in many television dramas. She was Murron MacClannough's mother in the Mel Gibson film Braveheart, and her voice is familiar to listeners of British radio, as a reader of short stories and adaptations. In particular, she has performed several poems and songs by Robert Burns for the BBC.
Her play Federer Versus Murray toured to New York in 2012, and her poetry collection If This Were Real was published by Smokestack Books in 2013. She has adapted a number of works for radio: Self-Control by Mary Brunton in which Stevenson played the part of Laura Montreville; For the Love of Willie by Agnes Owens in which Stevenson played the part of Liza; The Heart of Midlothian by Sir Walter Scott for BBC Radio 4, nominated for a Sony Award in 2008, in which Stevenson played the part of the heroine Jeanie Deans; and Sunset Song by Lewis Grassic Gibbon. She has written radio plays including: Island Blue, Secrets: The Punter's Tale, Secrets: The Escort's Tale and The Apple Tree. She directed the Afternoon Play The Price of a Fish Supper.
Stevenson's partner is the Scottish Gaelic poet Aonghas MacNeacail.
Her father is the musician and composer Ronald Stevenson. Her sister Savourna Stevenson (born 1961) has recorded works on the Scottish harp, the clàrsach. She is a graduate of RADA.
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