Margaret Thatcher Voice Coach
The change in margaret thatchers voice has been put down to speech lessons arranged by sir laurence olivier following a chance meeting with her adviser the actor arranged for.
Margaret thatcher voice coach. She received elocution lessons when. I dont think that she really thought that there was anything wrong with her voice certainly in the days when she was education secretary. She was born in the north she was born in lincolnshire so she would have had a much different voice when she was a child.
I once had a voice teaching colleague who it was rumoured had coached margaret thatcher in the 1970s. She had acquired a very round accent during her time at oxford far removed from that of her middle cla. Before the real thatchers election in 1979 she took lessons with a speech coach at the royal national theatre hoping to make her voice more commanding and less shrill in broadcasts.
In a new interview the actress 52 revealed she received help from. Gillian anderson has reflected on portraying divisive former prime minister margaret thatcher in series four of the crown. My colleague was appalled at the suggestion which she denied vigorously.