Acting
Alison Steadman
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Alison Steadman (born 26 August 1946) is an English actor. She won the 1991 National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress for the Mike Leigh (her husband 1973-2001) film Life is Sweet, and the 1993 Olivier Award for Best Actress for her role as Mari in the original production of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice. In a 2007 Channel 4 poll, the "50 Greatest Actors" voted for by other actors, she was ranked No. 42. Steadman made her professional stage debut in 1968 and went on to establish her career in Mike Leigh's 1970s TV plays Nuts in May (1976) and Abigail's Party (1977). She received BAFTA TV Award nominations for the 1986 BBC serial The Singing Detective, and in 2001 for the ITV drama series Fat Friends (2000–05). Other television roles include Pride and Prejudice (1995), Gavin & Stacey (2007–10, 2019) and Orphan Black (2015–16). Her other film appearances include A Private Function (1984), Clockwise (1986), Shirley Valentine (1989), Topsy Turvy (1999), and The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004).
- 153 titles
- 138 Acting
- 2 Writing
- 15 Appearances
Acting (138)
Rita
Kendall Malone
Daisy
Betty
Woman with Dog
Mrs. Bennet
Abigail Tonev
Anne
Gwenda Stimpson
Mrs. Fox
Casting Agent
Wendy
Madame Leon
Pam Shipman
Rev. Martha Seager
Jane
Mayor
Sam's Mum
Mrs. Allardyce
Rosemary Horton
Diana
Nan (voice)
Beverley
Mrs Marlow / Mrs Marlow / Lili
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Sue Jessop
Candice Marie
Betty
Eva
Mrs. Brown
Marion Mattis
Barbara
Rose Wilson
Mrs Haynes
Miss Land
Angela Cook
Dora
Mayoress Bunty Ferguson (voice)
Barbara
Fern
Anita Jenkins
Gail Reynolds
Mary Hussey
Pearl
The Hen (voice)
Mary
Evelyn Marie Kendall
Joyce
Perriwinkle
Veronica Thornley
Edith
Nonie / Veronica / Jan Blincoe / Kay Pasmore / Susan
Betty Simpson
Bronwyn Race
Hallie Eustace Miles
Mrs. Meisling
Perriwinkle
Brenda Ogdon
Kate
Jackie
Hilda Plant
Alison's Mother / Mrs. O'Grady
Crazy Butcher
Mother / Veronica
Auntie Jean
Jackie Johns
Woman
Mrs. Brown
Mrs Whatnot (voice)
Christine Peacock
Elinor Farr
Pauline Mole
Helen
Pam Shipman
Lauren Patterson
Norma Hardy
Evelyn Hamilton
Doreen
Edda Goering
Angela
Bernadette Clarkson
Margery Faversham
Beryl
Dora Mitchell
Mrs. Phillips
Pauline Paradise
Margaret Hudson
Marjorie
Juliet
Susan
Marjorie
Emma Dumay
Maggie
Vet
Grace Tanner
Tina
Edda Goering
Elmire
Christine Peacock
Brenda
Jenny Evans
Janista Maine
Alison Steadman
Margaret Hudson
Narrator
Narrator
Pam Shipman
Pam Shipman
Sue Jessop
Sue Jessop
Tina
Jackie Johns
Jan Blincoe
Kay Pasmore
Narrator (voice)
Nonie
Kato/Natella/Aniko
Karen Horner
Christine Potts
Grace
Granny Evans
Writing (2)
Appearances (15)
Self
Self - Guest Judge
Self - Narrator (voice)
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Self
Self
Self
Self
Herself
Self - Choir Member
Self
Self - Narrator (voice)
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Self - Contestant
