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person_profile-Alison Steadman

Alison Steadman Age: 78

Actor | Producer

Date of Birth:

Aug 26, 1946

Country of birth:

UK

Biography of

Alison Steadman

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    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).

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Filmography of

Alison Steadman

Found 61 Movies in total

... 2025

Better Man

Bertha "Betty" Williams (Robbie's grandmother) ( Actor )

... 2024

The 1970s Dinner Party

Self - Narrator (voice) ( Actor )

... 2023

Queen and Country

Narrator (voice) ( Actor )

... 2022

The King's Man

Rita ( Actor )

... 2021

23 Walks

Fern ( Actor )

... 2020

... 2019

Care

Mary ( Actor )

... 2018

... 2017

We Can Be Heroes

Granny Evans ( Actor )

... 2017

Burn Burn Burn

Diana ( Actor )

... 2016

Dad's Army

Mrs. Fox ( Actor )

... 2016

Peterman

Auntie Jean ( Actor )

... 2015

Come Rain Come Shine

Dora Mitchell ( Actor )

... 2010

Fry and Laurie Reunited

Self - Narrator (voice) ( Actor )

... 2010

... 2009

Who Gets the Dog

Jenny Evans ( Actor )

... 2007

... 2007

Fanny Hill

Mrs. Brown ( Actor )

... 2007

The Dinner Party

Juliet ( Actor )

... 2007

... 2007

Confetti

Sam's Mum ( Actor )

... 2006

... 2004

Bob the Builder: A Christmas to Remember - The Movie

Mayoress Bunty Ferguson (voice) ( Actor )

... 2001

Happy Now

Bronwyn Race ( Actor )

... 2001

Topsy-Turvy

Madame Leon ( Actor )

... 1999

Jack and the Beanstalk

Mother / Veronica ( Actor )

... 1999

The Ugly Duckling

The Hen (voice) ( Actor )

... 1997

The Missing Postman

Christine Peacock ( Actor )

... 1997

Secrets & Lies

Woman with dog ( Actor )

... 1996

... 1996

Blame It on the Bellboy

Rosemary Horton ( Actor )

... 1992

Selling Hitler

Edda Goering ( Actor )

... 1991

Life Is Sweet

Wendy ( Actor )

... 1990

News Hounds

Jackie Johns ( Actor )

... 1990

A Small Mourning

Marjorie ( Actor )

... 1989

Shirley Valentine

Jane ( Actor )

... 1989

Wilt

Eva ( Actor )

... 1989

Virtuoso

Brenda ( Actor )

... 1989

Monster Maker

Perriwinkle ( Actor )

... 1989

... 1988

Stormy Monday

Mayoress ( Actor )

... 1988

Clockwise

Gwenda Stimpson ( Actor )

... 1986

Coming Through

Kate ( Actor )

... 1985

Number One

Doreen ( Actor )

... 1985

A Private Function

Mrs. Allardyce ( Actor )

... 1984

Champions

Mary Hussey ( Actor )

... 1984

... 1983

P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang

Miss Land ( Actor )

... 1982

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

Herself ( Actor )

... 1982

The Muscle Market

Susan ( Actor )

... 1981

Pasmore

Kay Pasmore ( Actor )

... 1980

Abigail's Party

Beverley ( Actor )

... 1977

Our Flesh and Blood

Jan Blincoe ( Actor )

... 1977

Bag of Yeast

Margaret Hudson ( Actor )

... 1976

Nuts in May

Candice Marie ( Actor )

... 1976

Through the Night

Christine Potts ( Actor )

... 1975

Taking Leave

Nonie ( Actor )

... 1974

Hard Labour

Veronica Thornley ( Actor )

... 1973