Alison Steadman
Acting
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
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Pam Shipman
... 2024
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Betty
... 2024
Self - Narrator (voice)
... 2023
Narrator (voice)
... 2022
Rita
... 2021
... 2020
... 2020
Fern
... 2020
Pam Shipman
... 2019
Grace Tanner
... 2019
Mary
... 2018
Narrator
... 2017
Granny Evans
... 2017
Diana
... 2016
... 2016
Mrs. Fox
... 2016
Auntie Jean
... 2015
... 2014
Isobel
... 2012
Mrs. Phillips
... 2011
Dora Mitchell
... 2010
Self - Narrator (voice)
... 2010
Narrator
... 2009
Jenny Evans
... 2007
Mrs. Brown
... 2007
Juliet
... 2007
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Crazy Butcher
... 2006
Sam's Mum
... 2006
Casting Agent
... 2004
Beryl
... 2003
Woman
... 2002
Auntie Barbara (voice)
... 2001
Mayoress Bunty Ferguson (voice)
... 2001
Bronwyn Race
... 2001
Madame Leon
... 1999
Mother / Veronica
... 1999
Mrs Whatnot (voice)
... 1999
The Hen (voice)
... 1997
Christine Peacock
... 1997
Woman with Dog
... 1996
Pearl
... 1996
Maggie
... 1995
... 1994
Emma Dumay
... 1994
Rosemary Horton
... 1992
Edda Goering
... 1991
Wendy
... 1990
Jackie Johns
... 1990
Marjorie
... 1989
Jane
... 1989
Eva
... 1989
Brenda
... 1989
Perriwinkle
... 1989
Janista Maine
... 1989
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Mayoress
... 1988
Betty
... 1987
Gwenda Stimpson
... 1986
Kate
... 1985
Doreen
... 1985
Kato/Natella/Aniko
... 1985
Mrs. Allardyce
... 1984
Mary Hussey
... 1984
Elmire
... 1983
Miss Land
... 1982
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Susan
... 1981
Kay Pasmore
... 1980
Norma Hardy
... 1978
Beverley
... 1977
Jan Blincoe
... 1977
Margaret Hudson
... 1976
Candice Marie
... 1976
Christine Potts
... 1975
Helen
... 1975
Nonie
... 1974
Jackie
... 1974
Veronica Thornley
... 1973
Tina