Alison Steadman

Alison Steadman

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).

Known For: Acting

Born: Liverpool, England, UK, 1946-08-26

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1973	Hard Labour	Veronica Thornley	65
2	1974	Girl	Jackie	50
3	1974	Taking Leave	Nonie	0
4	1975	Early to Bed	Helen	10
5	1975	Through the Night	Christine Potts	0
6	1976	Nuts in May	Candice Marie	72
7	1976	Bag of Yeast	Margaret Hudson	0
8	1977	Our Flesh and Blood	Jan Blincoe	0
9	1977	Abigail's Party	Beverley	74
10	1978	Two Days That Shook the Branch	Norma Hardy	0
11	1980	Pasmore	Kay Pasmore	0
12	1981	The Muscle Market	Susan	70
13	1982	Mike Leigh: Making Plays	Self	80
14	1982	P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang	Miss Land	70
15	1983	Tartuffe, or The Imposter	Elmire	0
16	1984	Champions	Mary Hussey	68
17	1984	A Private Function	Mrs. Allardyce	63
18	1985	The Caucasian Chalk Circle	Kato/Natella/Aniko	0
19	1985	Number One	Doreen	50
20	1985	Coming Through	Kate	48
21	1986	Clockwise	Gwenda Stimpson	62
22	1987	The Short & Curlies	Betty	63
23	1988	Stormy Monday	Mayor	57
24	1988	The Adventures of Baron Munchausen	Daisy	70
25	1989	7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting	Janista Maine	0
26	1989	Monster Maker	Perriwinkle	65
27	1989	Virtuoso	Brenda	0
28	1989	Wilt	Eva	62
29	1989	Shirley Valentine	Jane	63
30	1989	A Small Mourning	Marjorie	0
31	1990	News Hounds	Jackie Johns	0
32	1990	Life Is Sweet	Wendy	70
33	1992	Blame It on the Bellboy	Rosemary Horton	54
34	1993	Selling Hitler	Edda Goering	70
35	1994	Degas and Pissario Fall Out	Emma Dumay	0
36	1994	Do You Remember the First Time?		0
37	1995	Gotta Get Out	Maggie	80
38	1996	The Snow Queen's Revenge	Pearl	54
39	1996	Secrets & Lies	Woman with Dog	76
40	1997	The Missing Postman	Christine Peacock	50
41	1997	The Ugly Duckling	The Hen (voice)	56
42	1999	Santa's Last Christmas	Mrs Whatnot (voice)	43
43	1999	Jack and the Beanstalk	Mother / Veronica	68
44	1999	Topsy-Turvy	Madame Leon	66
45	2001	Happy Now	Bronwyn Race	54
46	2001	Bob the Builder: A Christmas to Remember - The Movie	Mayoress Bunty Ferguson (voice)	78
47	2001	Ivor the Invisible	Auntie Barbara (voice)	70
48	2002	D.I.Y. Hard	Woman	87
49	2003	Chunky Monkey	Beryl	20
50	2004	The Life and Death of Peter Sellers	Casting Agent	66
51	2006	Confetti	Sam's Mum	55
52	2006	Loony in the Woods	Crazy Butcher	21
53	2007	The 50 Greatest Television Dramas	Self	0
54	2007	The Dinner Party	Juliet	60
55	2007	Fanny Hill	Mrs. Brown	60
56	2007	All About 'Abigail's Party'	Self	63
57	2007	Who Gets the Dog	Jenny Evans	50
58	2009	Caravans: A British Love Affair	Narrator	0
59	2010	Fry and Laurie Reunited	Self - Narrator (voice)	68
60	2010	Come Rain Come Shine	Dora Mitchell	50
61	2011	French Exchange	Mrs. Phillips	65
62	2012	A Civil Arrangement	Isobel	0
63	2014	The One and Only Mike Leigh	Self	90
64	2015	Peterman	Auntie Jean	67
65	2016	Dad's Army	Mrs. Fox	50
66	2016	Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood	Self	0
67	2016	Burn Burn Burn	Diana	66
68	2017	We Can Be Heroes	Granny Evans	0
69	2017	Becky Watts Killed for Kicks	Narrator	0
70	2017	Yours Faithfully, Edna Welthorpe (Mrs)		80
71	2018	Care	Mary	66
72	2019	Off Grid	Grace Tanner	100
73	2019	Gavin & Stacey: A Special Christmas	Pam Shipman	90
74	2020	23 Walks	Fern	66
75	2020	We Love Gavin and Stacey		0
76	2020	Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse	Dora	59
77	2021	The King's Man	Rita	67
78	2022	Queen and Country	Narrator (voice)	0
79	2023	The 1970s Dinner Party	Self - Narrator (voice)	0
80	2024	Better Man	Betty	78
81		King of the Teds	Tina	0
82	2023	Wake		0
83	2024	Gavin & Stacey: The Making of the Finale	Self	0
84	2025	Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell	Self	80

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1949	The BAFTA Awards	Self	100
2	1970	Play for Today	Nonie	63
3	1970	Play for Today	Veronica	63
4	1970	Play for Today	Jan Blincoe	63
5	1970	Play for Today	Kay Pasmore	63
6	1970	Play for Today	Susan	63
7	1972	Crown Court		54
8	1975	The Wackers	Bernadette Clarkson	55
9	1975	Oil Strike North		50
10	1986	The Singing Detective	Mrs. Marlow	76
11	1988	Countryfile	Self	46
12	1989	The Jim Henson Hour	Perriwinkle	89
13	1991	Gone to the Dogs	Lauren Patterson	60
14	1992	Gone to Seed	Hilda Plant	30
15	1993	GMTV	Self	56
16	1994	The Wimbledon Poisoner	Elinor Farr	35
17	1995	Kavanagh Q.C.	Evelyn Marie Kendall	70
18	1995	Pride and Prejudice	Mrs. Bennet	82
19	1995	Crapston Villas		75
20	1995	Coogan's Run		64
21	1996	Dalziel & Pascoe	Marion Mattis	64
22	1996	Karaoke	Mrs. Haynes	69
23	1996	No Bananas	Evelyn Hamilton	50
24	1996	Cold Lazarus	Mrs. Haynes	68
25	1997	Midsomer Murders	Abigail Tonev	75
26	1997	The Missing Postman	Christine Peacock	67
27	1998	Stressed Eric		60
28	1999	Let Them Eat Cake		68
29	2000	Fat Friends	Betty Simpson	77
30	2000	Lenny Henry in Pieces		30
31	2001	Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years	Pauline Mole	30
32	2002	Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale	Mrs. Meisling	72
33	2004	Bosom Pals		0
34	2004	The Worst Week of My Life	Angela Cook	81
35	2005	Twisted Tales		75
36	2006	Great British Menu	Self - Guest Judge	64
37	2006	The One Show	Self	45
38	2007	Lewis	Rev. Martha Seager	76
39	2007	Gavin & Stacey	Pam Shipman	75
40	2007	Fanny Hill	Mrs. Brown	72
41	2010	Little Crackers	Alison's Mother	68
42	2011	All Roads Lead Home	Herself	0
43	2011	Celebrity Antiques Road Trip	Self - Participant	50
44	2012	The Great Sport Relief Bake Off	Self - Contestant	0
45	2012	The Syndicate	Rose Wilson	76
46	2012	Gadget Man		70
47	2013	Orphan Black	Kendall Malone	78
48	2013	Yonderland	Barbara	76
49	2014	Inside No. 9	Anne	80
50	2014	The Great War: The People's Story	Hallie Eustace Miles	61
51	2014	Boomers	Joyce	63
52	2014	Gareth's All Star Choir	Herself - Choir Member	0
53	2018	Hold the Sunset	Edith	63
54	2018	Butterfly	Barbara	62
55	2019	DNA Journey		60
56	2020	Life	Gail Reynolds	74
57	2022	Rules of the Game	Anita Jenkins	61
58	2022	Here We Go	Sue Jessop	67
59	2023	Alison & Larry: Billericay To Barry	Alison Steadman	0

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