Alison Steadman

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1946-08-26 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Liverpool, England, UK

Alison Steadman

Biography

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 s...

Acting

2006

Loony in the Woods

as Crazy Butcher

2006

Confetti

as Sam's Mum

1977

Abigail's Party

as Beverley

1992

Blame It on the Bellboy

as Rosemary Horton

1990

1989

Wilt

as Eva

1999

Santa's Last Christmas

as Mrs Whatnot (voice)

1982

2019

Off Grid

as Grace Tanner

2024

Better Man

as Betty

2007

Fanny Hill

as Mrs. Brown

2010

Come Rain Come Shine

as Dora Mitchell

1989

Virtuoso

as Brenda

1985

Number One

as Doreen

1984

Champions

as Mary Hussey

1989

Monster Maker

as Perriwinkle

2002

D.I.Y. Hard

as Woman

2012

1976

Nuts in May

as Candice Marie

1993

Selling Hitler

as Edda Goering

2023

The 1970s Dinner Party

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1990

News Hounds

as Jackie Johns

2022

Queen and Country

as Narrator (voice)

1986

Clockwise

as Gwenda Stimpson

2016

Dad's Army

as Mrs. Fox

2015

Peterman

as Auntie Jean

1989

A Small Mourning

as Marjorie

2001

Ivor the Invisible

as Auntie Barbara (voice)

2016

2003

1984

A Private Function

as Mrs. Allardyce

1997

The Missing Postman

as Christine Peacock

2001

Happy Now

as Bronwyn Race

2007

1975

Through the Night

as Christine Potts

1999

Topsy-Turvy

as Madame Leon

1985

1974

Girl

as Jackie

1975

Early to Bed

as Helen

2011

French Exchange

as Mrs. Phillips

1997

The Ugly Duckling

as The Hen (voice)

2007

Who Gets the Dog

as Jenny Evans

1988

1973

Hard Labour

as Veronica Thornley

1996

Secrets & Lies

as Woman with Dog

2010

Fry and Laurie Reunited

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2017

We Can Be Heroes

as Granny Evans

1981

1976

Bag of Yeast

as Margaret Hudson

1999

Jack and the Beanstalk

as Mother / Veronica

1974

Taking Leave

as Nonie

1977

Our Flesh and Blood

as Jan Blincoe

2018

Care

as Mary

2021

1995

Gotta Get Out

as Maggie

2020

23 Walks

as Fern

1980

Pasmore

as Kay Pasmore

1985

The Caucasian Chalk Circle

as Kato/Natella/Aniko

1989

2001

2023

2007

Production

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