Alison Steadman

ActorWriter Aug 26 (age 79) Liverpool, England, UK 1949–2026 (77 year career)

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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 establi…

Known For

Film

The King's Man

Rita

Film

Pride and Prejudice

Mrs. Bennet

Film

Better Man

Betty

Film

Secrets & Lies

Woman with Dog

Film

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Daisy

Film

Gavin & Stacey

Pam Shipman

Film

Life Is Sweet

Wendy

Film

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

Casting Agent

Filmography

Acting (151)

Movies (88)

Here We Go: New Year’s Fireworks Extravaganza

2026

as Sue Jessop

Stitch Head

2025

as Nan (voice)

6.7

Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell

as Self

Better Man

as Betty

Gavin & Stacey: The Making of the Finale

2024

as Self

Wake

2023

as Grace

The 1970s Dinner Party

2023

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Here We Go: Mum's Classic Family Christmas

2023

as Sue Jessop

Queen and Country

2022

as Narrator (voice)

The King's Man

as Rita

23 Walks

as Fern

We Love Gavin and Stacey

2020

9.0

Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse

as Dora

Off Grid

as Grace Tanner

Gavin & Stacey: A Special Christmas

as Pam Shipman

Care

as Mary

Becky Watts Killed for Kicks

2017

as Narrator

Yours Faithfully, Edna Welthorpe (Mrs)

2017

8.0

We Can Be Heroes

2017

as Granny Evans

Dad's Army

as Mrs. Fox

Burn Burn Burn

as Diana

Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood

2016

as Self

Peterman

2015

as Auntie Jean

6.7

The One and Only Mike Leigh

2014

as Self

9.0

A Civil Arrangement

2012

as Isobel

French Exchange

as Mrs. Phillips

Come Rain Come Shine

as Dora Mitchell

Fry and Laurie Reunited

2010

as Self - Narrator (voice)

6.8

Caravans: A British Love Affair

2009

as Narrator

All About 'Abigail's Party'

as Self

Fanny Hill

as Mrs. Brown

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

2007

as Self

The Dinner Party

2007

as Juliet

6.0

The Man from Montevideo

2007

as Karen Horner

Who Gets the Dog

as Jenny Evans

Loony in the Woods

as Crazy Butcher

Confetti

as Sam's Mum

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

as Casting Agent

Chunky Monkey

as Beryl

D.I.Y. Hard

as Woman

Happy Now

as Bronwyn Race

Bob the Builder: A Christmas to Remember - The Movie

2001

as Mayoress Bunty Ferguson (voice)

7.8

Ivor the Invisible

2001

as Auntie Barbara (voice)

7.0

Santa's Last Christmas

1999

as Mrs Whatnot (voice)

4.3

Topsy-Turvy

1999

as Madame Leon

6.6

Jack and the Beanstalk

as Mother / Veronica

The Ugly Duckling

as The Hen (voice)

The Missing Postman

as Christine Peacock

Secrets & Lies

as Woman with Dog

The Snow Queen's Revenge

as Pearl

Gotta Get Out

as Maggie

Do You Remember the First Time?

1994

Degas and Pissario Fall Out

1994

as Emma Dumay

Selling Hitler

1993

as Edda Goering

7.0

Blame It on the Bellboy

as Rosemary Horton

Life Is Sweet

as Wendy

News Hounds

as Jackie Johns

Wilt

as Eva

Shirley Valentine

as Jane

Virtuoso

as Brenda

7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting

1989

as Janista Maine

Monster Maker

1989

as Perriwinkle

6.5

A Small Mourning

1989

as Marjorie

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

as Daisy

Stormy Monday

as Mayor

The Short & Curlies

as Betty

Clockwise

as Gwenda Stimpson

The Caucasian Chalk Circle

1985

as Kato/Natella/Aniko

Number One

as Doreen

Coming Through

as Kate

Champions

as Mary Hussey

A Private Function

as Mrs. Allardyce

Tartuffe, or The Imposter

1983

as Elmire

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

1982

as Self

8.0

P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang

as Miss Land

The Muscle Market

as Susan

Pasmore

as Kay Pasmore

Two Days That Shook the Branch

1978

as Norma Hardy

Abigail's Party

1977

as Beverley

7.4

Our Flesh and Blood

1977

as Jan Blincoe

Bag of Yeast

1976

as Margaret Hudson

Nuts in May

1976

as Candice Marie

7.0

Through the Night

1975

as Christine Potts

Early to Bed

as Helen

Girl

as Jackie

Taking Leave

as Nonie

Hard Labour

1973

as Veronica Thornley

6.5

King of the Teds

as Tina

Television (63)

Alison & Larry: Billericay To Barry

2023

as Alison Steadman

Here We Go

2022

as Sue Jessop

6.6

Remembers…

2022

as Self

Rules of the Game

2022

as Anita Jenkins

6.1

Extraordinary Escapes with Sandi Toksvig

as Self

Life

as Gail Reynolds

DNA Journey

Butterfly

as Barbara

Hold the Sunset

as Edith

Inside No. 9

as Anne

Boomers

as Joyce

The Great War: The People's Story

2014

as Hallie Eustace Miles

6.6

Gareth's All Star Choir

2014

as Self - Choir Member

Orphan Black

as Kendall Malone

Yonderland

as Barbara

Playhouse Presents

as Tina

Gadget Man

The Syndicate

as Rose Wilson

The Great Sport Relief Bake Off

2012

as Self - Contestant

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

2011

as Self - Participant

5.0

Comedy Blaps

2011

All Roads Lead Home

2011

as Herself

Little Crackers

2010

as Alison's Mother

6.8

Lewis

2007

as Rev. Martha Seager

Gavin & Stacey

as Pam Shipman

Fanny Hill

as Mrs. Brown

The One Show

as Self

Great British Menu

as Self - Guest Judge

6.5

Twisted Tales

2005

as Margery Faversham

7.0

The Worst Week of My Life

2004

as Angela Cook

8.1

Bosom Pals

2004

Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale

2002

as Mrs. Meisling

7.2

Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years

as Pauline Mole

Fat Friends

as Betty Simpson

Fat Friends

as Betty Simpson

Lenny Henry in Pieces

Let Them Eat Cake

Stressed Eric

Midsomer Murders

as Abigail Tonev

The Missing Postman

as Christine Peacock

Dalziel & Pascoe

as Marion Mattis

Karaoke

as Mrs. Haynes

Karaoke

as Mrs Haynes

Cold Lazarus

as Mrs. Haynes

No Bananas

as Evelyn Hamilton

Pride and Prejudice

as Mrs. Bennet

Kavanagh Q.C.

as Evelyn Marie Kendall

Crapston Villas

Coogan's Run

The Wimbledon Poisoner

as Elinor Farr

GMTV

as Self

Gone to Seed

as Hilda Plant

Gone to the Dogs

as Lauren Patterson

The Jim Henson Hour

as Perriwinkle

Countryfile

as Self

The Singing Detective

1986

as Mrs Marlow

7.5

In Sickness and in Health

as Mother

Oil Strike North

The Wackers

as Bernadette Clarkson

Crown Court

Bel Ami

as Fencer (as Allison Steadman)

Play for Today

as Veronica

The BAFTA Awards

as Self

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting

1989

Writer