
Sarah Crowden
Biography
Born in Edinburgh in 1955 to acting parents Graham Crowden and Phyllida Hewat, Sara Crowden is a British character actress who works extensively in film, TV and theatre. She is also a professional writer, contributing to the literary quarterly Slightly Foxed and has reviewed books for The Lady, TLS, Geographical and Literary Review amongst others, and performs stand-up comedy under the alias of Dame Theresa Thompson's-Gazelle. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Diploma in Literature from Th…
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Filmography
Acting (49)
Movies (24)
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025as Lady Manville
Cruella
2021as Beehive Lady
Peterloo
2018as Lady at Races
The Little Stranger
2018as Miss Dabney
The Last Dragonslayer
2016as Pritchett Lane House Owner
Jupiter Ascending
2015as Bureaucrat
Mr. Holmes
2015as Mrs. Hudson
Queen of the Desert
2015as Lady Ascot (uncredited)
The Riot Club
2014as Elderly Woman
Brideshead Revisited
2008as Lady Guest
Affinity
2008as Ada
Joe's Palace
2007as Middle-aged womand
Miss Potter
2006as Lady Clifford
Longford
2006as Lady Tree
The Man Who Knew Too Little
1997as Sylvia
The Wind in the Willows
1996as Samantha
The Countess Alice
1993as Sarah
Orlando
1992as Queen Mary
Erik the Viking
1989as Grimhild Housewife
The Storyteller: A Story Short
1988as Queen
The Children Of Dynmouth
1987as Cub Mistress
Harem
1986as Charlotte
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
1985
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
1981as Helen
Television (25)
All the Light We Cannot See
2023as Madam Blanchard
Sister Boniface Mysteries
2022as Miss Thimble
The Durrells
2016as Melanie Countess De Torro
Wolf Hall
2015as Lady Exeter
Cockroaches
2015
Downton Abbey
2010as Lady Manville
The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007as Mrs Gribbins
He Knew He Was Right
2004as Mrs. MacHugh
The Afternoon Play
2003as Lady-in-Waiting
Tipping the Velvet
2002as Woman with Pipe
Love in a Cold Climate
2001as Third Twitterer
My Hero
2000as Mrs Clark
Vanity Fair
1998as Lady Blanche
Vanity Fair
1998as Lady Blanche
Our Mutual Friend
1998as First Guest
A Dance to the Music of Time
1997as Miss Orchard
Smokescreen
1994as Miss Chittock
The Detectives
1993as Head Teacher
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989as Receptionist
Campion
1989as Sadie
The Storyteller
1988as Queen
The Rainbow
1988as Catherine Phillips
Lovejoy
1986as Rosemary Blake
David Copperfield
1986as Jane Murdstone
The Fourth Arm
1983as ATS Sgt. Brookes
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