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Linda Bassett
Actor
Born February 4, 1950 (74 years)
Linda Bassett was born in the Kentish village of Pluckley - location for the television series The Darling Buds of May (1991). She was brought up in Pimlico, South London, by her typist mother and police officer father. She became interested in acting as a child when she was frequently taken to see plays in London, most notably at the Old Vic, the famous classical theater. On leaving school, Linda went to work at the Old Vic as an usherette and catering manager, before going to read English at Leeds University. However, she dropped out after a year and became involved in a local drama group which put on plays in community-based locations, such as schools. She regards this as her theatrical schooling, having had no formal training. She made her London stage debut at the age of 32 in 1982 and, in 1991, joined the Royal Shakespeare Company. Although she was a well-regarded stage performer, it was the 1999 film version of the play East Is East (1999) (in which she had been an original stage cast member) which brought her to a larger audience and, throughout the 2000s, she has been a familiar face in a variety of films and television series. In the late 1980s, she returned to live in Pluckley.
Known For
Filmography
| 2023 | The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry · as Queenie |
| 2017 | Strike (TV Series) · as Joan Nancarrow |
| 2017 | Carnage · as Dr Yasmine Vondenburg |
| 2017 | The EE British Academy Film Awards · as Cast |
| 2017 | Call the Midwife: The Casebook · as Nurse Phyllis Crane |
| 2015 | Twirlywoos (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2014 | Effie Gray · as Anna |
| 2013 | National Theatre Live: People · as Iris |
| 2013 | National Theatre Live: People · as Iris |
| 2013 | Spies of Warsaw (TV Series) · as Malka Rosen |
| 2012 | Nick Nickleby (TV Series) · as Mrs. Smike |
| 2012 | Call the Midwife (TV Series) · as Phyllis Crane |
| 2010 | West Is West · as Ella Khan |
| 2010 | Grandma's House (TV Series) · as Grandma |
| 2008 | The Reader · as Ms. Brenner |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | Lark Rise to Candleford (TV Series) · as Queenie Turrill |
| 2008 | Sense & Sensibility (2008) (TV Series) · as Mrs. Jennings |
| 2005 | The English Harem · as Monica Pringle |
| 2005 | Separate Lies · as Maggie |
| 2005 | Kinky Boots · as Mel |
| 2005 | Color Me Kubrick · as Trolley Lady |
| 2004 | Spivs · as Auntie Vee |
| 2004 | The Brief (TV Series) · as Maureen Tyler |
| 2004 | 'Calendar Girls': The Naked Truth · as Cora |
| 2003 | Calendar Girls · as Cora |
| 2003 | This Little Life · as Nurse Nina |
| 2002 | The Hours · as Nelly Boxall |
| 2001 | The Martins · as Anthea |
| 2001 | The Martins: Deleted Scenes · as Anthea |
| 2001 | The Martins: Outtakes · as Anthea |
| 2000 | Don Quixote · as Housekeeper |
| 1999 | East Is East · as Ella Khan |
| 1999 | Beautiful People · as Sister |
| 1998 | dinnerladies (TV Series) · as Peggy |
| 1998 | Far from the Madding Crowd · as Maryann Money |
| 1998 | Spoonface Steinberg · as Mrs. Spud |
| 1998 | Our Mutual Friend (TV Series) |
| 1998 | The Life And Crimes Of William Palmer (TV Series) · as Mary Thornton |
| 1997 | Oscar and Lucinda · as Betty Stratton |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders (TV Series) · as Eileen Carnack |
| 1996 | Alive and Kicking · as Doctor |
| 1996 | No Bananas (TV Series) · as Ellen Slater |
| 1996 | Mary Reilly · as Mary's Mother |
| 1995 | Haunted · as Madame Brontski |
| 1995 | The Peter Principle (TV Series) · as Iris Jennings |
| 1995 | Loved Up · as Mum |
| 1995 | |
| 1995 | A Village Affair · as Gwen |
| 1995 | Kavanagh Q.C. (TV Series) · as Miss Haddon Qc |
| 1992 | A Touch of Frost (TV Series) |
| 1992 | |
| 1992 | Love Hurts (TV Series) · as Janice |
| 1991 | Let Him Have It · as Mrs. Miles |
| 1989 | Traffik (TV Series) · as Rachel Lithgow |
| 1988 | Paris by Night · as Janet Swanton |
| 1987 | Waiting for the Moon · as Gertrude Stein |
| 1986 | Casualty (TV Series) · as Olwyn Humphries |
| 1986 | |
| 1985 | Screen One (TV Series) · as Virginia Lyddon |
| 1985 | EastEnders (TV Series) · as Bridget Gilsenen |
| 1984 | Screen Two (TV Series) · as Mrs. Loveless |
| 1984 | The Bill (TV Series) |
| 1983 | Dramarama (TV Series) |