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Sarah Crowden
ActorBorn January 1, 1955 (70 years)
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 The Open University and, in 2010, was awarded a Foundation Certificate in Bricklaying.
Filmography
| 2025 | Downton Abbey 3 · as Lady Manville |
| 2023 | All the Light We Cannot See (TV Series) · as Madam Blanchard |
| 2022 | Sister Boniface Mysteries (TV Series) · as Miss Thimble |
| 2021 | Cruella · as Beehive Lady |
| 2018 | Peterloo · as Lady At Races |
| 2018 | The Little Stranger · as Miss Dabney |
| 2016 | The Last Dragonslayer · as Pritchett Lane House Owner |
| 2016 | The Durrells (TV Series) · as Melanie Countess De Torro |
| 2015 | Queen of the Desert · as Lady Ascot (uncredited) |
| 2015 | Mr. Holmes · as Mrs. Hudson |
| 2015 | Jupiter Ascending · as Bureaucrat |
| 2015 | Wolf Hall (TV Series) · as Lady Exeter |
| 2015 | Cockroaches (TV Series) |
| 2014 | Grantchester (TV Series) · as Mrs. Bennett |
| 2014 | The Riot Club · as Elderly Woman |
| 2013 | Quartet: Deleted Scenes · as Felicity Liddle |
| 2012 | Quartet · as Felicity Liddle |
| 2012 | Endeavour (TV Series) · as Miss Thornhill |
| 2010 | Upstairs Downstairs (2010) (TV Series) · as Instructress |
| 2010 | Downton Abbey (TV Series) · as Lady Manville |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | Brideshead Revisited · as Lady Guest |
| 2008 | The Oxford Murders · as Shop Assistant |
| 2007 | Joe's Palace · as Middle-Aged Womand |
| 2007 | The Sarah Jane Adventures (TV Series) · as Mrs Gribbins |
| 2006 | Miss Potter · as Lady Clifford |
| 2006 | Longford · as Lady Tree |
| 2005 | The Green Green Grass (TV Series) · as Antiques Expert |
| 2004 | Perfect Strangers · as Angry Opera Lover |
| 2004 | He Knew He Was Right (TV Series) · as Mrs. Machugh |
| 2004 | Doc Martin (TV Series) · as Mrs. Kelleher |
| 2003 | The Afternoon Play (TV Series) · as Lady-In-Waiting |
| 2003 | New Tricks (TV Series) · as Flora Fox |
| 2002 | Tipping the Velvet (TV Series) · as Woman With Pipe |
| 2001 | Love in a Cold Climate (TV Series) · as Third Twitterer |
| 2000 | Doctors (TV Series) · as Mrs. Hilary Warton |
| 2000 | My Hero (TV Series) · as Mrs Clark |
| 1998 | Vanity Fair (1998) (TV Series) · as Lady Blanche |
| 1998 | Our Mutual Friend (TV Series) |
| 1997 | The Man Who Knew Too Little · as Sylvia |
| 1997 | A Dance to the Music of Time (TV Series) · as Miss Orchard |
| 1996 | Mr. Toad's Wild Ride · as Samantha |
| 1995 | Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde (TV Series) · as Miss Print |
| 1993 | The Detectives (TV Series) · as Head Teacher |
| 1992 | Orlando · as Queen Mary |
| 1989 | Erik the Viking · as Grimhild Housewife |
| 1989 | Great Expectations (1991) (TV Series) · as Miss Skiffkins |
| 1989 | Campion (TV Series) · as Sadie |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV Series) · as Receptionist |
| 1988 | Rab C Nesbitt (TV Series) · as Phoebe |
| 1988 | The Rainbow (TV Series) · as Catherine Phillips |
| 1987 | ChuckleVision (TV Series) · as Mrs. Fiona Fortescue-Smythe |
| 1987 | A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery (TV Series) · as Hotel Receptionist |
| 1987 | Jim Henson's The Storyteller (TV Series) · as Queen |
| 1986 | David Copperfield (1986) (TV Series) · as Jane Murdstone |
| 1986 | Screenplay (1986) (TV Series) · as Sarah |
| 1986 | Harem · as Charlotte |
| 1986 | Lovejoy (TV Series) · as Rosemary Blake |
| 1985 | |
| 1985 | EastEnders (TV Series) · as Madame Tellerina |
| 1984 | Screen Two (TV Series) · as Cub Mistress |
| 1984 | Swallows and Amazons Forever!: Coot Club · as Livy (hullabaloo) |
| 1983 | The Fourth Arm (TV Series) · as A.t.s. Sgt. Brookes |
| 1981 | Seven Dials Mystery · as Helen |