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Linda Bassett
Pluckley, Kent, England, UK
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…
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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.
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2026
Bare Roots
Movie Sue
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2023
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Movie Queenie
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2018
Careful How You Go
Movie
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2017
Strike
TV show Joan Nancarrow
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2017
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
Movie Dr Yasmine Vondenburg
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2014
Effie Gray
Movie Anna
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2013
National Theatre Live: People
Movie Iris
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2013
Spies of Warsaw
TV show Maika Rosen
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2012
The Life and Adventures of Nick Nickleby
TV show Mrs. Smike
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2012
Call the Midwife
TV show Phyllis Crane
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2010
West Is West
Movie Ella Khan
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2010
Grandma's House
TV show Grandma Lily
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2008
The Reader
Movie Ms. Brenner
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2008
Lark Rise to Candleford
TV show Queenie Turrill
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2008
Cass
Movie Doll
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2008
Sense and Sensibility
TV show Mrs. Jennings
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2005
The English Harem
Movie Monica Pringle
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2005
Colour Me Kubrick
Movie Trolley Lady
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2005
Separate Lies
Movie Maggie
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2005
Kinky Boots
Movie Mel
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2004
Spivs
Movie Auntie Vee
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2004
The Brief
TV show Maureen Tyler
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2003
Calendar Girls
Movie Cora
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2003
This Little Life
Movie Nurse Nina
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2002
The Hours
Movie Nelly Boxall
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2001
The Martins
Movie Anthea
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2000
Don Quixote
Movie Housekeeper
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2000
Lounge Act
Movie
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1999
Beautiful People
Movie Sister
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1999
East Is East
Movie Ella Khan
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1998
dinnerladies
TV show Peggy
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1998
Far from the Madding Crowd
TV show Maryann Money
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1998
Out of Hours
TV show Carol-Anne Kumar
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1998
Far from the Madding Crowd
Movie Maryann Money
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1998
Spoonface Steinberg
Movie Mrs. Spud
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1998
Our Mutual Friend
TV show Abby Potterson
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1998
The Life and Crimes of William Palmer
Movie Mary Thornton
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1997
Oscar and Lucinda
Movie Betty Stratton
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1997
Midsomer Murders
TV show Eileen Carnack
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1996
Alive and Kicking
Movie Doctor
