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Linda Bassett, a policeman's daughter, was born in the Kentish village of Pluckley - location for the television series The Darling Buds of May, but she was brought up in Pimlico, South London. She became interested in acting as a child when she was frequently taken to see plays in London, most notably at the Old Vic... See full bio »

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Still of Linda Hunt and Linda Bassett in Waiting for the Moon The members of the U.K.'s Women's Institute - Cora (Linda Bassett, left), Annie Clark (Julie Walters, second from left), Celia (Celia Imrie, third from left), Jessie (Annette Crosby, third from right), Chris Harper (Helen Mirren, second from right), and Ruth (Penelope Wilton, right), raise eyebrows - among other things - when they pose nude in their annual fundraising calendar Linda Bassett Ila Arun, Linda Bassett, Jimi Mistry, Om Puri and Aqib Khan Still of Linda Hunt and Linda Bassett in Waiting for the Moon Still of Andrew McCarthy and Linda Bassett in Waiting for the Moon
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2013 Effie Gray (post-production)
Anna
 
2013 Spies of Warsaw (TV mini-series)
Malka Rosen / Malka Rozen
– Episode #1.4 (2013) … Malka Rosen
– Episode #1.3 (2013) … Malka Rosen
– Episode #1.2 (2013) … Malka Rozen
– Episode #1.1 (2013) … Malka Rosen
 
2012 The Life and Adventures of Nick Nickleby (TV series)
Mrs. Smike
– Episode #1.5 (2012) … Mrs. Smike
– Episode #1.4 (2012) … Mrs. Smike
– Episode #1.3 (2012) … Mrs. Smike
– Episode #1.2 (2012) … Mrs. Smike
– Episode #1.1 (2012) … Mrs. Smike
 
2010-2012 Grandma's House (TV series)
Grandma
– The Day Simon and his Family Opened the Door to Acceptance (2012) … Grandma
– The Day Simon Found Himself Back on the Path to Fulfilment and Joy (2012) … Grandma
– The Day Simon was Really Determined to Heal His Grandma's Pain (2012) … Grandma
– The Day Simon Decided to Express Actual Feelings Just Like a Person (2012) … Grandma
– the Day Simon Thought It May be a Good Idea to Find New Living Arrangemants (2012) … Grandma
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2008-2011 Lark Rise to Candleford (TV series)
Queenie Turrill / Queenie Warner
– Episode #4.6 (2011) … Queenie Turrill
– Episode #4.5 (2011) … Queenie Turrill
– Episode #4.4 (2011) … Queenie Turrill
– Episode #4.3 (2011) … Queenie Turrill
– Episode #4.2 (2011) … Queenie Turrill
See all 36 episodes »
 
2010 West Is West
Ella Khan
 
2008 The Reader
Ms. Brenner
 
2008 Cass
Doll
 
2008 Sense & Sensibility (TV mini-series)
Mrs. Jennings
– Episode #1.3 (2008) … Mrs. Jennings
– Episode #1.2 (2008) … Mrs. Jennings
– Episode #1.1 (2008) … Mrs. Jennings
 
2007 Midsomer Murders (TV series)
Eileen Carnack
– The Animal Within (2007) … Eileen Carnack
 
2005 The English Harem (TV movie)
Monica Pringle
 
2005 Heartbeat (TV series)
Beryl Palmer
– Burden of Proof (2005) … Beryl Palmer
 
2004-2005 The Brief (TV series)
Maureen Tyler
– The Architect's Wife (2005) … Maureen Tyler
– Forever on the Mind (2005) … Maureen Tyler
– Lack of Affect (2005) … Maureen Tyler
– Blame (2005) … Maureen Tyler
– A Sort of Love (2004) … Maureen Tyler
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2005 Kinky Boots
Melanie
 
2005 Color Me Kubrick
Trolley Lady
 
2005 Separate Lies
Maggie
 
2004 Spivs
Auntie Vee
 
2003 Calendar Girls
Cora
 
2003 This Little Life (TV movie)
Nurse Nina
 
2002 The Hours
Nelly Boxall
 
2002 The Last Time (short)
Evelyn
 
2001 The Martins
Anthea
 
2000 Losing It (TV movie)
Tom's Mother
 
2000 Don Quixote (TV movie)
Housekeeper
 
2000 Lounge Act (short) (voice)
 
1999 Dinnerladies (TV series)
Peggy
– Trouble (1999) … Peggy
 
1999 Beautiful People
Sister
 
1999 East Is East
Ella Khan
 
1998 Out of Hours (TV mini-series)
Carol-Anne Kumar
 
1998 Far from the Madding Crowd (TV movie)
Maryann Money
 
1998 Our Mutual Friend (TV mini-series)
Abby Potterson
– Episode #1.3 (1998) … Abby Potterson
– Episode #1.1 (1998) … Abby Potterson
 
1998 The Life and Crimes of William Palmer (TV movie)
Mary Thornton
 
1998 Spoonface Steinberg (TV movie)
Mrs. Spud
 
1997 Oscar and Lucinda
Betty Stratton
 
1997 Kavanagh QC (TV series)
Miss Haddon QC
– Mute of Malice (1997) … Miss Haddon QC
 
1996 Alive and Kicking
Doctor
 
1996 No Bananas (TV mini-series)
Ellen Slater
– Blitz (1996) … Ellen Slater
– Raids (1996) … Ellen Slater
– Cricket (1996) … Ellen Slater
– A Soldier's Story (1996) … Ellen Slater
– Dunkirk (1996) … Ellen Slater
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1996 Mary Reilly
Mary's Mother
 
1996 Casualty (TV series)
Olwyn Humphries
– Asking for Miracles (1996) … Olwyn Humphries
 
1995 Haunted
Madame Brontski
 
1995 The Boss (TV series)
Iris Jennings
– Pilot (1995) … Iris Jennings
 
1995 Loved Up (TV movie)
Mother
 
1995 Bramwell (TV mini-series)
Maud
– Episode #1.7 (1995) … Maud
 
1990-1995 The Bill (TV series)
Shena Jackson / Chrissie Bates
– Old Habitats (1995) … Chrissie Bates
– Testimony (1990) … Shena Jackson
– Plato for Policemen (1990) … Shena Jackson
 
1995 A Village Affair (TV movie)
Gwen
 
1994 Frank Stubbs Promotes (TV series)
Eileen
– Babies (1994) … Eileen
 
1994 Screen Two (TV series)
Mrs. Loveless / Susan
– In the Cold Light of Day (1994) … Mrs. Loveless
– Skallagrigg (1994) … Susan
 
1994 A Touch of Frost (TV series)
Mrs Cornish
– Nothing to Hide (1994) … Mrs Cornish
 
1994 Love Hurts (TV series)
Janice
– Blue Heaven (1994) … Janice
 
1991 Let Him Have It
Mrs. Miles
 
1991 4 Play (TV series)
Phyllis Twigg
– Say Hello to the Real Dr. Snide (1991) … Phyllis Twigg
 
1991 A Small Dance
Sandra Matkin
 
1990 Screen One (TV series)
Virginia Lyddon
– News Hounds (1990) … Virginia Lyddon
 
1989 Boon (TV series)
Mrs. Sheridan
– In It for the Monet (1989) … Mrs. Sheridan
 
1989 Traffik (TV mini-series)
Rachel Lithgow
– The Courier (1989) … Rachel Lithgow
– The Chemist (1989) … Rachel Lithgow
– The Criminal (1989) … Rachel Lithgow
– The Addict (1989) … Rachel Lithgow
 
1988 Paris by Night
Janet Swanton
 
1988 Dramarama (TV series)
Meg Crawford
– Making Waves (1988) … Meg Crawford
 
1987 American Playhouse (TV series)
Gertrude Stein
– Waiting for the Moon (1987) … Gertrude Stein
 
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2008 Lark Rise to Candleford (TV series)
– Episode #1.6 (2008) (performer: "Silver Threads Among the Gold" - uncredited)
 
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2011 Daybreak (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 22 February 2011 (2011) … Herself
 
2004 'Calendar Girls': Creating the Calendar (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2003 The British Comedy Awards 2003 (TV movie)
Herself
 

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(2000) She acted in Shelagh Stephenson's play, "Five Kinds of Silence", at the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith, London, England with Tim Pigott-Smith, Gina McKee. Directed by Ian Brown. See more »
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Appeared in the stage version of East Is East. See more »

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