Linda Bassett
- Schauspiel
- 4. Februar 1950 · Pluckley, Kent, England, UK
Biografie
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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Filmografie
- Bare Roots · Sue
- Die unwahrscheinliche Pilgerreise des Harold Fry · Queenie
- Careful How You Go
- Strike · Joan Nancarrow
- Carnage: Swallowing the Past · Dr Yasmine Vondenburg
- Effie Gray · Anna
- National Theatre Live: People · Iris
- Die Spione von Warschau · Maika Rosen
- The Life and Adventures of Nick Nickleby · Mrs. Smike
- Call the Midwife · Phyllis Crane, Nurse Phyllis Crane
- West is West · Ella Khan
- Grandma's House · Grandma Lily
- Der Vorleser · Ms. Brenner
- Von Lark Rise nach Candleford · Queenie Turrill
- Cass - Legend of a Hooligan · Doll
- Sinn und Sinnlichkeit · Mrs. Jennings
- The English Harem · Monica Pringle
- Colour Me Kubrick · Trolley Lady
- Geliebte Lügen · Maggie
- Kinky Boots - Man(n) trägt Stiefel · Mel
- Spivs · Auntie Vee
- The Brief · Maureen Tyler
- Kalender Girls · Cora
- This Little Life · Nurse Nina
- The Hours - Von Ewigkeit zu Ewigkeit · Nelly Boxall
- The Martins · Anthea
- Don Quichotte · Housekeeper
- Lounge Act
- Beautiful People · Sister
- East Is East · Ella Khan
- dinnerladies · Peggy
- Far from the Madding Crowd · Maryann Money
- Out of Hours · Carol-Anne Kumar
- Far from the Madding Crowd · Maryann Money
- Spoonface Steinberg · Mrs. Spud
- Our Mutual Friend · Abby Potterson
- The Life and Crimes of William Palmer · Mary Thornton
- Oscar und Lucinda · Betty Stratton
- Inspector Barnaby · Eileen Carnack
- Indian Summer · Doctor
- No Bananas · Ellen Slater
- Mary Reilly · Mary's Mother
- Haunted - Haus der Geister · Madame Brontski
- E wie Ecstasy · Mum
- Bramwell · Maud
- Eine unerhörte Affäre · Gwen
- Kavanagh Q.C. · Miss Haddon QC
- In The Cold Light Of Day · Mrs. Loveless
- Skallagrigg · Susan
- Frank Stubbs Promotes · Eileen
- A Touch of Frost · Mrs Cornish
- Heartbeat · Beryl Palmer
- A Small Dance · Sandra Matkin
- Gib's ihm Chris · Mrs. Miles
- News Hounds · Virginia Lyddon
- Traffik · Rachel Lithgow
- Paris by Night · Janet Swanton
- Omnibus: Caryl Churchill · Player in 'Cloud 9' extract
- Warten auf den Mond · Gertrude Stein
- Casualty · Olwyn Humphries
- The Bill
- Dramarama · Meg Crawford
- American Playhouse · Gertrude Stein