Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 04, 1950
Place of Birth
Pluckley, Kent, England, UK
Credits
60 titles
Linda Bassett
Biography
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
Bare Roots
Sue
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of 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
Spies of Warsaw
Maika Rosen
The Life and Adventures of Nick Nickleby
Mrs. Smike
Call the Midwife
Phyllis Crane
West Is West
Ella Khan
Grandma's House
Grandma Lily
The Reader
Ms. Brenner
Lark Rise to Candleford
Queenie Turrill
Cass
Doll
Sense and Sensibility
Mrs. Jennings
The English Harem
Monica Pringle
Colour Me Kubrick
Trolley Lady
Separate Lies
Maggie
Kinky Boots
Mel
Spivs
Auntie Vee
The Brief
Maureen Tyler
Calendar Girls
Cora
This Little Life
Nurse Nina
The Hours
Nelly Boxall
The Martins
Anthea
Don Quixote
Housekeeper
Lounge Act
Beautiful People
Sister
East Is East
Ella Khan
dinnerladies
Peggy
Far from the Madding Crowd
Maryann Money
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 and Lucinda
Betty Stratton
Midsomer Murders
Eileen Carnack
Alive and Kicking
Doctor
No Bananas
Ellen Slater
Mary Reilly
Mary's Mother
Haunted
Madame Brontski
Loved Up
Mum
Bramwell
Maud
A Village Affair
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