Cast
Alison Steadman
Acting
Cast
Alison Steadman
Known for
Acting
Born
1946-08-26
From
Liverpool, England, UK
Also known as Alison Steadman OBE, آلیسون استیدمن
Biography
Alison Steadman (born 26 August 1946) is an English actor. She won the 1991 National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress for the Mike Leigh (her husband 1973-2001) film Life is Sweet, and the 1993 Olivier Award for Best Actress for her role as Mari in the original production of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice. In a 2007 Channel 4 poll, the "50 Greatest Actors" voted for by other actors, she was ranked No. 42. Steadman made her professional stage debut in 1968 and went on to establish her career in Mike Leigh's 1970s TV plays Nuts in May (1976) and Abigail's Party (1977). She received BAFTA TV Award nominations for the 1986 BBC serial The Singing Detective, and in 2001 for the ITV drama series Fat Friends (2000–05). Other television roles include Pride and Prejudice (1995), Gavin & Stacey (2007–10, 2019) and Orphan Black (2015–16). Her other film appearances include A Private Function (1984), Clockwise (1986), Shirley Valentine (1989), Topsy Turvy (1999), and The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004).
★6.7
MOVIE2021
The King's Man
as Rita
★7.6
MOVIE2024
Better Man
as Betty
★7.0
MOVIE2025
Stitch Head
as Nan (voice)
★6.0
MOVIE2026
Joke
as Vet
★5.8
MOVIE2007
Fanny Hill
as Mrs. Brown
★9.0
MOVIE2020
We Love Gavin and Stacey
★7.6
MOVIE1996
Secrets & Lies
as Woman with Dog
★7.0
MOVIE1988
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
as Daisy
★7.0
MOVIE1991
Life Is Sweet
as Wendy
★6.5
MOVIE2011
French Exchange
as Mrs. Phillips
★6.8
MOVIE2010
Fry and Laurie Reunited
as Self - Narrator (voice)
★6.4
MOVIE1984
A Private Function
as Mrs. Allardyce
★5.0
MOVIE2016
Dad's Army
as Mrs. Fox
MOVIE1974
Taking Leave
as Nonie
★8.0
MOVIE2017
Yours Faithfully, Edna Welthorpe (Mrs)
★6.4
MOVIE1987
The Short & Curlies
as Betty
★5.0
MOVIE1999
Santa's Last Christmas
as Mrs Whatnot (voice)
★5.5
MOVIE1974
Girl
as Jackie
★7.4
MOVIE1977
Abigail's Party
as Beverley
★9.0
MOVIE2002
D.I.Y. Hard
as Woman
★6.8
MOVIE1999
Jack and the Beanstalk
as Mother / Veronica
MOVIE2023
Wake
as Grace
MOVIE1989
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
as Janista Maine
MOVIE1977
Our Flesh and Blood
as Jan Blincoe
★7.0
MOVIE1983
Tartuffe, or The Imposter
as Elmire
★6.8
MOVIE2020
23 Walks
as Fern
★6.7
MOVIE2015
Peterman
as Auntie Jean
MOVIETBA
King of the Teds
as Tina
★6.6
MOVIE1984
Champions
as Mary Hussey
★6.6
MOVIE1999
Topsy-Turvy
as Madame Leon
★6.0
MOVIE2007
The Dinner Party
as Juliet
★7.5
MOVIE2025
Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE1993
Selling Hitler
as Edda Goering
★7.1
MOVIE1982
P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang
as Miss Land
★8.0
MOVIE1982
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE2001
Happy Now
as Bronwyn Race
★6.3
MOVIE1989
Shirley Valentine
as Jane
★6.6
MOVIE2004
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
as Casting Agent
★5.4
MOVIE1992
Blame It on the Bellboy
as Rosemary Horton
★7.0
MOVIE2001
Ivor the Invisible
as Auntie Barbara (voice)
★5.0
MOVIE2010
Come Rain Come Shine
as Dora Mitchell
★5.0
MOVIE1997
The Missing Postman
as Christine Peacock
★6.7
MOVIE1985
Number One
as Doreen
★5.7
MOVIE1996
The Snow Queen's Revenge
as Pearl
MOVIE2009
Caravans: A British Love Affair
as Narrator
★6.0
MOVIE2020
Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse
as Dora
★5.7
MOVIE1988
Stormy Monday
as Mayor
MOVIE2025
Here We Go: Our New Year’s Fireworks Fantasaganza
as Sue Jessop
★6.2
MOVIE1986
Clockwise
as Gwenda Stimpson
★6.5
MOVIE2018
Care
as Mary
★5.4
MOVIE2006
Confetti
as Sam's Mum
★5.7
MOVIE1997
The Ugly Duckling
as The Hen (voice)
★5.0
MOVIE2007
Who Gets the Dog
as Jenny Evans
MOVIE2023
Here We Go: Mum's Classic Family Christmas
as Sue Jessop
MOVIE2007
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
as Self
★6.7
MOVIE1973
Hard Labour
as Veronica Thornley
★6.7
MOVIE1989
Monster Maker
as Perriwinkle
★9.0
MOVIE2014
The One and Only Mike Leigh
as Self
★6.5
MOVIE2016
Burn Burn Burn
as Diana
★7.0
MOVIE1981
The Muscle Market
as Susan
★8.0
MOVIE1995
Gotta Get Out
as Maggie
★7.7
MOVIE2001
Bob the Builder: A Christmas to Remember - The Movie
as Mayoress Bunty Ferguson (voice)
★7.1
MOVIE1976
Nuts in May
as Candice Marie
MOVIE2012
A Civil Arrangement
as Isobel
★4.5
MOVIE2003
Chunky Monkey
as Beryl
MOVIE2024
Gavin & Stacey: The Making of the Finale
as Self
★6.4
MOVIE1989
Wilt
as Eva
MOVIE1975
Through the Night
as Christine Potts
MOVIE1978
Two Days That Shook the Branch
as Norma Hardy
MOVIE2023
The 1970s Dinner Party
as Self - Narrator (voice)
★3.0
MOVIE1975
Early to Bed
as Helen
MOVIE2017
We Can Be Heroes
as Granny Evans
MOVIE2007
The Man from Montevideo
as Karen Horner
★4.7
MOVIE1985
Coming Through
as Kate
★2.1
MOVIE2006
Loony in the Woods
as Crazy Butcher
★10.0
MOVIE1989
Virtuoso
as Brenda
★9.3
MOVIE2019
Gavin & Stacey: A Special Christmas
as Pam Shipman
MOVIE1990
News Hounds
as Jackie Johns
★7.0
MOVIE1994
Do You Remember the First Time?
★8.0
MOVIE1994
Degas and Pissario Fall Out
as Emma Dumay
★6.3
MOVIE2007
All About 'Abigail's Party'
as Self
★10.0
MOVIE2019
Off Grid
as Grace Tanner
★9.0
MOVIE1989
A Small Mourning
as Marjorie
MOVIE2022
Queen and Country
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE1980
Pasmore
as Kay Pasmore
MOVIE2016
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
as Self
MOVIE1985
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
as Kato/Natella/Aniko
MOVIE2017
Becky Watts Killed for Kicks
as Narrator
MOVIE1976
Bag of Yeast
as Margaret Hudson