Alison Steadman

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Alison Steadman
OBE
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Steadman during a recording of You'll Have Had Your Tea for BBC Radio 4 in 2006
Born (1946-08-26) 26 August 1946 (age 78)
Liverpool, England
Alma mater East 15 Acting School
OccupationActress
Years active1968–present
Spouse
(m. 1973;div. 2001)
Partner Michael Elwyn
Children2

Alison Steadman OBE (born 26 August 1946) is an English actress. She received the 1977 Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress for Abigail's Party , the 1991 National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress for the Mike Leigh 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 42. [1]

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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). [2] She received BAFTA TV Award nominations for the 1986 BBC serial The Singing Detective and in 2001 for the ITV drama series Fat Friends (2000–2005). Other television roles include Pride and Prejudice (1995), Gavin & Stacey (2007–2010, 2019, 2024) and Orphan Black (2015–2016). Her other film appearances include A Private Function (1984), Topsy-Turvy (1999), The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004), Dad's Army (2016) and The King's Man (2021).

Early life and education

Steadman was born in Liverpool, the youngest of three sisters born to Marjorie (née Evans) (1912–1996) and George Percival Steadman (1912–1991), [3] who worked as a production controller for Plessey, an electronics firm.

Steadman was educated at Childwall Valley High School for Girls, a state grammar school in the Liverpool suburb of Childwall, followed by East 15 Acting School, at which she secured a place in the autumn of 1966 and where she met Mike Leigh during her second year. [4]

Career

Stage work

Having left the East 15 Acting School in Loughton, Essex, Steadman worked in various regional repertory theatres, starting at Lincoln in 1968, where her first role was the schoolgirl Sandy in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie . She created the role of the monstrous Beverly in Mike Leigh's Abigail's Party , which she reprised with the original cast on television. She won an Olivier Award for The Rise and Fall of Little Voice and also appeared in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof , Entertaining Mr Sloane , Hotel Paradiso, and others in locations as diverse as the Royal Court, the Theatre Royal, the Old Vic, the Hampstead Theatre, the Nottingham Playhouse, the Everyman Liverpool and the National Theatre. She starred as Elmire in the 1983 RSC production of Molière's Tartuffe , which was adapted for BBC television. [ citation needed ] 2002 saw her play the role of Hillary in Debbie Isitt's The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband at the West End's Ambassadors Theatre to widely positive reviews. [5] In 2010 Steadman played Madame Arcati in a revival of Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit . [6] [7] In 2014 Steadman appeared as Madame Raquin in Helen Edmundson's adaptation of Emile Zola's Thérèse Raquin . [8] [9]

Film

Steadman has appeared in many films, including P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang (1982), Champions (1983), A Private Function (1984), Number One (1984), Clockwise (1986), Stormy Monday (1988), The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), Shirley Valentine (1989), Wilt (1989), Life Is Sweet (1990), Blame It on the Bellboy (1992), Topsy-Turvy (1999), The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004), Confetti (2006), Burn Burn Burn (2015), Dads Army (2016) and 23 Walks (2020),

Television

An early television appearance came in 1976 which saw Steadman cast as Cheryl Baker in the Granada Television daytime series Crown Court. Her character was the secretary of a confidence trickster found guilty of fraud.

Other television work includes Fat Friends as Betty, Grumpy Old Women , Stressed Eric , Let Them Eat Cake , The Singing Detective , No Bananas , The Caucasian Chalk Circle , Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years as Pauline Mole, opposite James Bolam in the television film The Missing Postman , and Pride and Prejudice as Mrs. Bennet. In 1991, she also appeared as Edda Göring in Selling Hitler and as Lauren Patterson in Gone to the Dogs , which was then followed up by Gone to Seed .

Television productions directed by Leigh in which she has appeared include Nuts in May , Hard Labour and Abigail's Party . She also appeared in the BBC comedy The Worst Week of My Life . In 2007 she featured in the BBC Wales programme Coming Home about her Welsh family history, with roots in Trefarclawdd and Ruabon.

In October 2007 Steadman appeared in Fanny Hill on BBC Four.

From May 2007 to January 2010 Steadman starred in the BBC comedy Gavin & Stacey as Pam Shipman. She returned to the role for the Christmas specials in 2019 and 2024 respectively. [10] [11] She appeared in Lewis as the Reverend Martha Steadman in 'Intelligent Design' in 2013.

Steadman starred with Myra Frances in Girl, a 1974 BBC play in the Second City Firsts series, performing the first lesbian kiss on British television. [12]

In 2014 Steadman starred as Joyce in the first series of the BBC comedy Boomers, followed by a Christmas special in 2015 and a second series in 2016. [13] In 2016 she presented the three-part series Little British Islands with Alison Steadman on Channel 4. The series visited Gigha, Jura, Colonsay and Oronsay in episode 1, Jersey, Alderney and Sark in episode 2 and the Isles of Scilly in episode 3. In 2016 she appeared as Abigail in the Midsomer Murders episode 'The incident at Cooper Hill'.

In 2018 Steadman made a return to BBC1 with John Cleese in Hold the Sunset . On 9 December 2018 Steadman appeared in the BBC1 Drama 'Care' in the role of Mary.

Radio

On radio, Steadman's talent for mimicry and character voices was given full rein in the 1970s, mainly at BBC Manchester, in comedy sketch shows including Week Ending , Castle's on the Air and The Worst Show on the Wireless. In the second and third of these she played the over-protective mother to Eli Woods's long-suffering Bunty/Precious. From 1982 to 1984, also at BBC Manchester, she joined Eli Woods and Eddie Braben ( Morecambe and Wise 's scriptwriter) in 13 episodes of the radio comedy The Show with No Name, written by Braben, which can best be described as an updated version of the comedy sketch show Round the Horne . In the early to mid 1980s Steadman also had a spell in Roy Hudd's long-running comedy sketch series The News Huddlines. From 2002 she co-starred as Mrs Naughtie in the situation comedy series Hamish and Dougal . In December 2009 she starred in Mike Stott's My Mad Grandad on BBC Radio 4. [14] From 2012 she played Ginny Fox, a parody of Virginia Woolf, in the sitcom Gloomsbury . In 2018 she made a guest appearance in Radio 4's The Archers as Olwen, a friend of Jill Archer.

Personal life

In 1972 director Mike Leigh drove to Liverpool to see Ted Whitehead's play The Foursome, which featured Steadman. He asked her to be in his film Hard Labour , during which, both said, they "got together". [15] They married in 1973 and had two sons. [16] The couple lived with their sons in Wood Green, London. [17] They separated in 1995 and divorced in 2001.

Steadman's partner is actor Michael Elwyn. [18] The couple live in Highgate, London. [19]

She is a birdwatcher [20] and in November 2016 became an ambassador for London Wildlife Trust. [21]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1975 Nuts in May Candice MarieTV film
1977 Abigail's Party BeverlyTV film
1980Moving PicturesMrs. ArnolfiniTV film
1982 P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang Miss LandTV film
1983 Tartuffe, or the Impostor ElmireTV film
1984 Champions Mary Hussey
A Private Function Mrs. Allardyce
Number OneDoreenTV film
1985 The Caucasian Chalk Circle Kato / Natella / AnikoTV film
1985 Coming Through KateTV film
1986 Clockwise Gwenda Stimpson
1987The FindingMumTV film
The Short & Curlies BettyTV short film
1988Coming ThroughKateTV film
Stormy Monday Mayor
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen Daisy
1989 Shirley Valentine Jane
Wilt Eva Wilt
1990 Life Is Sweet Wendy
1992 Blame It on the Bellboy Rosemary Horton
1994Degas and Pissaro Fall OutEmma DumayShort film
1996 Secrets & Lies Dog Owner
The Snow Queen's Revenge PearlVoice role
1997 The Missing Postman Christine PeacockTV film
The Ugly DucklingThe HenVoice role
1998Queen's Park StoryThe SquirrelTV short film. Voice role
1999 Topsy-Turvy Madame Leon
Santa's Last ChristmasThe SorceressTV film. Voice role
2001Chunky MonkeyBeryl
Happy Now? Bronwyn Race
Bob the Builder: A Christmas to RememberBunty Ferguson (The Mayoress)Video. Voice role (UK dub)
Ivor the Invisible Auntie BarbaraTV film. Voice role
2002D.I.Y. HardWomanShort film
2003 Philip Larkin: Love and Death in Hull NarratorVoice role
Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale Mrs. MeislingTV film
2004Bosom PalsJoanTV film. Voice role
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Casting Agent
2005Bob the Builder: Bob's Big PlanBunty Ferguson (The Mayoress)TV film. Voice role (UK dub)
The HousewifeNarration / The HousewifeShort film
2006 Confetti Sam's Mum
Dead RichMaggieShort film
Loony in the WoodsCrazy Butcher
2007The Dinner PartyJulietTV film
Who Gets the Dog? Jenny EvansTV film
2009Second ChanceBillie ShackletonShort film
2010Come Rain Come ShineDora MitchellTV film
2012A Civil ArrangementIsobelTV film
The Day My Nan DiedJeanShort film
NotesAllisonShort film
2014PetermanAuntie Jean
2015 Burn Burn Burn Diana
2016 Dad's Army Mrs. Fox
2017French ExchangeMrs. PhillipsShort film
We Can Be HeroesGranny Evans
Yours Faithfully Edna Welthorpe (Mrs) Edna Welthorpe Short film
2018BertieAnnShort film
GhostedAlisonShort film
CareMaryTV film
Three Sacks Full of HatsMumShort film
2019Off GridGrace TannerShort film
2020 23 Walks Fern
Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse DoraTV film
2021 The King's Man Rita
2024 Better Man Betty

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1971 Bel Ami FencerEpisode: "Madeleine"
1973 Z-Cars WPC Bayliss2 episodes: "Suspicion" and "Nuisance"
1973–1974Frost's WeeklyVarious roles7 episodes
1973–1981 Play for Today Various roles9 episodes
1974 Crown Court Mary Chatham3 episodes: "Good and Faithful Friends: Parts 1–3"
Second City Firsts JackieEpisode: "Girl"
1975HelenEpisode: "Early to Bed"
Tarbuck and All That! Various rolesSeries regular
Oil Strike North Paula WebberEpisode: "First Lion"
The Wackers Bernadette Clarkson7 episodes
1976 Crown Court Cheryl Baker3 episodes: "Scard: Parts 1–3"
Red Letter Day Margaret HudsonEpisode: "Bag of Yeast"
1977 Esther Waters Sarah3 episodes
1978 ITV Playhouse Norma HardyEpisode: "Ten Days That Shook the Branch"
1979 Two's Company PamelaEpisode: "The Silence"
1985–1987Nature in FocusHelen12 episodes
1986 The Singing Detective Mrs. Lili MarlowMini-series, 5 episodes
In Sickness and in Health MotherEpisode: "Christmas Special"
1989 Screen Two Brenda OgdonEpisode: "Virtuoso"
The Jim Henson Hour PerriwinkleEpisode: "Monster Maker"
Screenplay MarjorieEpisode: "A Small Mourning"
1990 Screen One Jackie JohnsEpisode: "News Hounds"
1991 Selling Hitler Edda GoeringMini-series, 1 episode
Gone to the Dogs Lauren PattersonMini-series, 6 episodes
1992 Gone to Seed HildaSeries regular, 6 episodes
1994 The Wimbledon Poisoner Elinor FarrMini-series, 2 episodes
1995 Kavanagh QC Evelyn Marie KendallEpisode: "Nothing But the Truth"
Pride and Prejudice Mrs. BennetMini-series, 6 episodes
Coogan's Run AnnetteEpisode: "The Curator"
1995–1998 Crapston Villas Marge StensonSeries regular, 20 episodes
1996 Karaoke Mrs. HaynesMini-series, 2 episodes
Cold Lazarus Mrs. HaynesMini-series, 1 episode
No Bananas Evelyn HamiltonSeries regular, 10 episodes
1998–2000 Stressed Eric Mrs. PerfectSeries regular, voice role, 13 episodes
1999 Let Them Eat Cake Madame de Plonge4 episodes
2000–2005 Fat Friends Betty SimpsonSeries regular, 23 episodes
2001 Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years Pauline MoleSeries regular, 6 episodes
2002CelebGrandmaEpisode: "The Love Child"
2003 Lenny Henry in Pieces Various roles4 episodes
Comic Relief Professor Minerva McGonagall Sketch: "Harry Potter and the Chamberpot of Azerbaijan"
2004 Dalziel and Pascoe Marion MattisEpisode: "Soft Touch"
2004–2005 The Lenny Henry Show Mrs. Twelvetrees2 episodes
2004–2006 The Worst Week of My Life Angela CookSeries regular, 17 episodes
2005 Twisted Tales Margery FavershamEpisode: "Fruitcake of the Living Dead"
Bob the Builder Bunty Ferguson (The Mayoress)Voice role (UK dub). Episode: "Bob's Big Plan"
2007 The Last Detective Karen HornerEpisode: "The Man from Montevideo"
Agatha Christie's Marple Kirsten LindstromEpisode: "Ordeal by Innocence"
Fanny Hill Mrs. Brown / Madam2 episodes: "#1.1" and "#1.2"
The Omid Djalili Show Mrs. DashettEpisode: "#1.2"
2007–2010, 2019, 2024 Gavin & Stacey Pam ShipmanSeries regular, 22 episodes
2012 Playhouse Presents TinaEpisode: "King of the Teds"
Inspector George Gently Esther DunwoodyEpisode: "The Lost Child"
Little Crackers Alison's Mum
Mrs. O'Grady
Episode: "Alison Steadmans Little Cracker: The Autograph"
Episode: "Paul O'Grady's Little Cracker: Boo! A Ghost Story"
2013 Lewis Rev. Martha Seager2 episodes: "Intelligent Design: Parts 1 & 2"
The Syndicate Rose WilsonSeries regular, 6 episodes
Love and Marriage Pauline ParadiseSeries regular, 6 episodes
2014Comedy BlapsMumEpisode: "A Liam Williams 'Blap': Episode 3 – Home"
The Great War: The People's StoryHallie MilesMini-series, 3 episodes
The Secrets AngelaEpisode: "The Dilemma"
2014–2016 Boomers JoyceSeries regular, 13 episodes
2015 Inside No. 9 'Madam Talbot' / AnneEpisode: "Séance Time"
2015–2016 Orphan Black Kendall Malone5 episodes
2016 Midsomer Murders Abigail TonevEpisode: "The Incident at Cooper Hill"
Yonderland Barbara MaddoxEpisode: "It's the Thought That Counts"
Comedy Playhouse BrendaEpisode: "Broken Biscuits"
2017CathEpisode: "Static"
We Have Been Watching NarratorSeries regular
2018 Butterfly BarbaraMini-series, 3 episodes
The Reluctant Landlord DebbieEpisode: "Mama's Boy"
The Crystal Maze Fairy God MumsieEpisode: "Celebrity Christmas Special"
2018–2019 Hold the Sunset EdithSeries regular, 13 episodes
2019 Moominvalley Emma the Stage RatVoice role, 2 episodes: "Little My Moves In" and "Moominsummer Madness"
2020 Unprecedented Liz's MumEpisode: "#1.3"
HouseboundJaneEpisode: "#1.12"
Life Gail ReynoldsMini-series, 6 episodes
Pandemonium Sue Jessop BBC One comedy (pilot episode of Here We Go) [22]
2022 Rules of the Game Anita JenkinsMini-series, 4 episodes [23]
2022–2023 Here We Go Sue Jessop8 episodes (including pilot and 2023 Christmas Special) [22]
2023Alison & Larry: Billericay to BarryHerself Gold celebrity travel show [24]

Awards and nominations

YearWorkAwardCategoryResult
1987 The Singing Detective BAFTA TV Award Best Actress Nominated
1991 Life Is Sweet Taormina International Film Festival Golden Mask Won
1992 Life Is Sweet National Society of Film Critics Awards Best Actress Won
1993 The Rise and Fall of Little Voice Olivier Award Best Actress Won
1996 Pride and Prejudice CableACE Award Supporting Actress in a Movie or MiniseriesNominated
1998 The Memory of Water Olivier Award Best Actress Nominated
2001 Fat Friends BAFTA TV Award Best Actress Nominated
2016N/A British Independent Film Award Richard Harris AwardWon

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