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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 1, 1955
Place of Birth
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Also Known As
- Сара Кроуден
Sarah Crowden
1.1 Popularity
Biography
Born in Edinburgh in 1955 to acting parents Graham Crowden and Phyllida Hewat, Sara Crowden is a British character actress who works extensively in film, TV and theatre. She is also a professional writer, contributing to the literary quarterly Slightly Foxed and has reviewed books for The Lady, TLS, Geographical and Literary Review amongst others, and performs stand-up comedy under the alias of Dame Theresa Thompson's-Gazelle. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Diploma in Literature from The Open University and, in 2010, was awarded a Foundation Certificate in Bricklaying.
Known For
7.2
Lady Manville
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025
7.5
Madam Blanchard
All the Light We Cannot See
2023
7.5
Jacqueline
All the Light We Cannot See
2023
6.4
Miss Thimble
Sister Boniface Mysteries
2022
8.0
Beehive Lady
Cruella
2021
6.8
Lady at Races
Peterloo
2018
5.7
Miss Dabney
The Little Stranger
2018
5.9
Pritchett Lane House Owner
The Last Dragonslayer
2016
7.4
Melanie Countess De Torro
The Durrells
2016
5.9
Lady Ascot (uncredited)
Queen of the Desert
2015
Credits
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
as Lady Manville
2025
7.2
All the Light We Cannot See
as Madam Blanchard
2023
7.5
All the Light We Cannot See
as Jacqueline
2023
7.5
Sister Boniface Mysteries
as Miss Thimble
2022
6.4
Cruella
as Beehive Lady
2021
8.0
Peterloo
as Lady at Races
2018
6.8
The Little Stranger
as Miss Dabney
2018
5.7
The Last Dragonslayer
as Pritchett Lane House Owner
2016
5.9
The Durrells
as Melanie Countess De Torro
2016
7.4
Queen of the Desert
as Lady Ascot (uncredited)
2015
5.9
Mr. Holmes
as Mrs. Hudson
2015
6.5
Jupiter Ascending
as Bureaucrat
2015
5.5
Wolf Hall
as Lady Exeter
2015
7.5
Cockroaches
2015
6.1
The Riot Club
as Elderly Woman
2014
5.9
Downton Abbey
as Lady Manville
2010
8.1
Affinity
as Ada
2008
5.8
Brideshead Revisited
as Lady Guest
2008
6.3
Joe's Palace
as Middle-aged womand
2007
5.9
Joe's Palace
as Middle-aged woman
2007
5.9
The Sarah Jane Adventures
as Mrs Gribbins
2007
7.1
Miss Potter
as Lady Clifford
2006
6.6
Longford
as Lady Tree
2006
6.5
He Knew He Was Right
as Mrs. MacHugh
2004
7.6
The Afternoon Play
as Lady-in-Waiting
2003
0.0
Tipping the Velvet
as Woman with Pipe
2002
6.8
Love in a Cold Climate
as Third Twitterer
2001
7.8
My Hero
as Mrs Clark
2000
6.5
Vanity Fair
as Lady Blanche
1998
7.6
Our Mutual Friend
as First Guest
1998
7.8
The Man Who Knew Too Little
as Sylvia
1997
6.3
A Dance to the Music of Time
as Miss Orchard
1997
4.3
The Wind in the Willows
as Samantha
1996
5.7
Smokescreen
as Miss Chittock
1994
0.0
The Detectives
as Head Teacher
1993
6.7
The Countess Alice
as Sarah
1993
0.0
Orlando
as Queen Mary
1992
6.9
Erik the Viking
as Grimhild Housewife
1989
5.9
Campion
as Sadie
1989
5.6
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Receptionist
1989
8.2
The Rainbow
as Catherine Phillips
1988
2.3
The Storyteller
as Queen
1988
8.2
The Children Of Dynmouth
as Cub Mistress
1987
5.5
David Copperfield
as Jane Murdstone
1986
4.8
Harem
as Charlotte
1986
4.2
Lovejoy
as Rosemary Blake
1986
7.3
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
1985
5.9
The Fourth Arm
as ATS Sgt. Brookes
1983
5.0
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
as Helen
1981
6.8