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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 26, 1946
Place of Birth
Liverpool, England, UK
Also Known As
- Alison Steadman OBE
- آلیسون استیدمن
Alison Steadman
1.5 Popularity
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).
Known For
8.0
Self
Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell
2025
0.0
Self
Gavin & Stacey: The Making of the Finale
2024
7.7
Betty
Better Man
2024
0.0
Self - Narrator (voice)
The 1970s Dinner Party
2023
0.0
Alison Steadman
Alison & Larry: Billericay To Barry
2023
0.0
Wake
2023
0.0
Narrator (voice)
Queen and Country
2022
6.7
Sue Jessop
Here We Go
2022
6.1
Anita Jenkins
Rules of the Game
2022
6.7
Rita
The King's Man
2021
Credits
Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell
as Self
2025
8.0
Gavin & Stacey: The Making of the Finale
as Self
2024
0.0
Better Man
as Betty
2024
7.7
The 1970s Dinner Party
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2023
0.0
Alison & Larry: Billericay To Barry
as Alison Steadman
2023
0.0
Wake
2023
0.0
Queen and Country
as Narrator (voice)
2022
0.0
Here We Go
as Sue Jessop
2022
6.7
Rules of the Game
as Anita Jenkins
2022
6.1
The King's Man
as Rita
2021
6.7
Extraordinary Escapes with Sandi Toksvig
as Self
2021
5.3
Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse
as Dora
2020
6.0
Life
as Gail Reynolds
2020
7.4
🎬
We Love Gavin and Stacey
2020
9.0
23 Walks
as Fern
2020
6.8
Gavin & Stacey: A Special Christmas
as Pam Shipman
2019
9.5
Off Grid
as Grace Tanner
2019
10.0
DNA Journey
2019
6.0
Care
as Mary
2018
6.6
Butterfly
as Barbara
2018
5.9
Hold the Sunset
as Edith
2018
6.3
Yours Faithfully, Edna Welthorpe (Mrs)
2017
8.0
Becky Watts Killed for Kicks
as Narrator
2017
0.0
We Can Be Heroes
as Granny Evans
2017
0.0
Burn Burn Burn
as Diana
2016
6.5
Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
as Self
2016
0.0
Dad's Army
as Mrs. Fox
2016
5.0
Peterman
as Auntie Jean
2015
6.7
🎬
The One and Only Mike Leigh
as Self
2014
9.0
Gareth's All Star Choir
as Self - Choir Member
2014
0.0
Boomers
as Joyce
2014
6.3
The Great War: The People's Story
as Hallie Eustace Miles
2014
6.6
Inside No. 9
as Anne
2014
8.0
Yonderland
as Barbara
2013
7.5
Orphan Black
as Kendall Malone
2013
7.8
Gadget Man
2012
7.0
🎬
A Civil Arrangement
as Isobel
2012
0.0
The Syndicate
as Rose Wilson
2012
7.5
The Great Sport Relief Bake Off
as Self - Contestant
2012
0.0
🎬
Comedy Blaps
2011
0.0
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant
2011
5.0
All Roads Lead Home
as Herself
2011
0.0
French Exchange
as Mrs. Phillips
2011
6.5
Come Rain Come Shine
as Dora Mitchell
2010
5.0
Little Crackers
as Alison's Mother
2010
6.8
Fry and Laurie Reunited
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2010
6.8
Caravans: A British Love Affair
as Narrator
2009
0.0
Who Gets the Dog
as Jenny Evans
2007
5.0
All About 'Abigail's Party'
as Self
2007
6.3
Fanny Hill
as Mrs. Brown
2007
5.8
Fanny Hill
as Mrs. Brown
2007
7.2
The Dinner Party
as Juliet
2007
6.0
The Man from Montevideo
as Karen Horner
2007
0.0
Gavin & Stacey
as Pam Shipman
2007
7.5
Lewis
as Rev. Martha Seager
2007
7.6
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
as Self
2007
0.0
The One Show
as Self
2006
4.4
Loony in the Woods
as Crazy Butcher
2006
2.1
Confetti
as Sam's Mum
2006
5.5
Great British Menu
as Self - Guest Judge
2006
6.5
Twisted Tales
as Margery Faversham
2005
7.0
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
as Casting Agent
2004
6.6
The Worst Week of My Life
as Angela Cook
2004
8.1
🎬
Bosom Pals
2004
0.0
🎬
Chunky Monkey
as Beryl
2003
2.0
D.I.Y. Hard
as Woman
2002
8.7
Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale
as Mrs. Meisling
2002
7.2
🎬
Ivor the Invisible
as Auntie Barbara (voice)
2001
7.0
Bob the Builder: A Christmas to Remember - The Movie
as Mayoress Bunty Ferguson (voice)
2001
7.8
Happy Now
as Bronwyn Race
2001
5.4
Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years
as Pauline Mole
2001
3.0
🎬
Lenny Henry in Pieces
2000
3.0
Fat Friends
as Betty Simpson
2000
7.7
Topsy-Turvy
as Madame Leon
1999
6.6
Jack and the Beanstalk
as Mother / Veronica
1999
6.6
Let Them Eat Cake
1999
7.3
Santa's Last Christmas
as Mrs Whatnot (voice)
1999
4.3
Stressed Eric
1998
6.0
The Ugly Duckling
as The Hen (voice)
1997
5.6
The Missing Postman
as Christine Peacock
1997
6.7
The Missing Postman
as Christine Peacock
1997
5.0
Midsomer Murders
as Abigail Tonev
1997
7.5
Cold Lazarus
as Mrs. Haynes
1996
6.8
Secrets & Lies
as Woman with Dog
1996
7.6
No Bananas
as Evelyn Hamilton
1996
5.0
Karaoke
as Mrs. Haynes
1996
6.6
Dalziel & Pascoe
as Marion Mattis
1996
6.3
The Snow Queen's Revenge
as Pearl
1996
5.5
Coogan's Run
1995
5.9
Crapston Villas
1995
7.5
Pride and Prejudice
as Mrs. Bennet
1995
8.2
Kavanagh Q.C.
as Evelyn Marie Kendall
1995
7.0
Gotta Get Out
as Maggie
1995
8.0
The Wimbledon Poisoner
as Elinor Farr
1994
2.7
Do You Remember the First Time?
1994
0.0
Degas and Pissario Fall Out
as Emma Dumay
1994
0.0
Selling Hitler
as Edda Goering
1993
7.0
GMTV
as Self
1993
5.6
Gone to Seed
as Hilda Plant
1992
2.6
Blame It on the Bellboy
as Rosemary Horton
1992
5.3
Gone to the Dogs
as Lauren Patterson
1991
6.0
Life Is Sweet
as Wendy
1990
7.0
News Hounds
as Jackie Johns
1990
0.0
A Small Mourning
as Marjorie
1989
0.0
Shirley Valentine
as Jane
1989
6.2
Wilt
as Eva
1989
6.1
The Jim Henson Hour
as Perriwinkle
1989
8.8
Virtuoso
as Brenda
1989
0.0
Monster Maker
as Perriwinkle
1989
6.5
7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
as Janista Maine
1989
0.0
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
as Daisy
1988
7.0
Countryfile
as Self
1988
4.6
Stormy Monday
as Mayor
1988
5.7
The Short & Curlies
as Betty
1987
6.3
The Singing Detective
as Mrs Marlow
1986
7.5
The Singing Detective
as Mrs Marlow / Lili
1986
7.5
Clockwise
as Gwenda Stimpson
1986
6.2
Coming Through
as Kate
1985
4.0
Number One
as Doreen
1985
5.0
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
as Kato/Natella/Aniko
1985
0.0
A Private Function
as Mrs. Allardyce
1984
6.4
Champions
as Mary Hussey
1984
6.6
Tartuffe, or The Imposter
as Elmire
1983
0.0
P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang
as Miss Land
1982
7.0
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
as Self
1982
8.0
The Muscle Market
as Susan
1981
7.0
Pasmore
as Kay Pasmore
1980
0.0
🎬
Two Days That Shook the Branch
as Norma Hardy
1978
0.0
Abigail's Party
as Beverley
1977
7.4
Our Flesh and Blood
as Jan Blincoe
1977
0.0
Bag of Yeast
as Margaret Hudson
1976
0.0
Nuts in May
as Candice Marie
1976
7.0
Through the Night
as Christine Potts
1975
0.0
Oil Strike North
1975
5.0
Early to Bed
as Helen
1975
1.0
The Wackers
as Bernadette Clarkson
1975
5.5
Taking Leave
as Nonie
1974
0.0
Girl
as Jackie
1974
4.0
Hard Labour
as Veronica Thornley
1973
6.5
Crown Court
1972
5.4
🎬
Bel Ami
as Fencer (as Allison Steadman)
1971
0.0
Play for Today
as Nonie
1970
6.3
Play for Today
as Veronica
1970
6.3
Play for Today
as Jan Blincoe
1970
6.3
Play for Today
as Kay Pasmore
1970
6.3
Play for Today
as Susan
1970
6.3
The BAFTA Awards
as Self
1949
10.0
King of the Teds
as Tina
N/A
0.0