Marlene Sidaway

Marlene Sidaway

Known for
Acting
Born
March 12, 1937 (age 89)
Birthplace
Thornaby-on-Tees, Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK

Biography

Marlene Sidaway is an accomplished British character actress with a career spanning over six decades across television, film, and theatre. She is perhaps most widely recognized for her role as the domineering Brenda Taylor in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street (1990–1992) and as Maureen in the BBC sitcom Mum (2016–2019).

Known For

Filmography

2024
Pigs poster

Pigs

Movie · as Gran

2023
Allelujah poster

Allelujah

Movie · as Lucille

2018
Sink poster

Sink

Movie · as Jean

2018
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators poster

Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators

TV · as Bo Quickly · 1 ep

2016
Mum poster

Mum

TV · as Maureen · 18 eps

2015
Cuffs poster

Cuffs

TV · as Elsie · 1 ep

2013
Man Down poster

Man Down

TV · 1 ep

2010
Bad Night for the Blues poster

Bad Night for the Blues

Movie · as Grace

2008
Me and Orson Welles poster

Me and Orson Welles

Movie · as Grandmother Samuels

2007
I Want Candy poster

I Want Candy

Movie · as Sobbing Woman

2006
Venus poster

Venus

Movie · as Hospital Nurse

2005
Sensitive Skin poster

Sensitive Skin

TV · as Tracy Vernon · 1 ep

2004
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill poster

Ready When You Are, Mr McGill

Movie · as Mrs. Clegg

2004
Hustle poster

Hustle

TV · as Vivienne Marchant · 1 ep

2003
Blackball poster

Blackball

Movie · as Fifty-Year Old Lady

2002
Sirens poster

Sirens

TV · as Betty · 2 eps

2002
Foyle's War poster

Foyle's War

TV · as Mrs. Esther Harrison · 1 ep

2000
The Secret poster

The Secret

TV · as Jinny Musgrave · 3 eps

1999
Tom's Midnight Garden poster

Tom's Midnight Garden

Movie · as Doris Schuster

1999
Hunting Venus poster

Hunting Venus

Movie · as Marge Beake

1999
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll

Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll

Movie · as Matron

1999
The Dark Room poster

The Dark Room

Movie · as Mrs Helms

1999
Bad Girls poster

Bad Girls

TV · as Mrs. Barker · 3 eps

1999
Oliver Twist poster

Oliver Twist

TV · as Woman in street · 4 eps

1997
Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders

TV · as Mrs. Bundy, Counseller 2, Mrs Bundy · 1 ep

1997
Trial & Retribution poster

Trial & Retribution

TV · as Dr Deirdre Smith · 1 ep

1996
Beautiful Thing poster

Beautiful Thing

Movie · as Betty

1996
Accused poster

Accused

TV · as Dee Yearwood · 8 eps

1995
The Key poster

The Key

Movie · as Grady

1995
Pride and Prejudice poster

Pride and Prejudice

TV · as Hill · 4 eps

1994
Cadfael poster

Cadfael

TV · as Flescher's Wife · 1 ep

1994
Love on a Branch Line poster

Love on a Branch Line

TV · as Rita's Mum · 1 ep

1993
Peak Practice poster

Peak Practice

TV · as Hospital Matron, Rosie Pritchard · 1 ep

1992
Heartbeat poster

Heartbeat

TV · as Nursing Officer · 1 ep

1991
In Suspicious Circumstances poster

In Suspicious Circumstances

TV · as Kathleen Clements · 1 ep

1990
Jeeves and Wooster poster

Jeeves and Wooster

TV · as Pub Landlady · 1 ep

1989
Testimony of a Child poster

Testimony of a Child

Movie · as Health Visitor

1987
The Magic Toyshop

The Magic Toyshop

Movie · as Mrs. Rundle

1986
Lovejoy poster

Lovejoy

TV · as Hospital Sister · 1 ep

1986
A Very Peculiar Practice poster

A Very Peculiar Practice

TV · as Clara Rudd · 1 ep

1985
Super Gran poster

Super Gran

TV · as Miss Pinchpenny · 1 ep

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Joyce · 1 ep

1983
Johnny Jarvis poster

Johnny Jarvis

TV · as Pauline's Mum · 1 ep

1982
Whistling Wally poster

Whistling Wally

Movie · as Mary

1982
Shine on Harvey Moon poster

Shine on Harvey Moon

TV · as Miss Sprake · 4 eps

1982
Andy Robson

Andy Robson

TV · as Florrie Charlton · 20 eps

1978
All Creatures Great and Small poster

All Creatures Great and Small

TV · as Nurse Brown · 1 ep

1978
Strangers poster

Strangers

TV · as Customer · 1 ep

1977
The Kiss of Death poster

The Kiss of Death

Movie · as Christine

1976
Beloved poster

Beloved

Movie · as Sarah

1976
Victorian Scandals poster

Victorian Scandals

TV · as Sarah · 1 ep

1976
The Ghosts of Motley Hall poster

The Ghosts of Motley Hall

TV · as Mrs Osborn · 1 ep