Linda Bassett
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 4, 1950 (age 76)
- Birthplace
- Pluckley, Kent, England, UK
Biography
Linda Bassett was born in the Kentish village of Pluckley - location for the television series The Darling Buds of May (1991). She was brought up in Pimlico, South London, by her typist mother and police officer father. She became interested in acting as a child when she was frequently taken to see plays in London, most notably at the Old Vic, the famous classical theater. On leaving school, Linda went to work at the Old Vic as an usherette and catering manager, before going to read English at Leeds University. However, she dropped out after a year and became involved in a local drama group which put on plays in community-based locations, such as schools. She regards this as her theatrical schooling, having had no formal training. She made her London stage debut at the age of 32 in 1982 and, in 1991, joined the Royal Shakespeare Company. Although she was a well-regarded stage performer, it was the 1999 film version of the play East Is East (1999) (in which she had been an original stage cast member) which brought her to a larger audience and, throughout the 2000s, she has been a familiar face in a variety of films and television series. In the late 1980s, she returned to live in Pluckley.
Known For
Filmography
Bare Roots
Movie · as Sue
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Movie · as Queenie
Careful How You Go
Movie
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
Movie · as Dr Yasmine Vondenburg
Strike
TV · as Joan Nancarrow · 4 eps
Effie Gray
Movie · as Anna
National Theatre Live: People
Movie · as Iris
Spies of Warsaw
TV · as Maika Rosen · 2 eps
Call the Midwife
TV · as Phyllis Crane, Nurse Phyllis Crane · 79 eps
The Life and Adventures of Nick Nickleby
TV · as Mrs. Smike · 5 eps
West Is West
Movie · as Ella Khan
Grandma's House
TV · as Grandma Lily · 12 eps
Cass
Movie · as Doll
The Reader
Movie · as Ms. Brenner
Lark Rise to Candleford
TV · as Queenie Turrill · 40 eps
Sense and Sensibility
TV · as Mrs. Jennings · 3 eps
Kinky Boots
Movie · as Mel
The English Harem
Movie · as Monica Pringle
Colour Me Kubrick
Movie · as Trolley Lady
Separate Lies
Movie · as Maggie
Spivs
Movie · as Auntie Vee
The Brief
TV · as Maureen Tyler · 8 eps
Calendar Girls
Movie · as Cora
This Little Life
Movie · as Nurse Nina
The Hours
Movie · as Nelly Boxall
The Martins
Movie · as Anthea
Lounge Act
Movie
Don Quixote
Movie · as Housekeeper
East Is East
Movie · as Ella Khan
Beautiful People
Movie · as Sister
Spoonface Steinberg
Movie · as Mrs. Spud
The Life and Crimes of William Palmer
Movie · as Mary Thornton
Far from the Madding Crowd
Movie · as Maryann Money
dinnerladies
TV · as Peggy · 1 ep
Our Mutual Friend
TV · as Abby Potterson · 2 eps
Far from the Madding Crowd
TV · as Maryann Money · 4 eps
Out of Hours
TV · as Carol-Anne Kumar · 6 eps
Oscar and Lucinda
Movie · as Betty Stratton
Midsomer Murders
TV · as Eileen Carnack · 1 ep
Mary Reilly
Movie · as Mary's Mother
Alive and Kicking
Movie · as Doctor
No Bananas
TV · as Ellen Slater · 10 eps
Loved Up
Movie · as Mum
A Village Affair
Movie · as Gwen
Haunted
Movie · as Madame Brontski
Bramwell
TV · as Maud · 1 ep
Kavanagh Q.C.
TV · as Miss Haddon QC · 1 ep
In The Cold Light Of Day
Movie · as Mrs. Loveless
Skallagrigg
Movie · as Susan
Frank Stubbs Promotes
TV · as Eileen · 1 ep
A Touch of Frost
TV · as Mrs Cornish · 1 ep
Heartbeat
TV · as Beryl Palmer · 1 ep
A Small Dance
Movie · as Sandra Matkin
Let Him Have It
Movie · as Mrs. Miles
News Hounds
Movie · as Virginia Lyddon
Paris by Night
Movie · as Janet Swanton
Traffik
TV · as Rachel Lithgow · 4 eps
Omnibus: Caryl Churchill
Movie · as Player in 'Cloud 9' extract
Waiting for the Moon
Movie · as Gertrude Stein
Casualty
TV · as Olwyn Humphries · 1 ep
The Bill
TV · 1 ep
Dramarama
TV · as Meg Crawford · 1 ep
American Playhouse
TV · as Gertrude Stein · 1 ep