Linda Bassett
Acting
Born: 1950-02-04 · 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 L
🎬 Movies (20)
Bare Roots
2026
Sue
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
2023
Queenie
Careful How You Go
2018
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
2017
Dr Yasmine Vondenburg
Effie Gray
2014
Anna
National Theatre Live: People
2013
Iris
West Is West
2010
Ella Khan
The Reader
2008
Ms. Brenner
Cass
2008
Doll
The English Harem
2005
Monica Pringle
Colour Me Kubrick
2005
Trolley Lady
Separate Lies
2005
Maggie
Kinky Boots
2005
Mel
Spivs
2004
Auntie Vee
Calendar Girls
2003
Cora
This Little Life
2003
Nurse Nina
The Hours
2002
Nelly Boxall
The Martins
2001
Anthea
Don Quixote
2000
Housekeeper
Lounge Act
2000
📺 TV Shows (20)
Strike
2017
Joan Nancarrow
Spies of Warsaw
2013
Maika Rosen
The Life and Adventures of Nick Nickleby
2012
Mrs. Smike
Call the Midwife
2012
Phyllis Crane
Grandma's House
2010
Grandma Lily
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008
Queenie Turrill
Sense and Sensibility
2008
Mrs. Jennings
The Brief
2004
Maureen Tyler
dinnerladies
1998
Peggy
Far from the Madding Crowd
1998
Maryann Money
Our Mutual Friend
1998
Abby Potterson
Midsomer Murders
1997
Eileen Carnack
No Bananas
1996
Ellen Slater
Bramwell
1995
Maud
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995
Miss Haddon QC
Frank Stubbs Promotes
1993
Eileen
A Touch of Frost
1992
Mrs Cornish
Heartbeat
1992
Beryl Palmer
Casualty
1986
Olwyn Humphries
The Bill
1984