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 c...
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The Hours
As Nelly Boxall
East Is East
As Ella Khan
Calendar Girls
As Cora
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
As Queenie
Lounge Act
Spivs
As Auntie Vee
West Is West
As Ella Khan
Kinky Boots
As Mel
The Martins
As Anthea
A Small Dance
As Sandra Matkin
In The Cold Light Of Day
As Mrs. Loveless
Waiting for the Moon
As Gertrude Stein
The English Harem
As Monica Pringle
Beautiful People
As Sister
National Theatre Live: People
As Iris
News Hounds
As Virginia Lyddon
Loved Up
As Mum
Mary Reilly
As Mary's Mother
Spoonface Steinberg
As Mrs. Spud
The Life and Crimes of William Palmer
As Mary Thornton
Alive and Kicking
As Doctor
Effie Gray
As Anna
Let Him Have It
As Mrs. Miles
A Village Affair
As Gwen
Far from the Madding Crowd
As Maryann Money
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
As Dr Yasmine Vondenburg
Cass
As Doll
Colour Me Kubrick
As Trolley Lady
Separate Lies
As Maggie
The Reader
As Ms. Brenner
Careful How You Go
Skallagrigg
As Susan
This Little Life
As Nurse Nina
Oscar and Lucinda
As Betty Stratton
Paris by Night
As Janet Swanton
Haunted
As Madame Brontski
Don Quixote
As Housekeeper
Midsomer Murders
As Eileen Carnack
The Bill
Dramarama
A Touch of Frost
Heartbeat
As Beryl Palmer
Lark Rise to Candleford
As Queenie Turrill
No Bananas
As Ellen Slater
Grandma's House
As Grandma
Bramwell
As Maud
Dinnerladies
As Peggy
The Brief
As Maureen Tyler
Kavanagh Q.C.
As Miss Haddon QC
Casualty
As Olwyn Humphries
Frank Stubbs Promotes
As Eileen
Our Mutual Friend
Sense and Sensibility
As Mrs. Jennings
Spies of Warsaw
As Malka Rosen
Call the Midwife
As Phyllis Crane
The Life and Adventures of Nick Nickleby
As Mrs. Smike
Strike
As Joan Nancarrow