
Marlene Sidaway
Known for Acting · 49 credits
- Born
- 1937-03-12 (age 89)
- Place of birth
- 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
TV Shows (29)

Midsomer Murders
1997
as Mrs. Bundy / Counseller 2 / Mrs Bundy

Screen Two
1985
as Joyce

Peak Practice
1993
as Hospital Matron / Rosie Pritchard

Heartbeat
1992
as Nursing Officer

Foyle's War
2002
as Mrs. Esther Harrison

Hustle
2004
as Vivienne Marchant

Bad Girls
1999
as Mrs. Barker

All Creatures Great and Small
1978
as Nurse Brown

Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
2018
as Bo Quickly

Lovejoy
1986
as Hospital Sister

Trial & Retribution
1997
as Dr Deirdre Smith

Jeeves and Wooster
1990
as Pub Landlady

Pride and Prejudice
1995
as Hill

Strangers
1978
as Customer

Cadfael
1994
as Flescher's Wife

Shine on Harvey Moon
1982
as Miss Sprake

Man Down
2013

In Suspicious Circumstances
1991
as Kathleen Clements

Super Gran
1985
as Miss Pinchpenny

Cuffs
2015
as Elsie

The Ghosts of Motley Hall
1976
as Mrs Osborn

Victorian Scandals
1976
as Sarah

Oliver Twist
1999
as Woman in street

Mum
2016
as Maureen

A Very Peculiar Practice
1986
as Clara Rudd

Sensitive Skin
2005
as Tracy Vernon

Sirens
2002
as Betty
Andy Robson
1982
as Florrie Charlton

Accused
1996
as Dee Yearwood
Movies (20)

Beloved
1976
as Sarah

Me and Orson Welles
2008
as Grandmother Samuels

Blackball
2003
as Fifty-Year Old Lady

Beautiful Thing
1996
as Betty

Sink
2018
as Jean

Venus
2006
as Hospital Nurse

Tom's Midnight Garden
1999
as Doris Schuster

The Key
1995
as Grady

Pigs
2024
as Gran

Allelujah
2023
as Lucille

I Want Candy
2007
as Sobbing Woman
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
1999
as Matron

Hunting Venus
1999
as Marge Beake

The Dark Room
1999
as Mrs Helms

Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
2004
as Mrs. Clegg
The Magic Toyshop
1987
as Mrs. Rundle

Testimony of a Child
1989
as Health Visitor

The Kiss of Death
1977
as Christine

Whistling Wally
1982
as Mary

Bad Night for the Blues
2010
as Grace
About Marlene Sidaway
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). With 49 credits spanning from 1976 to 2024, Marlene Sidaway has appeared in 20 films and 29 TV shows.
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Most Popular Marlene Sidaway Movies
- Beloved (1976) — as Sarah
- Me and Orson Welles (2008) — as Grandmother Samuels
- Blackball (2003) — as Fifty-Year Old Lady
- Beautiful Thing (1996) — as Betty
- Sink (2018) — as Jean
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