Linda Bassett
Known for Acting · 59 credits
- Born
- 1950-02-04 (age 76)
- Place of birth
- Pluckley, Kent, England, UK
- Also known as
- لیندا باست
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
TV Shows (21)
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Eileen Carnack
Call the Midwife
2012
as Phyllis Crane
Casualty
1986
as Olwyn Humphries
Heartbeat
1992
as Beryl Palmer
The Bill
1984
A Touch of Frost
1992
as Mrs Cornish
Strike
2017
as Joan Nancarrow
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008
as Queenie Turrill
Kavanagh Q.C.
1995
as Miss Haddon QC
Bramwell
1995
as Maud
Dramarama
1983
as Meg Crawford
Sense and Sensibility
2008
as Mrs. Jennings
dinnerladies
1998
as Peggy
Spies of Warsaw
2013
as Maika Rosen
Frank Stubbs Promotes
1993
as Eileen
Our Mutual Friend
1998
as Abby Potterson
The Brief
2004
as Maureen Tyler
No Bananas
1996
as Ellen Slater
The Life and Adventures of Nick Nickleby
2012
as Mrs. Smike
Grandma's House
2010
as Grandma Lily
Far from the Madding Crowd
1998
as Maryann Money
Movies (38)
The Reader
2008
as Ms. Brenner
The Hours
2002
as Nelly Boxall
Haunted
1995
as Madame Brontski
Calendar Girls
2003
as Cora
Mary Reilly
1996
as Mary's Mother
Kinky Boots
2005
as Mel
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
2023
as Queenie
Effie Gray
2014
as Anna
Oscar and Lucinda
1997
as Betty Stratton
East Is East
1999
as Ella Khan
Spivs
2004
as Auntie Vee
Cass
2008
as Doll
Don Quixote
2000
as Housekeeper
Let Him Have It
1991
as Mrs. Miles
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
2017
as Dr Yasmine Vondenburg
Far from the Madding Crowd
1998
as Maryann Money
Separate Lies
2005
as Maggie
The Martins
2001
as Anthea
Loved Up
1995
as Mum
Colour Me Kubrick
2005
as Trolley Lady
Beautiful People
1999
as Sister
A Village Affair
1995
as Gwen
Alive and Kicking
1996
as Doctor
Paris by Night
1989
as Janet Swanton
The Life and Crimes of William Palmer
1998
as Mary Thornton
West Is West
2010
as Ella Khan
National Theatre Live: People
2013
as Iris
The English Harem
2005
as Monica Pringle
Waiting for the Moon
1987
as Gertrude Stein
Careful How You Go
2018
Lounge Act
2000
News Hounds
1990
as Virginia Lyddon
This Little Life
2003
as Nurse Nina
Skallagrigg
1994
as Susan
A Small Dance
1991
as Sandra Matkin
In The Cold Light Of Day
1994
as Mrs. Loveless
Spoonface Steinberg
1998
as Mrs. Spud
Bare Roots
2026
as Sue
About Linda Bassett
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… With 59 credits spanning from 1983 to 2026, Linda Bassett has appeared in 38 films and 21 TV shows.
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Most Popular Linda Bassett Movies
- The Reader (2008) — as Ms. Brenner
- The Hours (2002) — as Nelly Boxall
- Haunted (1995) — as Madame Brontski
- Calendar Girls (2003) — as Cora
- Mary Reilly (1996) — as Mary's Mother
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