Linda Bassett

Linda Bassett Biography

Linda Bassett (born 4 February 1950) is an English actress. Her television credits include Lark Rise to Candleford (2008-11), Grandma's House (2010-12) and Call the Midwife (2015-present). She was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for the 1999 film East Is East and for the Evening Standard Award for Best Actress for the 2013 revival of the play Roots at the Donmar Warehouse.

Biography

Bassett was born in Pluckley, Kent, England, to a typist mother and a police officer father. Her roles include the award-winning part of Ella Khan in the 1999 British comedy film East is East. Other roles include Mrs. Jennings in the three-part BBC adaptation Sense and Sensibility, Queenie Turrill in Lark Rise to Candleford, Doll in the film Cass.

In film, she first gained notice when she was cast as Gertrude Stein opposite Linda Hunt as Alice B. Toklas in Waiting for the Moon in 1987. She also appeared as Julia Roberts' mother in Mary Reilly in 1996, Mrs. Brenner, the prison official in the 2008 film The Reader and as Cora in Calendar Girls. She was March.

More recently she played Grandma in the BBC Two comedy Grandma's House. She currently plays Nurse Phyllis Crane on the BBC drama series Call the Midwife

Theatre

In Basildon - Royal Court Theatre London (2012)
Love and Information - National Theatre London (2012)
People - Royal National Theatre London (2012/13)
Roots - Donmar Warehouse London (2013)
Visitors - Arcola Theatre London (2014) and Bush Theatre London (2014/15)

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1987	Waiting for the Moon	Gertrude Stein
1988	Dramarama	Meg Crawford	TV series (1 episode: "Making Waves")
1988	Paris by Night	Janet Swanton
1989	Traffik	Rachel Lithgow	TV series (4 episodes)
1989	Boon	Mrs. Sheridan	TV series (1 episode: "In It for the Monet")
1990	Screen One	Virginia Lyddon	TV series (1 episode: "News Hound")
1990	The Bill	Shena Jackson	TV series (2 episodes)
1991	A Small Dance	Sandra Matkin
	4 Play	Phyllis Twigg	TV series (1 episode: "Say Hello to the Real Dr. Snide")
	Let Him Have It	Mrs. Miles
1994	Love Hurts	Janice	TV series (1 episode: "Blue Heaven")
	A Touch of Frost	Mrs. Cornish	TV series (1 episode: "Nothing to Hide")
	Screen Two	Mrs. Loveless/Susan	TV series (2 episodes)
	Frank Stubbs	Eileen	TV series (1 episode: "Babies")
1995	A Village Affair	Gwen	TV film
	The Bill	Chrissie Bates	TV series (1 episode: "Old Habitats")
	Bramwell	Maud	TV mini-series (1 episode: "Episode #1.7")
	Loved Up	Mother	TV film
	The Peter Principle	Iris Jennings	TV series (1 episode: "Pilot")
	Haunted	Madam Brontski
1996	Mary Reilly	Mary's Mother
	No Bananas	Ellen Slater	TV mini-series (10 episodes)
	Indian Summer	Doctor
1997	Kavanagh QC	Miss Haddon QC	TV series (1 episode: "Mute of Malice")
1997	Oscar and Lucinda	Betty Stratton
1998	Spoonface Steinberg	Mrs. Spud	TV film
	The Life and Crimes of William Palmer	Mary Thornton	TV film
	Our Mutual Friend	Abby Potterson	TV mini-series (2 episodes)
	Far from the Madding Crowd	Maryann Money	TV film
	Out of Hours	Carol-Ann Kumar	TV mini-series
1999	East is East	Ella Khan	Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role
	Beautiful People	Sister
	Dinnerladies	Peggy	TV series (1 episode: "Trouble")
2000	Lounge Act	Voice	Short
	Don Quixote	Housekeeper	TV film
	Losing It	Tom's Mother	TV film
2001	The Martins	Anthea
2002	The Last Time	Evelyn	Short
2002	The Hours	Nelly Boxall
2003	This Little Life	Nurse Nina	TV film
2003	Calendar Girls	Cora
2004	Spivs	Auntie Vee
2004	The Brief	Maureen Tyler	TV series (8 episodes: 2004-2005)
2005	Separate Lies	Maggie
	Colour Me Kubrick: A True...ish Story	Trolley Lady
	Kinky Boots	Melanie
	Heartbeat	Beryl Palmer	TV series (1 episode: "Burden of Proof")
	The English Harem	Monica Pringle	TV film
2007	Midsomer Murders	Eileen Carnack	TV series (1 episode: "The Animal Within")
2008	Sense and Sensibility	Mrs. Jennings	TV mini-series (3 episodes)
	Cass	Doll
	The Reader	Ms. Brenner
	Lark Rise to Candleford	Queenie Turrill	TV series (40 episodes: 2008-2011)
2010	West Is West	Ella Khan
2010	Grandma's House	Grandma	TV series (12 episodes: 2010-2012)
2012	Nick Nickleby	Mrs. Smike	TV series (4 episodes: 2012-present)
2015-	"Twirlywoos"	Narrator	children's TV show
2015-	Call the Midwife	Nurse Phyllis Crane	TV series
2017-	Carnage	Dr Yasmine Vondenburg	Mockumentary

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