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Born · February 4, 1950 (74 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Pluckley, Kent, England, UK
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.
Queenie
6.5
2023
8.0
2018
Joan Nancarrow · (4 episodes)
7.1
2017
Dr Yasmine Vondenburg
6.7
2017
Anna
5.9
2014
Iris
8.0
2013
Malka Rosen · (2 episodes)
6.6
2013
Mrs. Smike · (5 episodes)
0.0
2012
Phyllis Crane · (88 episodes)
7.5
2012
Ella Khan
6.4
2010
Grandma · (12 episodes)
6.6
2010
Ms. Brenner
7.5
2008
Queenie Turrill · (40 episodes)
8.3
2008
Doll
5.9
2008
Mrs. Jennings · (3 episodes)
7.6
2008
Monica Pringle
3.3
2005
Trolley Lady
5.7
2005
Maggie
5.7
2005
Mel
6.7
2005
Auntie Vee
4.5
2004
Maureen Tyler · (8 episodes)
6.5
2004
Cora
6.5
2003
Nurse Nina
0.0
2003
Nelly Boxall
7.3
2002
Anthea
5.5
2001
Housekeeper
6.1
2000
0.0
2000
Sister
5.9
1999
Ella Khan
6.5
1999
Peggy · (1 episode)
7.4
1998
Maryann Money
6.2
1998
Mrs. Spud
0.0
1998
(4 episodes)
7.7
1998
Mary Thornton
9.5
1998
Betty Stratton
6.3
1997
Eileen Carnack · (1 episode)
7.5
1997
Doctor
4.9
1996
Ellen Slater · (10 episodes)
0.0
1996
Mary's Mother
5.8
1996
Madame Brontski
6.1
1995
Mum
5.9
1995
Maud · (1 episode)
4.2
1995
Gwen
4.7
1995
Miss Haddon QC · (1 episode)
6.8
1995
Mrs. Loveless
0.0
1994
Susan
1.0
1994
Eileen · (1 episode)
6.0
1993
(1 episode)
7.5
1992
Beryl Palmer · (1 episode)
7.0
1992
Sandra Matkin
0.0
1991
Mrs. Miles
6.6
1991
Virginia Lyddon
0.0
1990
Janet Swanton
4.5
1989
Gertrude Stein
5.0
1987
Olwyn Humphries · (1 episode)
6.0
1986
(1 episode)
6.6
1984
(1 episode)
6.7
1983