Linda Bassett

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.

Filmografi

The Reader2008 · Ms. BrennerThe Hours2002 · Nelly BoxallKinky Boots2005 · MelLounge Act2000 · The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry2023 · QueenieCalendar Girls2003 · CoraCass2008 · DollBare Roots2026 · SueHaunted1995 · Madame BrontskiEffie Gray2014 · AnnaSpivs2004 · Auntie VeeOscar and Lucinda1997 · Betty StrattonParis by Night1989 · Janet SwantonColour Me Kubrick2005 · Trolley LadyMary Reilly1996 · Mary's MotherSpoonface Steinberg1998 · Mrs. SpudOmnibus: Caryl Churchill1988 · Player in 'Cloud 9' extractAlive and Kicking1996 · DoctorSeparate Lies2005 · MaggieLet Him Have It1991 · Mrs. MilesEast Is East1999 · Ella KhanCarnage: Swallowing the Past2017 · Dr Yasmine VondenburgDon Quixote2000 · HousekeeperFar from the Madding Crowd1998 · Maryann Money