Portrait of Lynda Bellingham

Acting

Lynda Bellingham

Career

Active from 1973 to 2012, busiest in 1986 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
10
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Romanovs: A Crowned Family
The Romanovs: A Crowned Family
GoodWatch score61/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 22 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Lynda Bellingham Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Fantasy
    0.4, average 1.7
  • Uncanny
    1.3, average 2.5
  • Scare
    1.6, average 2.6
  • Adrenaline
    3.8, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven Humor 3
  • Character-Driven Narrative 2
  • British Sitcom 2
  • Political Intrigue 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

56
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

2 titles
Too Close for Comfort
Too Close for Comfort (2012)

as Mum

Odd One In
Odd One In (2010)

TV show

2000s

15 titles · average score 66
Mister Eleven
Mister Eleven (2009)

TV show · as Shirley

All Star Mr & Mrs
All Star Mr & Mrs (2008)

TV show

Robin Hood
Robin Hood (2006)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show

New Tricks
New Tricks (2004)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show

Murder in Suburbia
Murder in Suburbia (2004)
GoodWatch score 48

TV show · as Milly Goodman

Devil's Gate
Devil's Gate (2004)

as Marlene

The Last Detective
The Last Detective (2003)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show

Waking the Dead
Waking the Dead (2001)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show · as Mary Mantel

Bodywork
Bodywork (2001)

as Poppy Fields

The Romanovs: A Crowned Family
The Romanovs: A Crowned Family (2000)
GoodWatch score 61

as Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna

Reach for the Moon
Reach for the Moon (2000)

TV show · as Penny Martin

At Home with the Braithwaites
At Home with the Braithwaites (2000)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Pauline Farnell

1990s

9 titles · average score 71
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Don't Go Breaking My Heart (1999)
GoodWatch score 53

as Maxine

The Scarlet Tunic
The Scarlet Tunic (1998)

as Emily Marlowe

Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders (1997)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Jane Willows

Dalziel and Pascoe
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Jess Pitman

Faith in the Future
Faith in the Future (1995)

TV show

Martin Chuzzlewit
Martin Chuzzlewit (1994)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Mrs Lupin

Junior Masterchef
Junior Masterchef (1994)

TV show

Gibberish
Gibberish (1992)

TV show

Second Thoughts
Second Thoughts (1991)

TV show · as Faith

1980s

11 titles · average score 66
Filthy Rich & Catflap
Filthy Rich & Catflap (1987)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Ms Tomkins

The Vision
The Vision (1987)

as Mary Morris

Casualty
Casualty (1986)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show · as Steph Yates

Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids
Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids (1986)

as The Inquisitor

Doctor Who: Mindwarp
Doctor Who: Mindwarp (1986)

as The Inquisitor

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe (1986)

as The Inquisitor

Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet (1986)

as The Inquisitor

Screen Two
Screen Two (1985)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Mary Morris

Funny Man
Funny Man (1981)

TV show · as Gwen

Riding High
Riding High (1981)

as Miss Mott

Mackenzie
Mackenzie (1980)

TV show · as Ruth Isaacs

1970s

16 titles · average score 63
Shoestring
Shoestring (1979)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Nicola

All Creatures Great and Small
All Creatures Great and Small (1978)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show · as Helen Herriot

The Waterloo Bridge Handicap
The Waterloo Bridge Handicap (1978)

as Likely Lady (Miss Beamish)

Blake's 7
Blake's 7 (1978)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Vena

Sweeney!
Sweeney! (1977)
GoodWatch score 60

as Janice Wyatt

The Professionals
The Professionals (1977)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Betty Hope

Don't Forget to Write!
Don't Forget to Write! (1977)

TV show · as Angela

Yus, My Dear
Yus, My Dear (1976)

TV show · as Carol

Confessions of a Driving Instructor
Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976)
GoodWatch score 38

as Mary Truscott

The Sweeney
The Sweeney (1975)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Nancy King

Angels
Angels (1975)

TV show

Tell Tarby
Tell Tarby (1973)

TV show · as Nurse Norma Snockers

1960s

3 titles · average score 74
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969)

TV show · as Nurse Mary Tiller

Doctor Who
Doctor Who (1963)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as The Inquisitor

Z-Cars
Z-Cars (1962)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show