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Acting

Alison Steadman

Career: Active from 1973 to 2025, busiest in 1989 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 62
top three billing

Average score: 68/100

Highest rated: Pride and Prejudice
88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 60 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Alison Steadman Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Adrenaline
2.5, average 4.8
Violence
1.9, average 4.1
Scare
0.8, average 2.6
Crime
2.0, average 3.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 5
British Sitcom 5
Cringe Comedy 5
Character Study 5
Witty Dialogue 4
Social Satire 4
Gentle Humor 3
Heartwarming 3
Character-Driven Humor 3
Ensemble Cast 3
British Humor 3
Quirky 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

136

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

King of the Teds

as Tina

2020s

16 titles · average score 59

Joke

as Vet

Stitch Head

63

as Nan (voice)

Here We Go: Our New Year’s Fireworks Fantasaganza

as Sue Jessop

Better Man

80

as Betty

Alison & Larry: Billericay To Barry

TV show · as Alison Steadman

Here We Go

46

TV show · as Sue Jessop

Rules of the Game

60

TV show · as Anita Jenkins

Remembers…

TV show · as Self

The King's Man

51

as Rita

Life

57

TV show · as Gail Reynolds

23 Walks

54

as Fern

Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse

62

as Dora

2010s

26 titles · average score 69

Off Grid

as Grace Tanner

Hold the Sunset

59

TV show · as Edith

Butterfly

67

TV show · as Barbara

Care

83

as Mary

Peterman

as Auntie Jean

Boomers

67

TV show · as Joyce

Inside No. 9

92

TV show · as Anne

Love and Marriage

64

TV show · as Pauline Paradise

Orphan Black

84

TV show · as Kendall Malone

French Exchange

63

as Mrs. Phillips

Little Crackers

67

TV show · as Mrs. O'Grady / Alison's Mother

Come Rain Come Shine

58

as Dora Mitchell

2000s

24 titles · average score 72

Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special 2008

86

as Pam Shipman

Gavin & Stacey

84

TV show · as Pam Shipman

Fanny Hill

62

as Mrs. Brown

Fanny Hill

69

TV show · as Mrs. Brown

Who Gets the Dog

as Jenny Evans

The Worst Week of My Life

80

TV show · as Angela Cook

TV show

Chunky Monkey

as Beryl

D.I.Y. Hard

as Woman

Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years

TV show · as Pauline Mole

Fat Friends

77

TV show · as Betty Simpson

Lenny Henry in Pieces

TV show

1990s

27 titles · average score 71

Let Them Eat Cake

79

TV show

Santa's Last Christmas

as Mrs Whatnot (voice)

Stressed Eric

67

TV show

The Missing Postman

75

TV show · as Christine Peacock

Midsomer Murders

80

TV show · as Abigail Tonev

The Missing Postman

63

as Christine Peacock

No Bananas

TV show · as Evelyn Hamilton

Pride and Prejudice

88

TV show · as Mrs. Bennet

Crapston Villas

76

TV show

Gone to Seed

TV show · as Hilda Plant

Life Is Sweet

83

as Wendy

Gone to the Dogs

TV show · as Lauren Patterson

1980s

24 titles · average score 69

Wilt

62

as Eva

Monster Maker

as Perriwinkle

Shirley Valentine

67

as Jane

Virtuoso

as Brenda

Stormy Monday

67

as Mayor

The Short & Curlies

65

as Betty

Clockwise

73

as Gwenda Stimpson

Coming Through

54

as Kate

Number One

as Doreen

Champions

68

as Mary Hussey

Tartuffe, or The Imposter

as Elmire

P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang

69

as Miss Land

1970s

17 titles · average score 71

Abigail's Party

78

as Beverley

Our Flesh and Blood

as Jan Blincoe

Nuts in May

74

as Candice Marie

The Wackers

TV show · as Bernadette Clarkson

Early to Bed

as Helen

Girl

as Jackie

Taking Leave

as Nonie

Hard Labour

68

as Veronica Thornley

Second City Firsts

TV show · as Helen / Jackie

Crown Court

65

TV show

Bel Ami

TV show · as Fencer (as Allison Steadman)

Play for Today

72

TV show · as Veronica / Susan

1960s

1 title

ITV Playhouse

TV show · as Norma Hardy