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Linda Bassett
Acting

Linda Bassett
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1950-02-04,Pluckley, Kent, England, UK
Gender
Female
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.

Filmography

7.2

The Hours
2002-12-27

6.5

East Is East
1999-05-14

6.5

Calendar Girls
2003-09-02

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry

6.6

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
2023-04-27

10

Lounge Act
2000-01-01

5.7

Spivs
2004-05-13

6.4

West Is West
2010-10-19

6.7

Kinky Boots
2005-08-30

5.3

The Martins
2001-09-14

7

A Small Dance
1991-11-16

In The Cold Light Of Day

0

In The Cold Light Of Day
1994-06-15

Waiting for the Moon

4.9

Waiting for the Moon
1987-06-15

The English Harem

3.5

The English Harem
2005-12-27

National Theatre Live: People

8

National Theatre Live: People
2013-03-21

Beautiful People

6.2

Beautiful People
1999-09-16

0

News Hounds
1990-09-02

5.4

Loved Up
1995-08-21

5.8

Mary Reilly
1996-02-23

Spoonface Steinberg

8

Spoonface Steinberg
1998-03-30

The Life and Crimes of William Palmer

8.7

The Life and Crimes of William Palmer
1998-03-03

Alive and Kicking

5.5

Alive and Kicking
1996-11-08

6

Effie Gray
2014-03-08

Let Him Have It

6.7

Let Him Have It
1991-10-04

Far from the Madding Crowd

6.2

Far from the Madding Crowd
1998-05-10

A Village Affair

5

A Village Affair
1995-04-17

Carnage: Swallowing the Past

6.4

Carnage: Swallowing the Past
2017-03-19

5.9

Cass
2008-01-08

Colour Me Kubrick

5.7

Colour Me Kubrick
2005-10-06

5.8

Separate Lies
2005-09-16

7.458

The Reader
2008-12-10

Careful How You Go

4.5

Careful How You Go
2018-01-19

4

Skallagrigg
1994-03-09

This Little Life

0

This Little Life
2003-03-19

Oscar and Lucinda

6.4

Oscar and Lucinda
1997-12-31

4.8

Paris by Night
1989-04-18

6.1

Haunted
1995-10-27

6.3

Don Quixote
2000-04-09

0

Bare Roots
2026-05-24

Omnibus: Caryl Churchill

0

Omnibus: Caryl Churchill
1988-11-04

Midsomer Murders

7.478

Midsomer Murders
1997-03-23

6.8

The Bill
1984-10-16

7.2

Dramarama
1983-09-12

A Touch of Frost

7.6

A Touch of Frost
1992-12-06

7.1

Heartbeat
1992-04-10

Lark Rise to Candleford

8.4

Lark Rise to Candleford
2008-01-13

7.7

No Bananas
1996-05-05

Grandma's House

6.5

Grandma's House
2010-08-09

4.2

Bramwell
1995-05-01

7.5

dinnerladies
1998-11-12

7

The Brief
2004-04-25

7.3

Kavanagh Q.C.
1995-01-03

6.2

Casualty
1986-09-06

Frank Stubbs Promotes

7.5

Frank Stubbs Promotes
1993-07-12

Sense and Sensibility

7.5

Sense and Sensibility
2008-01-01

Call the Midwife

7.6

Call the Midwife
2012-01-15

The Life and Adventures of Nick Nickleby

0

The Life and Adventures of Nick Nickleby
2012-11-05

7.2

Strike
2017-08-27

Our Mutual Friend

7.8

Our Mutual Friend
1998-03-09

Spies of Warsaw

6.6

Spies of Warsaw
2013-01-09

Far from the Madding Crowd

8

Far from the Madding Crowd
1998-07-06

American Playhouse

6.6

American Playhouse
1982-01-12

0

Out of Hours
1998-05-20

Call the Midwife

7.6

Call the Midwife
2012-01-15

7.6

Traffik
1989-06-22