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.

Films indisponible à partir de Linda Bassett

East Is East

Ella Khan

Film 1999

Lounge Act

Film 2000

Spivs

Auntie Vee

Film 2004

West Is West

Ella Khan

Film 2010

A Small Dance

Sandra Matkin

Film 1991

In The Cold Light Of Day

Mrs. Loveless

Film 1994

The English Harem

Monica Pringle

Film 2005

Beautiful People

Sister

Film 1999

Loved Up

Mum

Film 1995

Mary Reilly

Mary's Mother

Film 1996

Spoonface Steinberg

Mrs. Spud

Film 1998

A Village Affair

Gwen

Film 1995

Carnage: Swallowing the Past

Dr Yasmine Vondenburg

Film 2017

Separate Lies

Maggie

Film 2005

Careful How You Go

Film 2018

This Little Life

Nurse Nina

Film 2003

Séries TV indisponible à partir de Linda Bassett

Midsomer Murders

Eileen Carnack

Tv 1997

The Bill

Tv 1984

Dramarama

Tv 1983

A Touch of Frost

Tv 1992

Heartbeat

Beryl Palmer

Tv 1992

Grandma's House

Grandma

Tv 2010

Bramwell

Maud

Tv 1995

Dinnerladies

Peggy

Tv 1998

The Brief

Maureen Tyler

Tv 2004

Kavanagh Q.C.

Miss Haddon QC

Tv 1995

Casualty

Olwyn Humphries

Tv 1986

Frank Stubbs Promotes

Eileen

Tv 1993

Our Mutual Friend

Tv 1998

Call the Midwife

Phyllis Crane

Tv 2012

The Life and Adventures of Nick Nickleby

Mrs. Smike

Tv 2012

Strike

Joan Nancarrow

Tv 2017