Linda Bassett
Actor
Born Feb 4, 1950 · Pluckley, Kent, England, UK
Active 1982–present
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.
Filmography
Bare Roots (2026) — SueThe Reader (2008) — Ms. BrennerThe Hours (2002) — Nelly BoxallMidsomer Murders (1997) — Eileen CarnackCall the Midwife (2012) — Phyllis CraneStrike (2017) — Joan NancarrowKinky Boots (2005) — MelCalendar Girls (2003) — CoraSense and Sensibility (2008) — Mrs. JenningsEast Is East (1999) — Ella KhanThe Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (2023) — QueenieMary Reilly (1996) — Mary's MotherA Touch of Frost (1992) — Mrs CornishHaunted (1995) — Madame BrontskiEffie Gray (2014) — AnnaLark Rise to Candleford (2008) — Queenie TurrillOscar and Lucinda (1997) — Betty Strattondinnerladies (1998) — PeggyCasualty (1986) — Olwyn HumphriesThe Bill (1984)Let Him Have It (1991) — Mrs. MilesHeartbeat (1992) — Beryl PalmerOur Mutual Friend (1998) — Abby PottersonCass (2008) — Doll