Linda Bassett is an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 actress, who is well known in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 for her film career.

Bassett was born in Kent

Kent

Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 to a typist mother and a police officer father. Her roles include the award-winning part of Ella Khan in the 1999 British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 comedy

Comedy

Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...

 film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

 East is East

East is East (film)

East Is East is a 1999 British black comedy/drama film, written by Ayub Khan-Din and directed by Damien O'Donnell. It is set in a British household of mixed-ethnicity, with a British Pakistani father and an English mother in Salford, Lancashire, in 1971...

. Other roles include Mrs Jennings in the three-part BBC adaptation Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility (2008 TV serial)

Sense and Sensibility is a 2008 British television serial adapted by the BBC from Jane Austen's novel of the same name. It was written by Andrew Davies and directed by John Alexander. The serial was aired on BBC One in three parts on 1, 6 and 13 January 2008. It aired the United States in two...

, Queenie Turrill in Lark Rise to Candleford, Doll in the film Cass

Cass

-Surnames:* Brian Cass* David Cass , American economist* Elizabeth Cass* Frederick Cass* George Washington Cass* Godfrey Cass* Harriet Cass* John Cass , English politician and philanthropist...

, and Mrs. Brenner in the American

United States

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-German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 film The Reader. She was also in Calendar Girls

Calendar Girls

Calendar Girls is a 2003 comedy film directed by Nigel Cole. Produced by Buena Vista International and Touchstone Pictures, it features a screenplay by Tim Firth and Juliette Towhidi based on a true story of a group of Yorkshire women who produced a nude calendar to raise money for Leukaemia...

 and played Cora, who was March. Bassett currently plays Grandma in the BBC comedy Grandma's House

Grandma's House

Grandma's House is a sitcom television series for BBC Two. Written by Simon Amstell and long term collaborator Dan Swimer, the series stars Simon Amstell playing a version of himself: a television presenter searching for meaning in his life...

.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1987	Waiting for the Moon Waiting for the Moon Waiting for the Moon is a 1987 Twentieth Century Fox film about Gertrude Stein and her lover and assistant Alice B. Toklas, played by Linda Bassett and Linda Hunt. Set in the 1930s, it depicts the two women meeting Picasso and his lover Fernande Olivier , as well as the authors Ernest Hemingway ,...	Gertrude Stein
1988	Dramarama	Meg Crawford	TV series (1 episode: "Making Waves")
	Paris by Night	Janet Swanton
1989	Traffik	Rachel Lithgow	TV series (4 episodes)
	Boon	Mrs. Sheridan	TV series (1 episode: "In It for the Monet")
1990	Screen One	Virginia Lyddon	TV series (1 episode: "News Hound")
	The Bill The Bill The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...	Shena Jackson	TV series (2 episodes)
1991	A Small Dance	Sandra Matkin
	4 Play	Phyllis Twigg	TV series (1 episode: "Say Hello to the Real Dr. Snide")
	Let Him Have It	Mrs. Miles
1994	Love Hurts Love Hurts "Love Hurts" is the name of a song, written and composed by Boudleaux Bryant. First recorded by The Everly Brothers in July 1960, the song is also well known from a 1975 international hit version by the rock band Nazareth and in the UK by a top 5 hit in 1975 by Jim Capaldi.The song was introduced...	Janice	TV series (1 episode: "Blue Heaven")
	A Touch of Frost	Mrs. Cornish	TV series (1 episode: "Nothing to Hide")
	Screen Two	Mrs. Loveless/Susan	TV series (2 episodes)
	Frank Stubbs	Eileen	TV series (1 episode: "Babies")
1995	A Village Affair	Gwen	TV movie
	The Bill The Bill The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...	Chrissie Bates	TV series (1 episode: "Old Habitats")
	Bramwell	Maud	TV mini-series (1 episode: "Episode #1.7")
	Loved Up	Mother	TV movie
	The Peter Principle	Iris Jennings	TV series (1 episode: "Pilot")
	Haunted	Madam Brontski
1996	Mary Reilly	Mary's Mother
	No Bananas	Ellen Slater	TV mini-series (10 episodes)
	Indian Summer Indian Summer (1996 film) Indian Summer, also known as Alive & Kicking, is a 1996 British drama film directed by Nancy Meckler, written by Martin Sherman and starring Jason Flemyng, Antony Sher and Bill Nighy. A young dancer becomes seriously ill, and finds comfort with an older man. The title comes from Indian...	Doctor
1997	Kavanagh QC	Miss Haddon QC	TV series (1 episode: "Mute of Malice")
	Oscar and Lucinda	Betty Stratton
1998	Spoonface Steinberg	Mrs. Spud	TV movie
	The Life and Crimes of William Palmer	Mary Thornton	TV movie
	Our Mutual Friend	Abby Potterson	TV mini-series (2 episodes)
	Far from the Madding Crowd	Maryann Money	TV movie
	Out of Hours	Carol-Ann Kumar	TV mini-series
1999	East is East East is East East Is East, a quotation from Rudyard Kipling's poem "The Ballad of East and West", may refer to one of the following:* East Is East , a 1999 BAFTA award-winning film...	Ella Khan	Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Best Actress in a Leading Role is a British Academy Film award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts to recognise an actress who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a film.- Winners and nominees :...
	Beautiful People Beautiful People (film) Beautiful People is a multi-award winning satirical comedy written and directed by Jasmin Dizdar. The film is set in London during the time of the Bosnian war...	Sister
	Dinnerladies Dinnerladies Dinnerladies is a British sitcom written, co-produced by and starring Victoria Wood. It ran on BBC One for 16 episodes from 1998 to 2000.-Plot:...	Peggy	TV series (1 episode: "Trouble")
2000	Lounge Act	Voice	Short
	Don Quixote	Housekeeper	TV movie
	Losing It Losing It Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time is the best-selling autobiography of actress Valerie Bertinelli released on February 25, 2008, by Free Press....	Tom's Mother	TV movie
2001	The Martins The Martins The Martins are a Christian music vocal trio composed of three siblings: Joyce Martin Sanders, Jonathan Martin, and Judy Martin Hess.-Music career:...	Anthea
2002	The Last Time The Last Time The Last Time or Last Time may refer to:In music:* Last Time , an album by Typecast* The Last Time , an album by John Farnham* "The Last Time" , a song by The Rolling Stones...	Evelyn	Short
	The Hours The Hours The Hours can refer to:* The Hours , by Francesco Bartolozzi, based on a painting by Maria Cosway* The Hours , by Michael Cunningham...	Nelly Boxall
2003	This Little Life This Little Life This Little Life is a 2003 drama starring Kate Ashfield, Peter Mullan and Linda Bassett. The story centres around the life of a married couple following the premature birth of their son....	Nurse Nina	TV movie
	Calendar Girls Calendar Girls Calendar Girls is a 2003 comedy film directed by Nigel Cole. Produced by Buena Vista International and Touchstone Pictures, it features a screenplay by Tim Firth and Juliette Towhidi based on a true story of a group of Yorkshire women who produced a nude calendar to raise money for Leukaemia...	Cora
2004	Spivs	Auntie Vee
	The Brief	Maureen Tyler	TV series (8 episodes: 2004-2005)
2005	Separate Lies Separate Lies Separate Lies is a 2005 British drama film directed by Julian Fellowes who also wrote the screenplay, updating the 1951 novel A Way Through the Wood by Nigel Balchin that had already been turned into a stage play under the title Waiting for Gillian in 1957. The film stars Tom Wilkinson, Emily...	Maggie
	Colour Me Kubrick: A True...ish Story	Trolley Lady
	Kinky Boots Kinky boots Kinky boots are boots with extreme characteristics which are intended to present a dramatic sexy appearance, such as by a prostitute or dominatrix. Extreme characteristics might include very high heels, thigh- or crotch-high length, or unusual colors or materials. They can be related to boot...	Melanie
	Heartbeat	Beryl Palmer	TV series (1 episode: "Burden of Proof")
	The English Harem	Monica Pringle	TV movie
2007	Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders Midsomer Murders is a British television detective drama that has aired on ITV since 1997. The show is based on the books by Caroline Graham, as originally adapted by Anthony Horowitz. The lead character is DCI Tom Barnaby who works for Causton CID. When Nettles left the show in 2011 he was...	Eileen Carnack	TV series (1 episode: "The Animal Within")
2008	Sense and Sensibility Sense and Sensibility Sense and Sensibility, published in 1811, is a British romance novel by Jane Austen, her first published work under the pseudonym, "A Lady." Jane Austen is considered a pioneer of the romance genre of novels, and for the realism portrayed in her novels, is one the most widely read writers in...	Mrs. Jennings	TV mini-series (3 episodes)
	Cass	Doll
	The Reader The Reader The Reader is a novel by German law professor and judge Bernhard Schlink, published in Germany in 1995 and in the United States in 1997...	Ms. Brenner
	Lark Rise to Candleford Lark Rise to Candleford Lark Rise to Candleford is a trilogy of semi-autobiographical novels about the countryside of north-east Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, England, at the end of the 19th century. They were written by Flora Thompson and first published together in 1945...	Queenie Turrill	TV series (30 episodes: 2008-2011)
2010	West is West West Is West (2010 film) West Is West is a 2011 British comedy-drama film, which is a sequel to the 1999 comedy East Is East. It stars Aqib Khan, Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Ila Arun and Jimi Mistry, is written by Ayub Khan-Din, directed by Andy DeEmmony, and produced by Leslee Udwin for Assassin Films and BBC Films.The film...	Ella Khan
	Grandma's House Grandma's House Grandma's House is a sitcom television series for BBC Two. Written by Simon Amstell and long term collaborator Dan Swimer, the series stars Simon Amstell playing a version of himself: a television presenter searching for meaning in his life...	Grandma	TV series (6 episodes)

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