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    Linda Bassett

    1950-02-04 (74 years old) in Pluckley, Kent, England, UK

    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.

    Movies

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    Careful How You Go
    80 %|Jan 19, 2018
    Comedy, Drama
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    Carnage: Swallowing the Past
    67 %|Mar 19, 2017
    Comedy, Science Fiction
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    Effie Gray
    59 %|Mar 8, 2014
    Drama
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    National Theatre Live: People
    80 %|Mar 21, 2013
    Comedy
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    West Is West
    64 %|Oct 19, 2010
    Comedy
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    The Reader
    74.71000000000001 %|Dec 10, 2008
    Drama, Romance
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    Cass
    59 %|Jan 8, 2008
    Crime, Drama
    actor
    The English Harem
    33 %|Dec 27, 2005
    Drama
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    Colour Me Kubrick
    56.51 %|Oct 6, 2005
    Comedy, Drama
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    Separate Lies
    56 %|Sep 16, 2005
    Romance, Drama, Thriller
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    Kinky Boots
    67 %|Aug 30, 2005
    Comedy, Drama, Music
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    Spivs
    45 %|May 13, 2004
    Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
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    Calendar Girls
    65.48 %|Sep 2, 2003
    Drama, Comedy
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    This Little Life
    0 %|Mar 19, 2003
    Drama
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    The Hours
    72.84 %|Dec 27, 2002
    Drama
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    The Martins
    55 %|Sep 14, 2001
    Comedy, Drama
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    Don Quixote
    61 %|Apr 9, 2000
    Adventure, Comedy, TV Movie
    actor
    Lounge Act
    0 %|Jan 1, 2000
    Animation
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    Beautiful People
    59 %|Sep 16, 1999
    War, Comedy, Drama
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    East Is East
    65 %|May 14, 1999
    Drama, Comedy
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    Far from the Madding Crowd
    62 %|May 10, 1998
    Drama, Romance, TV Movie
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    Spoonface Steinberg
    0 %|Mar 30, 1998
    TV Movie, Drama
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    The Life and Crimes of William Palmer
    95 %|Mar 3, 1998
    Drama, Crime
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    Oscar and Lucinda
    63 %|Dec 31, 1997
    Drama, Romance
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    Alive and Kicking
    49 %|Nov 8, 1996
    Comedy, Drama
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    Mary Reilly
    58.07000000000001 %|Feb 23, 1996
    Drama, Horror, Thriller
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    Haunted
    61 %|Oct 27, 1995
    Mystery, Horror, Fantasy, Romance
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    Loved Up
    59 %|Aug 21, 1995
    Drama, Romance
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    A Village Affair
    47 %|Apr 17, 1995
    Drama, Romance, TV Movie
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    In The Cold Light Of Day
    0 %|Jun 15, 1994
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Skallagrigg
    10 %|Mar 9, 1994
    Drama, TV Movie, Fantasy
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    A Small Dance
    0 %|Nov 16, 1991
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Let Him Have It
    66 %|Oct 4, 1991
    Drama
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    News Hounds
    0 %|Sep 2, 1990
    Comedy, Drama, TV Movie
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    Paris by Night
    45 %|Apr 18, 1989
    Drama, Thriller
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    Waiting for the Moon
    50 %|Jun 15, 1987
    Comedy, Drama, TV Movie

    Series

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    Strike
    70.71 %|Aug 27, 2017
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    Spies of Warsaw
    66 %|Jan 9, 2013
    Drama
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    Call the Midwife
    75.32 %|Jan 15, 2012
    Drama
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    Grandma's House
    66 %|Aug 9, 2010
    Comedy
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    Lark Rise to Candleford
    83 %|Jan 13, 2008
    Drama
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    Sense and Sensibility
    76 %|Jan 1, 2008
    Drama
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    The Brief
    65 %|Apr 25, 2004
    Drama
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    Dinnerladies
    73.67 %|Nov 12, 1998
    Comedy
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    Our Mutual Friend
    77 %|Mar 9, 1998
    Drama
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    Midsomer Murders
    75.54 %|Mar 23, 1997
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
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    No Bananas
    0 %|May 5, 1996
    Drama
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    Bramwell
    42 %|May 1, 1995
    Drama
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    Kavanagh Q.C.
    66 %|Jan 3, 1995
    Crime, Drama
    actor
    Frank Stubbs Promotes
    0 %|Jul 12, 1993
    Comedy
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    A Touch of Frost
    74.84 %|Dec 6, 1992
    Drama, Crime, Mystery
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    Heartbeat
    70 %|Apr 10, 1992
    Crime, Drama, Comedy
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    Casualty
    59 %|Sep 6, 1986
    Drama
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    The Bill
    66 %|Oct 16, 1984
    Crime, Drama
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    Dramarama
    66.67 %|Sep 12, 1983
    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama