
Born
February 4, 1950
Place of Birth
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…

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
2023

Careful How You Go
2018

Carnage: Swallowing the Past
2017

Effie Gray
2014

National Theatre Live: People
2013

West Is West
2010

The Reader
2008

Cass
2008
The English Harem
2005

Colour Me Kubrick
2005

Separate Lies
2005

Kinky Boots
2005

Spivs
2004

Calendar Girls
2003

This Little Life
2003

The Hours
2002

The Martins
2001

Don Quixote
2000
Lounge Act
2000

Beautiful People
1999

East Is East
1999

Far from the Madding Crowd
1998

Spoonface Steinberg
1998

The Life and Crimes of William Palmer
1998

Oscar and Lucinda
1997

Alive and Kicking
1996

Mary Reilly
1996

Haunted
1995

Loved Up
1995

A Village Affair
1995

In The Cold Light Of Day
1994

Skallagrigg
1994

A Small Dance
1991

Let Him Have It
1991

News Hounds
1990

Paris by Night
1989

Waiting for the Moon
1987

Strike
2017

Spies of Warsaw
2013

The Life and Adventures of Nick Nickleby
2012

Call the Midwife
2012

Grandma's House
2010

Lark Rise to Candleford
2008

Sense and Sensibility
2008

The Brief
2004

dinnerladies
1998

Far from the Madding Crowd
1998

Our Mutual Friend
1998

Midsomer Murders
1997

No Bananas
1996

Bramwell
1995

Kavanagh Q.C.
1995

Frank Stubbs Promotes
1993

A Touch of Frost
1992

Heartbeat
1992

Casualty
1986

The Bill
1984

Dramarama
1983