1950-02-04 ( 75 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
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
2023-04-27
Careful How You Go
2018-01-19
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
2017-03-19
Effie Gray
2014-03-08
National Theatre Live: People
2013-03-21
West Is West
2010-10-19
The Reader
2008-12-10
Cass
2008-01-08
The English Harem
2005-12-27
Colour Me Kubrick
2005-10-06
Separate Lies
2005-09-16
Kinky Boots
2005-08-30
Spivs
2004-05-13
Calendar Girls
2003-09-02
This Little Life
2003-03-19
The Hours
2002-12-27
The Martins
2001-09-14
Don Quixote
2000-04-09
Lounge Act
2000-01-01
Beautiful People
1999-09-16
East Is East
1999-05-14
Far from the Madding Crowd
1998-05-10
Spoonface Steinberg
1998-03-30
The Life and Crimes of William Palmer
1998-03-03
Oscar and Lucinda
1997-12-31
Alive and Kicking
1996-11-08
Mary Reilly
1996-02-23
Haunted
1995-10-27
Loved Up
1995-08-21
A Village Affair
1995-04-17
In The Cold Light Of Day
1994-06-15
Skallagrigg
1994-03-09
A Small Dance
1991-11-16
Let Him Have It
1991-10-04
News Hounds
1990-09-02
Paris by Night
1989-04-18
Waiting for the Moon
1987-06-15
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