Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1950-02-04 (Age: 76)
Place of Birth
Pluckley, Kent, England, UK
Linda Bassett
Biography
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.
Filmography (37)
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
2008The English Harem
2005
Colour Me Kubrick
2005
Separate Lies
2005
Kinky Boots
2005
Spivs
2004
Calendar Girls
2003
