Linda Bassett: movies and TV shows
Linda Bassett has 60 credits in the archive: 38 films and 22 TV series, from 1982 to 2026. Highest rated: Lark Rise to Candleford (8.4/10).
Career timeline
1982 – 2026 · busiest year: 1998 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Bare Roots | Sue | Film | — | 76 |
| 2023 | The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry | Queenie | Film | 6.6 | 73 |
| 2018 | Careful How You Go | Film | 4.5 | 68 | |
| 2017 | Strike | Joan Nancarrow | TV | 7.2 | 67 |
| 2017 | Carnage: Swallowing the Past | Dr Yasmine Vondenburg | Film | 6.4 | 67 |
| 2014 | Effie Gray | Anna | Film | 6.0 | 64 |
| 2013 | Spies of Warsaw | Maika Rosen | TV | 6.6 | 63 |
| 2013 | National Theatre Live: People | Iris | Film | 8.0 | 63 |
| 2012 | Call the Midwife | Phyllis Crane | TV | 7.5 | 62 |
| 2012 | The Life and Adventures of Nick Nickleby | Mrs. Smike | TV | — | 62 |
| 2010 | Grandma's House | Grandma Lily | TV | 6.6 | 60 |
| 2010 | West Is West | Ella Khan | Film | 6.4 | 60 |
| 2008 | Lark Rise to Candleford | Queenie Turrill | TV | 8.4 | 58 |
| 2008 | The Reader | Ms. Brenner | Film | 7.5 | 58 |
| 2008 | Sense and Sensibility | Mrs. Jennings | TV | 7.5 | 58 |
| 2008 | Cass | Doll | Film | 5.9 | 58 |
| 2005 | Kinky Boots | Mel | Film | 6.7 | 55 |
| 2005 | Separate Lies | Maggie | Film | 5.8 | 55 |
| 2005 | Colour Me Kubrick | Trolley Lady | Film | 5.7 | 55 |
| 2005 | The English Harem | Monica Pringle | Film | 3.5 | 55 |
| 2004 | The Brief | Maureen Tyler | TV | 7.0 | 54 |
| 2004 | Spivs | Auntie Vee | Film | 5.7 | 54 |
| 2003 | Calendar Girls | Cora | Film | 6.5 | 53 |
| 2003 | This Little Life | Nurse Nina | Film | — | 53 |
| 2002 | The Hours | Nelly Boxall | Film | 7.3 | 52 |
| 2001 | The Martins | Anthea | Film | 5.4 | 51 |
| 2000 | Lounge Act | Film | 10.0 | 50 | |
| 2000 | Don Quixote | Housekeeper | Film | 6.3 | 50 |
| 1999 | East Is East | Ella Khan | Film | 6.5 | 49 |
| 1999 | Beautiful People | Sister | Film | 6.2 | 49 |
| 1998 | dinnerladies | Peggy | TV | 7.4 | 48 |
| 1998 | Our Mutual Friend | Abby Potterson | TV | 7.8 | 48 |
| 1998 | Far from the Madding Crowd | Maryann Money | TV | 8.0 | 48 |
| 1998 | Far from the Madding Crowd | Maryann Money | Film | 6.2 | 48 |
| 1998 | Spoonface Steinberg | Mrs. Spud | Film | 8.0 | 48 |
| 1998 | The Life and Crimes of William Palmer | Mary Thornton | Film | 8.7 | 48 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Eileen Carnack | TV | 7.5 | 47 |
| 1997 | Oscar and Lucinda | Betty Stratton | Film | 6.4 | 47 |
| 1996 | Mary Reilly | Mary's Mother | Film | 5.8 | 46 |
| 1996 | No Bananas | Ellen Slater | TV | 7.7 | 46 |
| 1996 | Alive and Kicking | Doctor | Film | 5.4 | 46 |
| 1995 | Kavanagh Q.C. | Miss Haddon QC | TV | 7.3 | 45 |
| 1995 | Bramwell | Maud | TV | 4.2 | 45 |
| 1995 | Haunted | Madame Brontski | Film | 6.1 | 45 |
| 1995 | A Village Affair | Gwen | Film | 5.0 | 45 |
| 1995 | Loved Up | Mum | Film | 5.4 | 45 |
| 1994 | In The Cold Light Of Day | Mrs. Loveless | Film | — | 44 |
| 1994 | Skallagrigg | Susan | Film | 4.0 | 44 |
| 1993 | Frank Stubbs Promotes | Eileen | TV | 7.5 | 43 |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Beryl Palmer | TV | 7.2 | 42 |
| 1992 | A Touch of Frost | Mrs Cornish | TV | 7.5 | 42 |
| 1991 | Let Him Have It | Mrs. Miles | Film | 6.7 | 41 |
| 1991 | A Small Dance | Sandra Matkin | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1990 | News Hounds | Virginia Lyddon | Film | — | 40 |
| 1989 | Paris by Night | Janet Swanton | Film | 4.8 | 39 |
| 1987 | Waiting for the Moon | Gertrude Stein | Film | 4.9 | 37 |
| 1986 | Casualty | Olwyn Humphries | TV | 6.2 | 36 |
| 1984 | The Bill | TV | 6.8 | 34 | |
| 1983 | Dramarama | Meg Crawford | TV | 7.3 | 33 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Gertrude Stein | TV | 6.6 | 32 |