Actor
Marlene Sidaway
Born March 12, 1937 in Thornaby-on-Tees, Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK
20 films
Marlene Sidaway is an accomplished British character actress with a career spanning over six decades across television, film, and theatre. She is perhaps most widely recognized for her role as the domineering Brenda Taylor in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street (1990–1992) and as Maureen in the BBC sitcom Mum (2016–2019).
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First watchBeautiful Thing19967.3as BettyDuring a long, hot summer on the Thamesmead Estate in Southeast London, three teenagers edge towards adulthood.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
20 films as actor- 2024PigsGran
- 2023AllelujahLucille
- 2018SinkJean
- 2010Bad Night for the BluesGrace
- 2008Me and Orson WellesGrandmother Samuels
- 2007I Want CandySobbing Woman
- 2006VenusHospital Nurse
- 2004Ready When You Are, Mr McGillMrs. Clegg
- 2003BlackballFifty-Year Old Lady
- 1999Sex, Chips & Rock n' RollMatron
- 1999Tom's Midnight GardenDoris Schuster
- 1999The Dark RoomMrs Helms
- 1999Hunting VenusMarge Beake
- 1996Beautiful ThingBetty
- 1995The KeyGrady
- 1989Testimony of a ChildHealth Visitor
- 1987The Magic ToyshopMrs. Rundle
- 1982Whistling WallyMary
- 1977The Kiss of DeathChristine
- 1976BelovedSarah