Person
Marlene Sidaway
Acting · Born 1937-03-12 · Thornaby-on-Tees, Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Biography
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).
Known for
Midsomer Murders
Mrs. Bundy
Screen Two
Joyce
Heartbeat
Nursing Officer
Hustle
Vivienne Marchant
Peak Practice
Hospital Matron
Foyle's War
Mrs. Esther Harrison
Bad Girls
Mrs. Barker
All Creatures Great and Small
Nurse Brown
Pride and Prejudice
Hill
Trial & Retribution
Dr Deirdre Smith
Filmography
- 2024PigsGran
- 2023AllelujahLucille
- 2018SinkJean
- 2018Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private InvestigatorsBo Quickly
- 2016MumMaureen
- 2015CuffsElsie
- 2013Man Down
- 2010Bad Night for the BluesGrace
- 2008Me and Orson WellesGrandmother Samuels
- 2007I Want CandySobbing Woman
- 2006VenusHospital Nurse
- 2005Sensitive SkinTracy Vernon
- 2004Ready When You Are, Mr McGillMrs. Clegg
- 2004HustleVivienne Marchant
- 2003BlackballFifty-Year Old Lady
- 2002Foyle's WarMrs. Esther Harrison
- 2002SirensBetty
- 1999Oliver TwistWoman in street
- 1999Sex, Chips & Rock n' RollMatron
- 1999Tom's Midnight GardenDoris Schuster
- 1999Bad GirlsMrs. Barker
- 1999The Dark RoomMrs Helms
- 1999Hunting VenusMarge Beake
- 1997Trial & RetributionDr Deirdre Smith
- 1997Midsomer MurdersMrs. Bundy
- 1996Beautiful ThingBetty
- 1995Pride and PrejudiceHill
- 1995The KeyGrady
- 1994CadfaelFlescher's Wife
- 1993Peak PracticeHospital Matron
- 1992HeartbeatNursing Officer
- 1991In Suspicious CircumstancesKathleen Clements
- 1990Jeeves and WoosterPub Landlady
- 1989Testimony of a ChildHealth Visitor
- 1987The Magic ToyshopMrs. Rundle
- 1986A Very Peculiar PracticeClara Rudd
- 1986LovejoyHospital Sister
- 1985Super GranMiss Pinchpenny
- 1985Screen TwoJoyce
- 1982Whistling WallyMary
- 1982Shine on Harvey MoonMiss Sprake
- 1978StrangersCustomer
- 1978All Creatures Great and SmallNurse Brown
- 1977The Kiss of DeathChristine
- 1976BelovedSarah
- 1976Victorian ScandalsSarah
- 1976The Ghosts of Motley HallMrs Osborn
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