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Brenda Blethyn

Brenda Blethyn

Actor · Born 1946-02-20 · Ramsgate, Kent, England, UK

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Biography

Brenda Anne Blethyn is an English actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. Blethyn has received two Academy Award nominations, two SAG Award nominations, two Emmy Award nominations and three Golden Globe Award nominations, winning one. In addition, she has won a BAFTA, an Empire Award and a Golden Lion, and has earned a Theater World Award and both a Critics' Circle Theatre Award and a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for her theatrical work. Born into a working class home in Ramsgate, Kent, Blethyn pursued an administrative career until her early 30s before enrolling in the Guildford School of Acting after the dissolution of her marriage in 1973. She subsequently joined the Royal National Theatre and received credits for her performances in Troilus and Cressida (1976) and Mysteries (1979). In 1981, Blethyn earned her first critical acclaim for Steaming. In 1980, Blethyn made her television debut in Mike Leigh's film Grown-Ups; then, after a modest number of guest spots in several productions, in the mid-1980s she garnered leading roles in the short-living sitcoms Chance in a Million and The Labours of Erica. Having followed her big screen debut with smaller supp…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Pride & Prejudice (2005) — Mrs. Bennet
  2. Atonement (2007) — Grace Turner
  3. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) — Linnie Malcolm
  4. The Witches (1990) — Mrs Jenkins
  5. A River Runs Through It (1992) — Mrs. Maclean
  6. Secrets & Lies (1996) — Cynthia Rose Purley
  7. Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005) — Mama Heffalump (voice)
  8. Saving Grace (2000) — Grace Trevethyn
  9. The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002) — Mrs. Fairgood (voice)
  10. The Graham Norton Show (2007) — Self
  11. The Storyteller (1988) — Storyteller's Wife
  12. Little Voice (1998) — Mari Hoff
  13. The Sleeping Dictionary (2003) — Aggie
  14. Beyond the Sea (2004) — Polly Cassotto
  15. Vera (2011) — DCI Vera Stanhope
  16. Yes Minister (1980)
  17. Ethel & Ernest (2016) — Ethel Briggs (voice)
  18. Pumpkin (2002) — Judy Romanoff
  19. Undertaking Betty (2002) — Betty Rhys-Jones
  20. The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006) — Angela Kimble
  21. RKO 281 (1999) — Louella Parsons
  22. Two Men in Town (2014) — Emily Smith
  23. Lovely & Amazing (2002) — Jane Marks
  24. Mary and Martha (2013) — Martha
  25. Blizzard (2003) — Aunt Millie
  26. The Oscars (1953) — Self
  27. Music from Another Room (1998) — Grace Swan
  28. Dead Man Running (2009) — Mother
  29. Sonny (2002) — Jewel
  30. London River (2009) — Elisabeth
  31. Tales of the Unexpected (1979) — Carol Hutchins
  32. Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) — Auguste Rottgen-van Pels
  33. Daddy and Them (2001) — Julia Montgomery
  34. War and Peace (2007) — Márja Dmitrijewna Achrosímowa
  35. On a Clear Day (2005) — Joan
  36. Clubland (2007) — Jean
  37. Charlotte (2022) — Grossmama (voice)
  38. The One Show (2006) — Self - Guest
  39. Rumpole of the Bailey (1975) — Pauline
  40. This Morning (1988) — Self