Alison Steadman (born 26 August 1946) is an English actress. She received the 1977 Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress for Abigail's Party, the 1991 National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress for the Mike Leigh film Life Is Sweet and the 1993 Olivier Award for Best Actress for her role as Mari in the original production of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice. In a 2007 Channel 4 poll, the '50 Greatest Actors' voted for by other actors, she was ranked 42.
Steadman made her professional stage debut in 1968 and went on to establish her career in Mike Leigh's 1970s TV plays Nuts in May (1976) and Abigail's Party (1977). She received BAFTA TV Award nominations for the 1986 BBC serial The Singing Detective and in 2001 for the ITV drama series Fat Friends (2000–2005). Other television roles include Pride and Prejudice (1995), Gavin & Stacey (2007–2010, 2019, 2024) and Here We Go (2022–present). Her other film appearances include Clockwise (1986), Blame It on the Bellboy (1992), Confetti (2006), Burn Burn Burn (2015) and Better Man (2024).
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Date: 27 August 1946
By Capt. FRANCIS NOEL-BAKER Copywright, 1946, by The London News Chronicle and the Overseas News Agency
article on conditions in Spain; urges Allied sanctions to overthrow Franco
Date: 26 August 1946
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Financial News price indexes
Date: 27 August 1946
P S Willis sees resmption of normal ad drives following projected easing of Govt curbs
Date: 27 August 1946
By JANE NICKERSON
Jane NICKERSON
Int on his specialty, chicken pie; gives recipe; illus
Date: 26 August 1946
By JANE NICKERSON
Jane NICKERSON
Sauteed bananas recipe
Date: 26 August 1946
By HAROLD CALLENDER Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Harold Special
Paris sources predict USSR will announce reduction in its demands for Hungarian payments