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Alison Steadman

1946 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alison Steadman has received more than 3,252,806 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Alison Steadman is the 1,360th most popular actor (up from 1,428th in 2019), the 1,429th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,511th in 2019) and the 191st most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Alison Steadman ranks 1,360 out of 13,578. Before her are Bridget Fonda, Karl Urban, Frank Stallone, Margarita Lozano, Annie Potts, and Gordon Scott. After her are Rhys Ifans, Anne Heche, Arnold Vosloo, Lina Romay, Hilary Swank, and Andrew Garfield.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Alison Steadman ranks 175. Before her are Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester, Richard Axel, Stig Blomqvist, Dan McCafferty, Jim Hines, and Alejandro Toledo. After her are Ti Lung, Salif Keïta, Héctor Babenco, Ralf Hütter, Joanna Lumley, and Piet Schrijvers.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alison Steadman ranks 1,429 out of 8,785. Before her are Sophie Turner (1996), Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799), Richard J. Roberts (1943), Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (1673), Ethel Smyth (1858), and Alan Baker (1939). After her are Rhys Ifans (1967), Evelyn De Morgan (1855), Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817), Claire Forlani (1971), Andy Summers (1942), and Robert Wyatt (1945).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Alison Steadman ranks 191. Before her are Victor McLaglen (1886), Vinnie Jones (1965), Michael Redgrave (1908), Timothy Spall (1957), Julia Ormond (1965), and Sophie Turner (1996). After her are Rhys Ifans (1967), Claire Forlani (1971), Jason Isaacs (1963), David Hemmings (1941), David Bradley (1942), and George Arliss (1868).

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Television and Movie Roles

Life Is Sweet
Wendy
Just north of London live Wendy, Andy, and their twenty-something twins, Natalie and Nicola. Wendy clerks in a shop, Andy is a cook who forever puts off home remodeling projects, Natalie is a plumber and Nicola is jobless. This film is about how they interact and play out family, conflict and love.
Nov 15o 19906.964 / 10
Clockwise
Gwenda Stimpson
School headmaster Brian Stimpson is obsessed with timeliness, order, and discipline. Brian misses his train after meticulously preparing a speech for an education conference. With no one else to turn to, he asks young former student Laura Wisely for a ride. Laura, upset over a break-up, agrees to drive him in her parents' car - which alarms her mother and father, who worry that she has run away with a married man and subsequently alert the police.
Mar 1o 19866.3 / 10
Pride and Prejudice
Mrs. Bennet
Set in England in the early 19th century, Pride and Prejudice tells the story of Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unmarried daughters after the rich and eligible Mr Bingley and his status-conscious friend, Mr Darcy, have moved into their neighbourhood. While Bingley takes an immediate liking to the eldest Bennet daughter, Jane, Darcy has difficulty adapting to local society and repeatedly clashes with the second-eldest Bennet daughter, Elizabeth.
8.246 / 10