8.2
TV
Acting
Marlene Sidaway
- Born
- (age 89)
- Birthplace
- Thornaby-on-Tees, Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK
- Credits
- 51 titles
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).
Signature work
Known For
8.2
TV
7.5
TV
Midsomer Murders
7.3
Movie
Beautiful Thing
6.4
Movie
Me and Orson Welles
7.7
TV
Hustle
6.7
Movie
Venus
8.1
TV
Jeeves and Wooster
5.1
Movie
I Want Candy
7.9
TV
Foyle's War
5.2
Movie
Blackball
7.4
TV
Lovejoy
6.7
TV
Man Down
7.1
TV
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
7.8
TV
All Creatures Great and Small
7.2
TV
Mum
7.6
TV
Bad Girls
6.7
TV
Cuffs
7.5
TV
Cadfael
Acting credits 51
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Pigs Film | Gran |
| 2023 | Allelujah Film | Lucille |
| 2018 | Sink Film | Jean |
| 2018 | Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators TV | Bo Quickly (1 ep) |
| 2016 | Mum TV | Maureen (18 ep) |
| 2015 | Cuffs TV | Elsie (1 ep) |
| 2013 | Man Down TV | (1 ep) |
| 2010 | Bad Night for the Blues Film | Grace |
| 2008 | Me and Orson Welles Film | Grandmother Samuels |
| 2007 | I Want Candy Film | Sobbing Woman |
| 2006 | Venus Film | Hospital Nurse |
| 2005 | Sensitive Skin TV | Tracy Vernon (1 ep) |
| 2004 | Ready When You Are, Mr McGill Film | Mrs. Clegg |
| 2004 | Hustle TV | Vivienne Marchant (1 ep) |
| 2003 | Blackball Film | Fifty-Year Old Lady |
| 2002 | Foyle's War TV | Mrs. Esther Harrison (1 ep) |
| 2002 | Sirens TV | Betty (2 ep) |
| 2000 | The Secret TV | Jinny Musgrave (3 ep) |
| 1999 | Oliver Twist TV | Woman in street (4 ep) |
| 1999 | Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll Film | Matron |
| 1999 | Tom's Midnight Garden Film | Doris Schuster |
| 1999 | Bad Girls TV | Mrs. Barker (3 ep) |
| 1999 | The Dark Room Film | Mrs Helms |
| 1999 | Hunting Venus Film | Marge Beake |
| 1997 | Trial & Retribution TV | Dr Deirdre Smith (1 ep) |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders TV | Mrs. Bundy, Counseller 2, Mrs Bundy (1 ep) |
| 1996 | Accused TV | Dee Yearwood (8 ep) |
| 1996 | Beautiful Thing Film | Betty |
| 1995 | Pride and Prejudice TV | Hill (4 ep) |
| 1995 | The Key Film | Grady |
| 1994 | Love on a Branch Line TV | Rita's Mum (1 ep) |
| 1994 | Cadfael TV | Flescher's Wife (1 ep) |
| 1993 | Peak Practice TV | Hospital Matron, Rosie Pritchard (1 ep) |
| 1992 | Heartbeat TV | Nursing Officer (1 ep) |
| 1991 | In Suspicious Circumstances TV | Kathleen Clements (1 ep) |
| 1990 | Jeeves and Wooster TV | Pub Landlady (1 ep) |
| 1989 | Testimony of a Child Film | Health Visitor |
| 1987 | The Magic Toyshop Film | Mrs. Rundle |
| 1986 | A Very Peculiar Practice TV | Clara Rudd (1 ep) |
| 1986 | Lovejoy TV | Hospital Sister (1 ep) |
| 1985 | Super Gran TV | Miss Pinchpenny (1 ep) |
| 1985 | Screen Two TV | Joyce (1 ep) |
| 1982 | Andy Robson TV | Florrie Charlton (20 ep) |
| 1982 | Whistling Wally Film | Mary |
| 1982 | Shine on Harvey Moon TV | Miss Sprake (4 ep) |
| 1978 | Strangers TV | Customer (1 ep) |
| 1978 | All Creatures Great and Small TV | Nurse Brown (1 ep) |
| 1977 | The Kiss of Death Film | Christine |
| 1976 | Beloved Film | Sarah |
| 1976 | Victorian Scandals TV | Sarah (1 ep) |
| 1976 | The Ghosts of Motley Hall TV | Mrs Osborn (1 ep) |