11 thoughts on “WCW: Alison Steadman

  1. Not a frock flick, but my favorite Steadman role was in “Nuts in May,” an early television movie by her then-husband, Mike Leigh; she plays an adorably naive young granola-head off on a camping trip with her obnoxious husband.

  2. Her Mrs. Bennet really is iconic! Also, I know it is not a frock flick, but I loved her in Shirley Valentine.

  3. P’tang, Yang, Kipperbang! A British TV movie set in the late 1940s about a teenage boy and his first crush. Alison plays a teacher who is worried that she’s pregnant and will lose her job.

  4. Almost vintage………”Abigail’s Party” check out the 70’s fashion

  5. Excellent actress. I love her in all films I saw with her. P&P was such an eye-opener. Most of the ladies and gents in the production were great and it was nice to see them again in other films and mini-series.
    I loved her in “Fanny Hill” too.

  6. While I saw TOPSY-TURVY, I really only know Alison Steadman from Mrs. Bennet in PRIDE AND PREJUDICE– one of my favorite performances in an Austen adaptation and, as you say, iconic.

    But the glowing recommendation for French & Saunders’ LET THEM EAT CAKE made me decide to finally track it down, and I’m glad I did!

    I hope it’s okay to mention that Internet Archive.org has– for now, anyway– a page with all six episodes of the series posted, and in rather good condition, too! (The site did gag and rebuffer a few times while I was watching, but at least there’s no commercial interruption.) Run a Google video search of the series title and you’ll find it.

    I watched the first episode, “Pox,” last night, and Steadman was an excellent foil for French & Saunders! She’s hilarious! Some might find the humor a smidge too obvious (the old “spying through eyes in a portrait on the wall” gag makes an appearance), but it moves fast enough that it all works. Maybe not at the same level of the first run of ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS or the entire run of BLACKADDER, but still worth a view!

    (And was that episode strangely timely right now… !!!)

    One other thing: I barely recognized Stephanie Beacham in that shot from NO BANANAS. For once no melons, either, apparently.

  7. Also not period, but as Pam in Gavin and Stacey, she is an absolute scream. Echoes of a modern day Mrs Bennett

  8. The British TV series “The People’s War” is the dramatisation of the diaries, letters and memoires of people directly involved in WWI, either as serving military personnel or civillians.

    So Hallie Miles (was a real person!!👌🏻) was married to an Olympic sportsman and owned a vegetarian restaurant in London. She observes the militarisation of the local community. ✌🏻

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