Linda Bassett was born in the Kentish village of Pluckley - location for the television series The Darling Buds of May (1991). She was brought up in Pimlico, South London, by her typist mother and police officer father. She became interested in acting as a child when she was frequently taken to see plays in London, most notably at the Old Vic, the famous classical theater. On leaving school, Linda
The Hours
⭐ 7.3East Is East
⭐ 6.565Calendar Girls
⭐ 6.5The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
⭐ 6.5Lounge Act
⭐ 0Spivs
⭐ 4.5West Is West
⭐ 6.4Kinky Boots
⭐ 6.736The Martins
⭐ 5.5A Small Dance
⭐ 0In The Cold Light Of Day
⭐ 0Waiting for the Moon
⭐ 5The English Harem
⭐ 3.3National Theatre Live: People
⭐ 8Beautiful People
⭐ 6News Hounds
⭐ 0Loved Up
⭐ 5.9Mary Reilly
⭐ 5.8Spoonface Steinberg
⭐ 0The Life and Crimes of William Palmer
⭐ 9.5Alive and Kicking
⭐ 4.9Effie Gray
⭐ 5.9Let Him Have It
⭐ 6.6Far from the Madding Crowd
⭐ 6.2A Village Affair
⭐ 5.1Carnage: Swallowing the Past
⭐ 6.6Cass
⭐ 5.992Colour Me Kubrick
⭐ 5.7Separate Lies
⭐ 5.8The Reader
⭐ 7.469Careful How You Go
⭐ 8Skallagrigg
⭐ 1This Little Life
⭐ 0Oscar and Lucinda
⭐ 6.4Paris by Night
⭐ 4.5Haunted
⭐ 6.1Don Quixote
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