Alison Steadman Remembers - Girl
11:05 pm - 11:20 pm, Wednesday, June 17 on BBC Four (9)
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Actress Alison Steadman reflects on the 1974 drama, which featured TV's first lesbian kiss. She shares her memories of how she approached the moment and the reaction it received
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Alison Steadman
(Contributor)
Born:
August 26, 1946
in
Liverpool
Best Known For:
Abigail's Party and Gavin & Stacey.
Early-life:
Alison was born on August 26, 1946, in Liverpool, where she was raised with two older sisters by her mother Marjorie and father George, who worked for an electronics firm. She wanted to be an actress from the age of nine and later trained at the East 15 acting school. Success did not come quickly, and she worked as a secretary for the Liverpool Probation Service before making her professional debut on stage in 1968 alongside Vanessa Redgrave in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
Career:
In 1973, she made her TV debut in Mike Leigh's Hard Labour. She has also worked with Leigh on TV movies Nuts in May and Abigail's Party, and the films Life Is Sweet (1990), Secrets & Lies (1996) and Topsy-Turvy (1999). She made her movie debut in Champions (1983) and her other film credits include A Private Function (1984), Clockwise (1986), The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989), Shirley Valentine (1989), Wilt (1990), The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004) and Confetti (2006). She earned a new army of fans with her role as matriarch Pamela in hit BBC sitcom Gavin & Stacey. Her other TV credits include The Singing Detective, Pride and Prejudice, Fat Friends, The Syndicate, Love & Marriage and Boomers.
Quote:
'I didn't become an actress because I wanted to tell people what colour my knickers were. I wanted to entertain people.'
Trivia:
Steadman won an Olivier Award in 1993 for her role in The Rise and Fall of Little Voice.
Simon Goretzki
(Series producer)
Shelley Talton
(Producer)
