Acting · Thornaby-on-Tees, Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK · Born March 12, 1937
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).
MoviePigs
2024
as Gran
MovieAllelujah
2023
as Lucille
MovieSink
2018
as Jean
TVShakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
2018
as Bo Quickly
TVMum
2016
as Maureen
TVCuffs
2015
as Elsie
TVMan Down
2013
MovieBad Night for the Blues
2010
as Grace
MovieMe and Orson Welles
2008
as Grandmother Samuels
MovieI Want Candy
2007
as Sobbing Woman
MovieVenus
2006
as Hospital Nurse
TVSensitive Skin
2005
as Tracy Vernon
MovieReady When You Are, Mr McGill
2004
as Mrs. Clegg
TVHustle
2004
as Vivienne Marchant
MovieBlackball
2003
as Fifty-Year Old Lady
TVFoyle's War
2002
as Mrs. Esther Harrison
TVSirens
2002
as Betty
TVOliver Twist
1999
as Woman in street
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
1999
as Matron
MovieTom's Midnight Garden
1999
as Doris Schuster
TVBad Girls
1999
as Mrs. Barker
MovieThe Dark Room
1999
as Mrs Helms
MovieHunting Venus
1999
as Marge Beake
TVTrial & Retribution
1997
as Dr Deirdre Smith
TVMidsomer Murders
1997
as Mrs. Bundy
TVAccused
1996
as Dee Yearwood
MovieBeautiful Thing
1996
as Betty
TVPride and Prejudice
1995
as Hill
MovieThe Key
1995
as Grady
TVCadfael
1994
as Flescher's Wife
TVPeak Practice
1993
as Hospital Matron
TVHeartbeat
1992
as Nursing Officer
TVIn Suspicious Circumstances
1991
as Kathleen Clements
TVJeeves and Wooster
1990
as Pub Landlady
MovieTestimony of a Child
1989
as Health Visitor
The Magic Toyshop
1987
as Mrs. Rundle
TVA Very Peculiar Practice
1986
as Clara Rudd
TVLovejoy
1986
as Hospital Sister
TVSuper Gran
1985
as Miss Pinchpenny
TVScreen Two
1985
as Joyce
Andy Robson
1982
as Florrie Charlton
MovieWhistling Wally
1982
as Mary
TVShine on Harvey Moon
1982
as Miss Sprake
TVStrangers
1978
as Customer
TVAll Creatures Great and Small
1978
as Nurse Brown
MovieThe Kiss of Death
1977
as Christine
MovieBeloved
1976
as Sarah
TVVictorian Scandals
1976
as Sarah
TVThe Ghosts of Motley Hall
1976
as Mrs Osborn
