Born
1937-03-12 (age 89)
Birthplace
Thornaby-on-Tees, Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Marlene Sidaway
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).
Movie Appearances
Allelujah
as Lucille
2023
Venus
as Hospital Nurse
2006
Tom's Midnight Garden
as Doris Schuster
1999
I Want Candy
as Sobbing Woman
2007
The Magic Toyshop
as Mrs. Rundle
1987
Bad Night for the Blues
as Grace
2010
Hunting Venus
as Marge Beake
1999
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
as Mrs. Clegg
2004
The Kiss of Death
as Christine
1977
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
as Matron
1999
Blackball
as Fifty-Year Old Lady
2003
Sink
as Jean
2018
Beautiful Thing
as Betty
1996
The Dark Room
as Mrs Helms
1999
Whistling Wally
as Mary
1982
Me and Orson Welles
as Grandmother Samuels
2008
Beloved
as Sarah
1976
Pigs
as Gran
2024
The Key
as Grady
1995
Testimony of a Child
as Health Visitor
1989
TV Appearances
Pride and Prejudice
as Hill
1995
Bad Girls
as Mrs. Barker
1999
Lovejoy
as Hospital Sister
1986
Peak Practice
as Hospital Matron
1993
Hustle
as Vivienne Marchant
2004
Peak Practice
as Rosie Pritchard
1993
Man Down
2013
Super Gran
as Miss Pinchpenny
1985
Jeeves and Wooster
as Pub Landlady
1990
Midsomer Murders
as Mrs. Bundy
1997
Oliver Twist
as Woman in street
1999
Sirens
as Betty
2002