Marlene Sidaway
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).
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.4504 |
| Birthday | 1937-03-12 |
| Place of Birth | Thornaby-on-Tees, Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK |
| Also Known As |
2023
Allelujah
5.2/29
When news of the closure of a small hospital's geriatric ward begins to reach the community, the hospital invites a local news crew to document their...
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Allelujah
2006
Venus
6.633/158
Maurice is an aging veteran actor who becomes taken with Jessie, the grandniece of his closest friend. When Maurice tries to soften the petulant and p...
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Venus
1999
Tom's Midnight Garden
6.071/21
When Tom's brother Peter gets measles, he is sent to stay with his Uncle Alan and Aunt Gwen in a flat with no garden and an elderly landlady, Mrs Bart...
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Tom's Midnight Garden
2007
I Want Candy
5.077/117
Two hopeful lads from Leatherhead trying to break into the movies stumble upon the opportunity of a lifetime. Frustrated by their arty film teacher, w...
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I Want Candy
1987
The Magic Toyshop
6/6
After her parents are killed, a young girl is sent to London to live with her uncle and his family. Her uncle, who is a toymaker, secretly has the pow...
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The Magic Toyshop
2010
Bad Night for the Blues
6.3/3
Blues rinses, portraits of the queen and stand up bingo. Chris Shepherd delves into his past and recalls the world of his Aunty Glad and her local Con...
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Bad Night for the Blues
1999
Hunting Venus
7.357/7
Former pop-star turned con artist Simon Delancey is kidnapped by two fans of his eighties band the Venus Hunters, and blackmailed to re-form the band...
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Hunting Venus
2004
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
7.3/3
Remake of the 1976 TV drama by Jack Rosenthal. An extra in a TV drama is finally given a line to say. He goes on to cause mounting chaos
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Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
1977
The Kiss of Death
6.5/12
Trevor is an extremely shy undertaker's assistant. He always tags along with his good friend Ronnie, when he goes to the pub with his girlfriend Sandr...
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The Kiss of Death
1999
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
0/0
The BBC drama about growing up in the turbulent, tuneful '60s. Manchester, England, 1965. "You'll never meet anybody worth knowing working at the Chip...
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Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
2003
Blackball
5.236/55
Blackball follows the fortunes of Cliff Starkey, a working-class fine of lawn bowls with an exceptional talent. Wanting to take on the Aussies he mana...
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Blackball
2018
Sink
0/0
Shot mainly in South East London, it’s about Micky Mason, a skilled manual worker who, since the Crash, can find nothing but menial zero hours jobs. H...
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Sink
1996
Beautiful Thing
7.262/340
During a long, hot summer on the Thamesmead Estate in Southeast London, three teenagers edge towards adulthood.
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Beautiful Thing
1999
The Dark Room
5.8/5
In hospital, photographer Jinx Kingsley wakes from a coma after a car crash - a failed suicide attempt, prompted by her fiance Leo jilting her to elop...
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The Dark Room
1982
Whistling Wally
0/0
17 year old Kevin discovers that his sick father, Whistling Wally, is dying.
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Whistling Wally
2008
Me and Orson Welles
6.369/210
New York, 1937. A teenager hired to star in Orson Welles' production of Julius Caesar becomes attracted to a career-driven production assistant.
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Me and Orson Welles
1976
Beloved
0/0
When Henry James Prince is dismissed from his post as a curate, he decides to found his own religion, called the Abode of Love.
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Beloved
2024
Pigs
0/0
A young woman arrives home for dinner, only to discover that she's been banned from having a glass of wine.
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Pigs
1995
The Key
0/0
"The Key" is a 1995 British short film written and directed by Stephen Lowenstein, with a cast including James Cosmo, Liam Cunningham, Emer McCourt, a...
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The Key
1989
Testimony of a Child
9/1
Being accused of child abuse is a nightmare every family dreads. The Taylors are an ordinary happy family, but Paul and Jill are worried about their 1...
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