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Marlene Sidaway

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

Pigs
Pigs
2024 • Gran
Allelujah
Allelujah
2023 • Lucille
Sink
Sink
2018 • Jean
Bad Night for the Blues
Bad Night for the Blues
2010 • Grace
Me and Orson Welles
Me and Orson Welles
2008 • Grandmother Samuels
I Want Candy
I Want Candy
2007 • Sobbing Woman
Venus
Venus
2006 • Hospital Nurse
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
2004 • Mrs. Clegg

Full filmography

Pigs
Pigs
2024 • Gran
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Allelujah
Allelujah
2023 • Lucille
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Sink
Sink
2018 • Jean
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Me and Orson Welles
Me and Orson Welles
2008 • Grandmother Samuels
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I Want Candy
I Want Candy
2007 • Sobbing Woman
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Venus
Venus
2006 • Hospital Nurse
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Blackball
Blackball
2003 • Fifty-Year Old Lady
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Tom's Midnight Garden
Tom's Midnight Garden
1999 • Doris Schuster
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The Dark Room
The Dark Room
1999 • Mrs Helms
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Hunting Venus
Hunting Venus
1999 • Marge Beake
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The Key
The Key
1995 • Grady
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Testimony of a Child
Testimony of a Child
1989 • Health Visitor
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The Magic Toyshop
1987 • Mrs. Rundle
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The Kiss of Death
The Kiss of Death
1977 • Christine
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Beloved
Beloved
1976 • Sarah
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