Actor profile

Marlene Sidaway

12th March 1937 Thornaby-on-Tees, Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK Acting

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).

20 Movies 26 TV Shows 46 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Pigs poster

Pigs 9th October 2024 as Gran

Allelujah poster

Allelujah 17th March 2023 as Lucille

Sink poster

Sink 12th October 2018 as Jean

Bad Night for the Blues poster

Bad Night for the Blues 13th November 2010 as Grace

Me and Orson Welles poster

Me and Orson Welles 5th September 2008 as Grandmother Samuels

I Want Candy poster

I Want Candy 23rd March 2007 as Sobbing Woman

Venus poster

Venus 2nd September 2006 as Hospital Nurse

Ready When You Are, Mr McGill poster

Ready When You Are, Mr McGill 1st September 2004 as Mrs. Clegg

Blackball poster

Blackball 18th May 2003 as Fifty-Year Old Lady

Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll 5th September 1999 as Matron

Tom's Midnight Garden poster

Tom's Midnight Garden 2nd July 1999 as Doris Schuster

The Dark Room poster

The Dark Room 2nd April 1999 as Mrs Helms

Hunting Venus poster

Hunting Venus 30th March 1999 as Marge Beake

Beautiful Thing poster

Beautiful Thing 21st June 1996 as Betty

The Key poster

The Key 25th August 1995 as Grady

Testimony of a Child poster

Testimony of a Child 5th July 1989 as Health Visitor

The Magic Toyshop 19th November 1987 as Mrs. Rundle

Whistling Wally poster

Whistling Wally 6th April 1982 as Mary

The Kiss of Death poster

The Kiss of Death 10th January 1977 as Christine

Beloved poster

Beloved 15th October 1976 as Sarah

Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators poster

Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators 26th February 2018 as Bo Quickly

Mum poster

Mum 13th May 2016 as Maureen

Cuffs poster

Cuffs 28th October 2015 as Elsie

Man Down poster

Man Down 18th October 2013

Hustle poster

Hustle 24th February 2004 as Vivienne Marchant

Foyle's War poster

Foyle's War 27th October 2002 as Mrs. Esther Harrison

Sirens poster

Sirens 13th October 2002 as Betty

Oliver Twist poster

Oliver Twist 28th November 1999 as Woman in street

Bad Girls poster

Bad Girls 1st June 1999 as Mrs. Barker

Trial & Retribution poster

Trial & Retribution 19th October 1997 as Dr Deirdre Smith

Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders 23rd March 1997 as Counseller 2

Pride and Prejudice poster

Pride and Prejudice 24th September 1995 as Hill

Cadfael poster

Cadfael 29th May 1994 as Flescher's Wife

Peak Practice poster

Peak Practice 10th May 1993 as Rosie Pritchard

Heartbeat poster

Heartbeat 10th April 1992 as Nursing Officer

In Suspicious Circumstances poster

In Suspicious Circumstances 3rd June 1991 as Kathleen Clements

Jeeves and Wooster poster

Jeeves and Wooster 22nd April 1990 as Pub Landlady

A Very Peculiar Practice poster

A Very Peculiar Practice 21st May 1986 as Clara Rudd

Lovejoy poster

Lovejoy 10th January 1986 as Hospital Sister

Super Gran poster

Super Gran 20th January 1985 as Miss Pinchpenny

Screen Two poster

Screen Two 6th January 1985 as Joyce

Shine on Harvey Moon poster

Shine on Harvey Moon 8th January 1982 as Miss Sprake

Strangers poster

Strangers 5th June 1978 as Customer

All Creatures Great and Small poster

All Creatures Great and Small 8th January 1978 as Nurse Brown

Victorian Scandals poster

Victorian Scandals 3rd September 1976 as Sarah

The Ghosts of Motley Hall poster

The Ghosts of Motley Hall 25th April 1976 as Mrs Osborn