Marlene Sidaway

Marlene Sidaway

Known for

Acting

Born

March 12, 1937 (age 89)

Birthplace

Thornaby-on-Tees, Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK

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).

Best known work

Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice

1995

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

1997

Beautiful Thing

Beautiful Thing

1996

Me and Orson Welles

Me and Orson Welles

2008

Hustle

Hustle

2004

Venus

Venus

2006

Jeeves and Wooster

Jeeves and Wooster

1990

I Want Candy

I Want Candy

2007

Foyle's War

Foyle's War

2002

Blackball

Blackball

2003

Filmography

2024
Pigs
as Gran
2023
Allelujah
as Lucille
2018
Sink
as Jean
2018
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private InvestigatorsTV
as Bo Quickly (1 episode)
2016
MumTV
as Maureen (18 episodes)
2015
CuffsTV
as Elsie (1 episode)
2013
Man DownTV
2010
Bad Night for the Blues
as Grace
2008
Me and Orson Welles
as Grandmother Samuels
2007
I Want Candy
as Sobbing Woman
2006
Venus
as Hospital Nurse
2005
Sensitive SkinTV
as Tracy Vernon (1 episode)
2004
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
as Mrs. Clegg
2004
HustleTV
as Vivienne Marchant (1 episode)
2003
Blackball
as Fifty-Year Old Lady
2002
Foyle's WarTV
as Mrs. Esther Harrison (1 episode)
2002
SirensTV
as Betty (2 episodes)
2000
The SecretTV
as Jinny Musgrave (3 episodes)
1999
Oliver TwistTV
as Woman in street (4 episodes)
1999
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
as Matron
1999
Tom's Midnight Garden
as Doris Schuster
1999
Bad GirlsTV
as Mrs. Barker (3 episodes)
1999
The Dark Room
as Mrs Helms
1999
Hunting Venus
as Marge Beake
1997
Trial & RetributionTV
as Dr Deirdre Smith (1 episode)