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Brenda Blethyn
Highest Rated: 97% Ethel & Ernest (2016)
Lowest Rated: 14% Dead Man Running (2009)
Birthday: Feb 20, 1946
Birthplace: Ramsgate, Kent, England, UK
After decades of acclaimed performances on stage and British television, Brenda Blethyn expanded her audience to include international theatergoers during the 1990s. With her spry and feisty manner, she showed a flair for comedy with her acclaimed starring roles in "Little Voice" (1998), "Saving Grace" (2000) and several British sitcoms. But ultimately the stage veteran revealed herself to be one of her country's most versatile character actors, bringing a down-to-earth accessibility to ubiquitous costume dramas like "Pride & Prejudice" (2005) as well as offering many portraits of contemporary women struggling to define themselves in "Secrets and Lies" (1996) and "Lovely and Amazing" (2001). Much in-demand in her native country and by filmmakers from the U.S. to Australia, Blethyn could always be counted to add her humorous touch to characters undergoing the most difficult of personal situations.
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Filmography
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| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71% | 93% | Charlotte | Grossmama (Voice) | - | 2021 |
| 97% | 87% | Ethel & Ernest | Ethel Briggs (Voice) | - | 2016 |
| 47% | 26% | Two Men in Town | Emily Smith (Character) | - | 2014 |
| 56% | 64% | Mary and Martha | Martha (Character) | - | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Christmas Angel | Headmistress (Character) | - | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Calling | Sister Ignatious (Character) | - | 2009 |
| 91% | 67% | London River | Elisabeth (Character) | - | 2009 |
| 14% | 52% | Dead Man Running | Mother (Character) | - | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | 84% | My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too | Ma Heffalump (Voice) | - | 2009 |
| 83% | 80% | Atonement | Grace Turner (Character) | $50.9M | 2007 |
| 52% | 50% | Introducing the Dwights | Jean (Character) | $378.9K | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mysterious Creatures | Wendy Ainscow (Character) | - | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 57% | Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie | Mama Heffalump (Voice) | - | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 51% | Piccadilly Jim | Nesta Pett (Character) | - | 2005 |
| 69% | 72% | On a Clear Day | Joan (Character) | - | 2005 |
| 87% | 89% | Pride & Prejudice | Mrs. Bennet (Character) | $38.4M | 2005 |
| 80% | 68% | Pooh's Heffalump Movie | Mama Heffalump (Voice) | - | 2005 |
| 86% | 75% | A Way of Life | Annette (Character) | - | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Belonging | Jess Copplestone (Character) | - | 2004 |
| 42% | 64% | Beyond the Sea | Polly Cassotto (Character) | $6.1M | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | The Sleeping Dictionary | Aggie (Character) | - | 2003 |
| 67% | 52% | Blizzard | Aunt Millie (Character) | - | 2003 |
| 36% | 57% | Pumpkin | Judy Romanoff (Character) | $305.7K | 2002 |
| 50% | 67% | Undertaking Betty | Betty Rhys-Jones (Character) | - | 2002 |
| 21% | 41% | Sonny | Jewel (Character) | $17.6K | 2002 |
| 80% | 51% | The Wild Thornberrys Movie | Mrs. Fairgood (Voice) | $39.9M | 2002 |
| 86% | 54% | Daddy and Them | Julia Montgomery (Character) | - | 2001 |
| 86% | 64% | Lovely & Amazing | Jane Marks (Character) | $4.2M | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 88% | Anne Frank | Unknown (Character) | - | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 56% | On the Nose | Mrs.Delaney (Character) | - | 2001 |
| 63% | 83% | Saving Grace | Grace (Character) | $12.1M | 2000 |
| 92% | 75% | RKO 281 | Louella Parsons (Character) | - | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chance in a Million | Unknown (Character) | - | 1999 |
| 43% | 67% | Music From Another Room | Grace Swan (Character) | $63.0K | 1998 |
| 83% | 57% | In the Winter Dark | Ida Stubbs (Character) | - | 1998 |
| 80% | 74% | Little Voice | Mari Hoff (Character) | $4.6M | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | Night Train | Alice Mooney (Character) | - | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Girls' Night | Dawn Wilkinson (Character) | - | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Remember Me? | Shirley (Character) | - | 1997 |
| 96% | 91% | Secrets & Lies | Cynthia Rose Purley (Character) | $13.4M | 1996 |
| 80% | 83% | A River Runs Through It | Mrs. Maclean (Character) | $43.4M | 1992 |
| 94% | 70% | The Witches | Mrs. Jenkins (Character) | $8.7M | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | 72% | Grown-Ups | Gloria (Character) | - | 1980 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 82% | Vera | PDCI Vera Stanhope (Character) | 2011-2024 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kate & Koji | Kate (Character) | 2020 2022 |
| 89% | 77% | The New Adventures of Old Christine | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
| 78% | 81% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Linnie Malcolm (Guest Star) | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Anne Frank | Unknown (Character) | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Labours of Erica | Unknown (Character) | 1989-1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tales of the Unexpected | Carol Hutchins (Character) | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | BBC Television Shakespeare | Cordelia (Character) | 1982 |
| No Score Yet | 93% | Yes, Minister | Joan Littler (Character) | 1981 |