Marlene Sidaway

Born: 1937-03-12

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).

Known For

Beautiful Thing
I Want Candy
Blackball
Venus
Allelujah
Me and Orson Welles
The Magic Toyshop
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
The Dark Room
Tom's Midnight Garden

Top Movie Credits

I Want Candy Sobbing Woman
Blackball Fifty-Year Old Lady
Venus Hospital Nurse
Allelujah Lucille
Me and Orson Welles Grandmother Samuels
The Dark Room Mrs Helms