Acting

Sarah Crowden

Acting · Born 1955-01-01 · Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Born in Edinburgh in 1955 to acting parents Graham Crowden and Phyllida Hewat, Sara Crowden is a British character actress who works extensively in film, TV and theatre. She is also a professional writer, contributing to the literary quarterly Slightly Foxed and has reviewed books for The Lady, TLS, Geographical and Literary Review amongst others, and performs stand-up comedy under the alias of Dame Theresa Thompson's-Gazelle. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Diploma in Literature from The Open University and, in 2010, was awarded a Foundation Certificate in Bricklaying.

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Film
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025 · Lady Manville
All the Light We Cannot See
2023 · Madam Blanchard
Sister Boniface Mysteries
2022 · Miss Thimble
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Cruella
2021 · Beehive Lady
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Peterloo
2018 · Lady at Races
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The Little Stranger
2018 · Miss Dabney
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The Last Dragonslayer
2016 · Pritchett Lane House Owner
The Durrells
2016 · Melanie Countess De Torro
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Queen of the Desert
2015 · Lady Ascot (uncredited)
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Mr. Holmes
2015 · Mrs. Hudson
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Jupiter Ascending
2015 · Bureaucrat
Wolf Hall
2015 · Lady Exeter
Cockroaches
2015
Film
The Riot Club
2014 · Elderly Woman
Upstairs Downstairs
2010 · Instructress
Downton Abbey
2010 · Lady Manville
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Affinity
2008 · Ada
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Brideshead Revisited
2008 · Lady Guest
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Joe's Palace
2007 · Middle-aged woman
The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007 · Mrs Gribbins
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Miss Potter
2006 · Lady Clifford
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Longford
2006 · Lady Tree
He Knew He Was Right
2004 · Mrs MacHugh
The Afternoon Play
2003 · Lady-in-Waiting
Tipping the Velvet
2002 · Woman with Pipe
Love in a Cold Climate
2001 · Third Twitterer
My Hero
2000 · Mrs Clark
Vanity Fair
1998 · Lady Blanche
Our Mutual Friend
1998 · First Guest
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The Man Who Knew Too Little
1997 · Sylvia
A Dance to the Music of Time
1997 · Miss Orchard
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The Wind in the Willows
1996 · Samantha
Smokescreen
1994 · Miss Chittock
The Detectives
1993 · Head Teacher
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The Countess Alice
1993 · Sarah
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Orlando
1992 · Queen Mary
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Erik the Viking
1989 · Grimhild Housewife
Campion
1989 · Sadie
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Receptionist
The Rainbow
1988 · Catherine Phillips
The Storyteller
1988 · Queen
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The Children of Dynmouth
1987 · Cub Mistress
David Copperfield
1986 · Jane Murdstone
Casualty
1986 · Eileen Parish
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Harem
1986 · Charlotte
Lovejoy
1986 · Rosemary Blake
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Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
1985
The Fourth Arm
1983 · ATS Sgt. Brookes
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Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
1981 · Helen
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