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
Venus
Me and Orson Welles
Allelujah
Blackball
I Want Candy
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
Tom's Midnight Garden
Hunting Venus
Beloved

Top Movie Credits

Venus Hospital Nurse
Me and Orson Welles Grandmother Samuels
Allelujah Lucille
Blackball Fifty-Year Old Lady
I Want Candy Sobbing Woman
Hunting Venus Marge Beake
Beloved Sarah