Linda Bassett
Filmography

Linda Bassett

Section Title: Filmography
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Year	Film	Role	Notes

1987	Waiting for the Moon	Gertrude Stein

1988	Dramarama	Meg Crawford	TV series (1 episode: "Making Waves")

Paris by Night	Janet Swanton

1989	Traffik	Rachel Lithgow	TV series (4 episodes)

Boon	Mrs. Sheridan	TV series (1 episode: "In It for the Monet")

1990	Screen One	Virginia Lyddon	TV series (1 episode: "News Hound")

The Bill	Shena Jackson	TV series (2 episodes)

1991	A Small Dance	Sandra Matkin

4 Play	Phyllis Twigg	TV series (1 episode: "Say Hello to the Real Dr. Snide")

Let Him Have It	Mrs. Miles

1994	Love Hurts	Janice	TV series (1 episode: "Blue Heaven")

A Touch of Frost	Mrs. Cornish	TV series (1 episode: "Nothing to Hide")

Screen Two	Mrs. Loveless/Susan	TV series (2 episodes)

Frank Stubbs	Eileen	TV series (1 episode: "Babies")

1995	A Village Affair	Gwen	TV film

The Bill	Chrissie Bates	TV series (1 episode: "Old Habitats")

Bramwell	Maud	TV mini-series (1 episode: "Episode #1.7")

Loved Up	Mother	TV film

The Peter Principle	Iris Jennings	TV series (1 episode: "Pilot")

Haunted	Madam Brontski

1996	Mary Reilly	Mary's Mother

No Bananas	Ellen Slater	TV mini-series (10 episodes)

Indian Summer	Doctor

1997	Kavanagh QC	Miss Haddon QC	TV series (1 episode: "Mute of Malice")

Oscar and Lucinda	Betty Stratton

1998	Spoonface Steinberg	Mrs. Spud	TV film

The Life and Crimes of William Palmer	Mary Thornton	TV film

Our Mutual Friend	Abby Potterson	TV mini-series (2 episodes)

Far from the Madding Crowd	Maryann Money	TV film

Out of Hours	Carol-Ann Kumar	TV mini-series

1999	East is East	Ella Khan	Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

Beautiful People	Sister

Dinnerladies	Peggy	TV series (1 episode: "Trouble")

2000	Lounge Act	Voice	Short

Don Quixote	Housekeeper	TV film

Losing It	Tom's Mother	TV film

2001	The Martins	Anthea

2002	The Last Time	Evelyn	Short

The Hours	Nelly Boxall

2003	This Little Life	Nurse Nina	TV film

Calendar Girls	Cora

2004	Spivs	Auntie Vee

The Brief	Maureen Tyler	TV series (8 episodes: 2004–2005)

2005	Separate Lies	Maggie

Colour Me Kubrick: A True...ish Story	Trolley Lady

Kinky Boots	Melanie

Heartbeat	Beryl Palmer	TV series (1 episode: "Burden of Proof")

The English Harem	Monica Pringle	TV film

2007	Midsomer murders	Eileen Carnack	TV series (1 episode: "The Animal Within")

2008	Sense and Sensibility	Mrs. Jennings	TV mini-series (3 episodes)

Cass	Doll

The Reader	Ms. Brenner

Lark Rise to Candleford	Queenie Turrill	TV series (40 episodes: 2008–2011)

2010	West Is West	Ella Khan

Grandma's House	Grandma	TV series (12 episodes: 2010–2012)

2012	Nick Nickleby	Mrs. Smike	TV series (4 episodes: 2012–present)

2013	Spies of Warsaw (TV Series)	BBC miniseries

2015–	"Twirlywoos"	Narrator	children's TV show

2015–	Call the Midwife	Nurse Phyllis Crane	TV series

2017–	Carnage	Dr Yasmine Vondenburg	Mockumentary

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Linda Bassett played the role of "Ella Khan" in the 1999 film, East is East.

final_sentence: Linda Bassett played the role of "Ella Khan" in the 1999 film, East is East.