
Marlene Sidaway
Known for: Acting
Born: March 12, 1937
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

Tom's Midnight Garden
1999

Sink
2018

Pigs
2024

Whistling Wally
1982

The Key
1995

Bad Night for the Blues
2010

The Kiss of Death
1977
The Magic Toyshop
1987

Beloved
1976

Hunting Venus
1999
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
1999

The Dark Room
1999

Testimony of a Child
1989

Beautiful Thing
1996

Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
2004

Venus
2006

Pride and Prejudice
1995

Bad Girls
1999

Lovejoy
1986

Peak Practice
1993

Hustle
2004

I Want Candy
2007

Allelujah
2023

Man Down
2013

Super Gran
1985

Jeeves and Wooster
1990

Midsomer Murders
1997

Oliver Twist
1999

Sirens
2002

Heartbeat
1992

Me and Orson Welles
2008

All Creatures Great and Small
1978

Mum
2016

Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
2018

Blackball
2003

Cadfael
1994

Shine on Harvey Moon
1982

Foyle's War
2002

A Very Peculiar Practice
1986

Victorian Scandals
1976

The Ghosts of Motley Hall
1976

Screen Two
1985

Strangers
1978

Cuffs
2015

In Suspicious Circumstances
1991

Trial & Retribution
1997

Sensitive Skin
2005