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.
2025Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale as Lady Manville
2023All the Light We Cannot See (1, 1 Episode) as Madam Blanchard, Jacqueline
2022Sister Boniface Mysteries (17 Episodes) as Miss Thimble
2021Cruella as Beehive Lady
2018Peterloo as Lady at Races
2018The Little Stranger as Miss Dabney
2016The Last Dragonslayer as Pritchett Lane House Owner
2016The Durrells (2 Episodes) as Melanie Countess De Torro
2015Queen of the Desert as Lady Ascot (uncredited)
2015Mr. Holmes as Mrs. Hudson
2015Jupiter Ascending as Bureaucrat
2015Wolf Hall (2 Episodes) as Lady Exeter
2015Cockroaches (2 Episodes) as Unknown
2014The Riot Club as Elderly Woman
2010Downton Abbey (1 Episode) as Lady Manville
2008Affinity as Ada
2008Brideshead Revisited as Lady Guest
2007Joe's Palace as Middle-aged womand, Middle-aged woman
2007The Sarah Jane Adventures (1 Episode) as Mrs Gribbins
2006Miss Potter as Lady Clifford
2006Longford as Lady Tree
2004He Knew He Was Right (4 Episodes) as Mrs. MacHugh
2002Tipping the Velvet (2 Episodes) as Woman with Pipe
2001Love in a Cold Climate (2 Episodes) as Third Twitterer
2000My Hero (1 Episode) as Mrs Clark
1998Vanity Fair (6 Episodes) as Lady Blanche
1998Our Mutual Friend (4 Episodes) as Unknown
1997The Man Who Knew Too Little as Sylvia
1997A Dance to the Music of Time (4 Episodes) as Miss Orchard
1996The Wind in the Willows as Samantha
1993The Detectives (1 Episode) as Head Teacher
1993The Countess Alice as Sarah
1992Orlando as Queen Mary
1989Erik the Viking as Grimhild Housewife
1989Campion (1 Episode) as Sadie
1989Agatha Christie's Poirot (1 Episode) as Receptionist
1988The Rainbow (3 Episodes) as Catherine Phillips
1988The Storyteller (1 Episode) as Queen
1987The Children Of Dynmouth as Cub Mistress
1986David Copperfield (3 Episodes) as Jane Murdstone
1986Harem as Charlotte
1986Lovejoy (1 Episode) as Rosemary Blake
1985Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire as Unknown
1983The Fourth Arm (1 Episode) as ATS Sgt. Brookes
1981Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery as Helen