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Personal Info

Birth date

1955-01-01 (70 Years)

Gender

Female

Known for

Acting

Place of birth

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Also known as

Сара Кроуден

Sarah Crowden

Biography

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.

Filmography

Acting

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