Sarah Crowden
Acting • Born 1955-01-01
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
50 credits
The Countess Alice
Movie • 1993
Sarah
Erik the Viking
Movie • 1989
Grimhild Housewife
Miss Potter
Movie • 2006
Lady Clifford
Queen of the Desert
Movie • 2015
Lady Ascot (uncredited)
Jupiter Ascending
Movie • 2015
Bureaucrat
Mr. Holmes
Movie • 2015
Mrs. Hudson
The Riot Club
Movie • 2014
Elderly Woman
Orlando
Movie • 1992
Queen Mary
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
Movie • 1985
The Man Who Knew Too Little
Movie • 1997
Sylvia
Harem
Movie • 1986
Charlotte
The Wind in the Willows
Movie • 1996
Samantha
Longford
Movie • 2006
Lady Tree
Joe's Palace
Movie • 2007
Middle-aged womand
Joe's Palace
Movie • 2007
Middle-aged woman
The Last Dragonslayer
Movie • 2016
Pritchett Lane House Owner
Affinity
Movie • 2008
Ada
Brideshead Revisited
Movie • 2008
Lady Guest
Peterloo
Movie • 2018
Lady at Races
The Little Stranger
Movie • 2018
Miss Dabney
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
Movie • 1981
Helen
The Children Of Dynmouth
Movie • 1987
Cub Mistress
Cruella
Movie • 2021
Beehive Lady
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Movie • 2025
Lady Manville
The Storyteller: A Story Short
Movie • 1988
Queen
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV • 1989
Receptionist
Lovejoy
TV • 1986
Rosemary Blake
Campion
TV • 1989
Sadie
Cockroaches
TV • 2015
Downton Abbey
TV • 2010
Lady Manville
The Detectives
TV • 1993
Head Teacher
Sister Boniface Mysteries
TV • 2022
Miss Thimble
The Rainbow
TV • 1988
Catherine Phillips
He Knew He Was Right
TV • 2004
Mrs. MacHugh
Love in a Cold Climate
TV • 2001
Third Twitterer
Tipping the Velvet
TV • 2002
Woman with Pipe
My Hero
TV • 2000
Mrs Clark
All the Light We Cannot See
TV • 2023
Madam Blanchard
All the Light We Cannot See
TV • 2023
Jacqueline
A Dance to the Music of Time
TV • 1997
Miss Orchard
Wolf Hall
TV • 2015
Lady Exeter
The Durrells
TV • 2016
Melanie Countess De Torro
The Sarah Jane Adventures
TV • 2007
Mrs Gribbins
The Storyteller
TV • 1988
Queen
The Fourth Arm
TV • 1983
ATS Sgt. Brookes
David Copperfield
TV • 1986
Jane Murdstone
The Afternoon Play
TV • 2003
Lady-in-Waiting
Our Mutual Friend
TV • 1998
First Guest
Smokescreen
TV • 1994
Miss Chittock
Vanity Fair
TV • 1998
Lady Blanche