Maggie Steed

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Maggie Steed

Born Margaret Baker
December 1, 1946
Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom

Maggie Steed (born Margaret Baker December 1, 1946) is an English actress and comedienne.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Youth

After studying drama at the Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol, she left the theatre for several years.

“ Actresses in those days had to be "dolly birds" and I was just Margaret Baker from Plymouth, tall with very gappy teeth, so I became a secretary instead. It was only years later, when I'd grown up politically and become interested in Theatre, that I started again and ended up at the Coventry Belgrade Theatre with Clive Russell and Sue Johnston[1]. ”

[edit] Career

Maggie Steed works regularly on the stage and has performed with the Royal National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company. She has also performed as a stand-up comedienne. Her first major television role was playing Rita Moon in the series Shine on Harvey Moon. She is also known for long running roles playing Margaret Crabbe in Pie in the Sky and Phyllis Woolf in Born and Bred.Her recent prominent television credits include appearances on Minder, Sensitive Skin and Jam and Jerusalem.

[edit] Political activism

She was a member of The Campaign Against Racism in the Media, appearing in an edition of the BBC's Open Door series on 1 March, 1979, to criticise British TV representations of immigration and racial stereotypes. Steed helped write and perform in the comedy benefit concert, An Evening for Nicaragua, at the Shaftesbury Theatre, which aired on British Television in 1983.

The cast included Ben Elton, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Emma Thompson and Rik Mayall. Maggie Steed also visited Nicaragua in 1982 with Andy de la Tour.

[edit] Filmography

  • Babylon (1980) .... Woman At Lockup
  • The History Man (1981) .... Myra Beamish
  • Intimate Contact (1987) .... Becca Crichton
  • Blood Rights (1990) .... Tess Barker
  • Clothes in the Wardrobe (1992) .... Mrs. Raffald
  • Growing Rich (1992) .... Raelene
  • Olly's Prison (1993) .... Ellen
  • Simon Magus (1999) .... Muttchen
  • Stardom (2000) .... British Fashion Reporter
  • The Painted Veil (2006) .... Mrs Garstin

[edit] Television credits

[edit] Theatre performances

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Independent, 22 March 2000

[edit] External links


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NAME Steed, Maggie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baker, Margaret
SHORT DESCRIPTION Actress and Comedienne
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH Plymouth, United Kingdom
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH