| Marion Bailey | |
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| Born | 24 July 1959 Bushey, Hertfordshire, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
Marion Bailey is a British actress. Born in Bushey, Hertfordshire to parents William Henry and Rose Bailey. She is probably best known for her appearances in the Mike Leigh films Meantime, All or Nothing and Vera Drake, as well as Leigh's 1981 West End theatre play Goosepimples, for which she received a Theatre Critics' Award nomination as Most Promising Newcomer.
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As well as her roles in the films of Mike Leigh, Bailey's other roles in British films have included the character of Mrs Peach in Debbie Isitt's Nasty Neighbours (2000) and Mary in the Craig Ferguson film I'll Be There (2003).
Bailey's television work includes programmes such as Inspector Morse, Casualty, The Bill, Holby City, Midsomer Murders, Poirot, A Touch of Frost, Dalziel and Pascoe, Big Deal, Boon, The Bretts, Ruth Rendell Mysteries, No More Dying Then, Stay Lucky, Under The Sun, Micawber, New Tricks and Monday Monday.
In 1995, she had a recurring role as Avis in the long-running ITV series Shine on Harvey Moon. She also played leading roles in several popular 1980s TV series, including To Have and To Hold, Jury and Charlie.
In 2000, she played Wendy in Carlton's comedy drama series The Thing About Vince. She has also appeared in many single TV dramas & films including Woyzeck, Way Upstream, Zackharov, Raspberry, Coppers, Derailed and Jane Austen's Persuasion.
Bailey has worked extensively in British theatre, including Chichester, London's Royal Court, the National Theatre, the Old Vic, the Arts Theatre, Hampstead, the Tricycle Theatre and the company Shared Experience with whom she received a TMA nomination as Best Supporting Performance for her role in Kindertransport (2007).
As of September 2011, Bailey is appearing with Lesley Manville and Sam Kelly in Mike Leigh's Grief at the National Theatre.[1]
She attended Pinner County Grammar School, Middlesex, and trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She was a member of the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain.
She has one daughter, Alice. Sister called Eve Blunt