Born 1937 (age 89) · Thornaby-on-Tees, Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Appears in 45 titles

Marlene Sidaway is an accomplished British character actress with a career spanning over six decades across television, film, and theatre. She is perhaps most widely recognized for her role as the domineering Brenda Taylor in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street (1990–1992) and as Maureen in the BBC sitcom Mum (2016–2019).

Filmography

Beautiful Thing
7.2
Beautiful Thing
1996
as Betty
Me and Orson Welles
6.4
Me and Orson Welles
2008
as Grandmother Samuels
Venus
6.6
Venus
2006
as Hospital Nurse
I Want Candy
5.1
I Want Candy
2007
as Sobbing Woman
Blackball
5.2
Blackball
2003
as Fifty-Year Old Lady
Allelujah
5.2
Allelujah
2023
as Lucille
Tom's Midnight Garden
6.1
Tom's Midnight Garden
1999
as Doris Schuster
The Kiss of Death
6.5
The Kiss of Death
1977
as Christine
Hunting Venus
7.4
Hunting Venus
1999
as Marge Beake
6.0
The Magic Toyshop
1987
as Mrs. Rundle
The Dark Room
5.8
The Dark Room
1999
as Mrs Helms
Bad Night for the Blues
6.3
Bad Night for the Blues
2010
as Grace
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
7.3
Ready When You Are, Mr McGill
2004
as Mrs. Clegg
Testimony of a Child
9.0
Testimony of a Child
1989
as Health Visitor
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
1999
as Matron
Sink
Sink
2018
as Jean
Whistling Wally
Whistling Wally
1982
as Mary
Beloved
Beloved
1976
as Sarah
Pigs
Pigs
2024
as Gran
The Key
The Key
1995
as Grady