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Sarah Crowden

Acting

Born January 1, 1955 · Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Also known as Сара Кроуден

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.

Filmography32 titles

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989as Receptionist

The Storyteller

1987as Queen

Downton Abbey

2010as Lady Manville

Cruella

2021as Beehive Lady

Our Mutual Friend

1998as First Guest

Love in a Cold Climate

as Third Twitterer

Wolf Hall

2015as Lady Exeter

The Durrells

2016as Melanie Countess De Torro

Lovejoy

1986as Rosemary Blake

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

2025as Lady Manville

The Sarah Jane Adventures

2007as Mrs Gribbins

Orlando

1992as Queen Mary

Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery

1981as Helen

Peterloo

2018as Lady at Races

Miss Potter

2006as Lady Clifford

Mr. Holmes

2015as Mrs. Hudson

Sister Boniface Mysteries

2022as Miss Thimble

The Man Who Knew Too Little

1997as Sylvia

Brideshead Revisited

2008as Lady Guest

Casualty

1986as Eileen Parish

Campion

1989as Sadie

Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire

1985

The Last Dragonslayer

2016as Pritchett Lane House Owner

The Riot Club

2014as Elderly Woman

Joe's Palace

2007as Middle-aged womand

Erik the Viking

1989as Grimhild Housewife

Queen of the Desert

2015as Lady Ascot (uncredited)

Affinity

2008as Ada

The Little Stranger

2018as Miss Dabney

Jupiter Ascending

2015as Bureaucrat

David Copperfield

as Jane Murdstone

The Rainbow

as Catherine Phillips