Alison Steadman in the late Mike Stott's "My Mad Grandad" on BBC Radio 4. In Manchester in 1972, shooting his television film "Hard Labour", director Mike Leigh drove over to Liverpool to see Ted Whitehead's play "The Foursome", (Steadman was in the Liverpool Everyman cast). He asked Steadman to be in his film. "During the preparation of the film, Mike and Alison, as they both say, 'got together.'" They married in 1973 and had two sons, Toby (b. February 1978) and Leo (b. August 1981). The couple separated in 1995 and divorced in 2001. Steadman's present partner is Michael Elwyn;the couple live
Ash Wednesday (1973 film) any man would leave Elizabeth Taylor. It's a good thing we never see Henry Fonda's bimbo, because if we did, we wouldn't be convinced." Elizabeth Taylor was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama but lost to Marsha Mason in "Cinderella Liberty". Ash Wednesday (1973 film) Ash Wednesday is a 1973 American drama film starring Elizabeth Taylor, directed by Larry Peerce and produced by Dominick Dunne. The screenplay by Jean-Claude Tramont focuses on the effect that extensive cosmetic surgery has on the life of a middle-aged married woman. In a desperate attempt to save