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Alison Steadman Noël Coward's "Blithe Spirit", which was scheduled for a national tour from November 2010 to March 2011. In 2014, Steadman appeared as Madame Raquin in Helen Edmundson's adaptation of Emile Zola's "Therese Raquin". Steadman has appeared in many films, including "P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang" (1982), "Champions" (1983), "A Private Function" (1984), "Number One" (1985), "Clockwise" (1986), "Stormy Monday" (1988), "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen" (1988), "Shirley Valentine" (1989), "Wilt" (1989), "Life Is Sweet" (1990), "Blame It on the Bellboy" (1992), "Secrets & Lies" (1996), "Topsy-Turvy" (1999), "The Life and Death of Peter Sellers" (2004), "Confetti" (2006) and "Burn Burn Burn" (2015).