Alison Steadman Plessey, an electronics firm. Steadman was educated at Childwall Valley High School for Girls, a state grammar school in the Liverpool suburb of Childwall, followed by East 15 Acting School, to which she secured a place in the autumn of 1966 and where she met Mike Leigh during her second year. Having left the East 15 Acting School in Loughton, Essex, Steadman worked in various regional repertory theatres, starting at Lincoln in 1968, where her first role was that of the seductive schoolgirl Sandy in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie". She created the role of the monstrous Beverly in
Alison Glennie Alison Glennie Alison Glennie is a British actress. She is best known for her role as Ingrid Dorf in the BBC thriller serial "Kessler". She also appeared in Z-Cars for the BBC, Thriller, Blake's 7, Cribb, Horse in the House and A Little Princess. Glennie played Gertrude in Hamlet at the Cork Opera House. She regularly reads "The Book on One" RTÉ radio 1. Glennie's films include "Escape from the Sea", CFF, "The Bunker", TimeLife. Exploring digital media as an advocacy tool, she devised and directed an improvised short film called "On the Pig's Back" at Cope Foundation. The film