Alison Steadman Mike Leigh's "Abigail's Party", which she reprised with the original cast on television. She won an Olivier Award for "The Rise and Fall of Little Voice", and also appeared in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", "Entertaining Mr Sloane", "Hotel Paradiso", and others in locations as diverse as the Royal Court, the Theatre Royal, the Old Vic, the Hampstead Theatre, the Nottingham Playhouse, the Everyman Liverpool and the National Theatre. She starred as Elmire in the 1983 RSC production of Molière's "Tartuffe", which was adapted for BBC television. In 2010, Steadman was cast as Madame Arcati in a revival of
John Steadman the Red Smith Award, America’s most prestigious sports writing honor, on June 29, 2001. In 1973, the John F. Steadman firehouse, at the base of Baltimore's Bromo-Seltzer Tower was named for sportswriter John Steadman's father, John F. Steadman, a Baltimore City Fire Department Deputy Chief. John Steadman John Steadman (February 14, 1927 – January 1, 2001) was an American sportswriter for "The Baltimore Sun". His career spanned 7 decades and he attended and reported on every Super Bowl from its inception until his death. Steadman attended the Baltimore City College high school and was once a minor league baseball player.