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
James Steadman (politician) was married twice: first to Julia Beckwith and then to Emma Jane Turnbull. In 1887, Steadman was named judge in the county court; he retired in 1898. James Steadman (politician) James Steadman (March 27, 1818 – May 16, 1913) was a Canadian lawyer, judge and political figure in New Brunswick. He represented Westmorland in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1854 to 1856 and from 1857 to 1865. He was probably born in Moncton, the son of William Steadman and Hannah Tatro Couch. Steadman studied law and was called to the bar in 1844. He served in the Executive