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
Myra Frances Myra Frances Myra Frances (born 10 March 1943) is a British actress. In the 1974 "Second City Firsts" episode "Girl", Frances performed, with Alison Steadman, the first lesbian kiss on British television. She is best known for her recurring role as Anne Tranter in the 1970s television drama series "Survivors" and for her appearance in the 1979 "Doctor Who" serial "The Creature from the Pit", in which she played the villainous Lady Adrasta. She also appeared in several comedy films of the 1970s including "Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!" (1973). She also played a teacher at a party in