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
Hating Alison Ashley (film) soon changes her mind, and they then become rivals. However, when a school camp comes up, Erica realises Alison doesn't have the perfect life as she imagined. "Hating Alison Ashley" grossed $2,085,751 at the box office in Australia. Burmeister received positive reviews for her performance as well as an AFI nomination for best actress. In contrast, Goodrem's performance received mixed to negative reviews. A soundtrack to the film was released on 8 March 2005 by Festival Records. Hating Alison Ashley (film) Hating Alison Ashley is a 2005 Australian comedy film based upon the 1984 novel of the same name produced