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
Steven Woodcock (film director) British TV by ITV, BBC, and Sky. Steven Woodcock (film director) Steven Woodcock (born 13 July 1961) is an award-winning British film director, writer, and producer. He has made two movies set in north England, "Between Two Women" and "The Jealous God". They are similar, being 1950s & 60s set, and resemble each other in how they were made but they are different in tone and narrative style. Woodcock has written at least one book under his own name, the novel of "Between Two Women" on which he based his film screenplay. In the DVD documentary "The Making of Between