Alison Steadman in Highgate, London. Steadman and other celebrities, including Tom Hiddleston, Jo Brand, E. L. James and Rachel Riley, designed and signed cards for the UK-based charity Thomas Coram Foundation for Children. The campaign was launched by crafting company Stampin' Up! UK and the cards were auctioned off on eBay during May 2014. In November 2016, Steadman became an ambassador for London Wildlife Trust. Alison Steadman Alison Steadman, (born 26 August 1946) is an English actor. She won the 1991 National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress for the Mike Leigh film "Life is Sweet", and the 1993 Olivier
Dorothy Alison Best British Actress for "Reach for the Sky" (1956). For her performance in "A Town Like Alice", she won the 1982 Logie Award (Australian television) for Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Telemovie. She died in London two-and-a-half months before her 67th birthday. Dorothy Alison Dorothy Alison (4 April 1925 – 17 January 1992) was an Australian stage, film and television actress. She was born in the New South Wales mining city of Broken Hill and educated at Sydney Girls High School. She moved to London in 1949 to further her career. Aside from her numerous mostly-supporting film roles,