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
John Steadman the Red Smith Award, America’s most prestigious sports writing honor, on June 29, 2001. In 1973, the John F. Steadman firehouse, at the base of Baltimore's Bromo-Seltzer Tower was named for sportswriter John Steadman's father, John F. Steadman, a Baltimore City Fire Department Deputy Chief. John Steadman John Steadman (February 14, 1927 – January 1, 2001) was an American sportswriter for "The Baltimore Sun". His career spanned 7 decades and he attended and reported on every Super Bowl from its inception until his death. Steadman attended the Baltimore City College high school and was once a minor league baseball player.