Alison Steadman 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 Award for Best Actress for her role as Mari in the original production of "The Rise and Fall of Little Voice". In a 2007 Channel 4 poll, the "50 Greatest Actors" voted for by other actors, she was ranked No. 42. Steadman made her professional stage debut in 1968 and went on to establish her career in Mike Leigh's 1970s TV plays "Nuts
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