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
Margot Bennett (actress) years, during which time they both appeared in "O Lucky Man!" and traveled together to the 1973 Cannes Film Festival to promote the film. On April 21, 1975, Bennett and McDowell were married in London. In 1978, while filming "Time After Time" in California, Malcolm McDowell met and fell in love with his co-star Mary Steenburgen. Bennett and McDowell were divorced in September 1980, after which McDowell married Steenburgen. Bennett subsequently lived in Los Angeles and New York City. Margot Bennett (actress) Margot Bennett (born Muriel Eisenberg, February 19, 1935) is an American publicist and former actress who appeared in