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
Alison Peebles Alison Peebles Alison Peebles (born 1953) is an award-winning Scottish actress, director, and writer in theatre, film, and television. She is a co-founder of Communicado, a multiple award-winning Scottish theater company. Peebles is noted for her portrayal of Lady Macbeth in Michael Boyd’s celebrated 1993 production of "Macbeth" at The Tron Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland. Peebles directed the film "AfterLife", which won the Standard Life Audience Award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2003. Peebles is also noted for the documentary "Multiple", shown on BBC Scotland in February 2006, in which she revealed that she has multiple sclerosis. Alison