Acting • AGE 80
Brenda Anne Blethyn is an English actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. Blethyn has received two Academy Award nominations, two SAG Award nominations, two Emmy Award nominations and...


A Woman of Substance
Older Emma Harle
2026

Dragonfly
Elsie
2025

Vera, Farewell Pet
Herself / Vera
2025

Charlotte
Grossmama (voice)
2022

Kate & Koji
Kate Abbott
2020

Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen and Milkmen
Narrator
2018

Ethel & Ernest
Ethel Briggs (voice)
2016

Two Men in Town
Emily Smith
2014

Mary and Martha
Martha
2013

Playhouse Presents
Nina
2012

My Angel
Headmistress
2011

Vera
DCI Vera Stanhope
2011

The Calling
Sister Ignatious
2010

My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Duper Super Sleuths
Mama Heffalump (voice)
2010

Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too
Mama Heffalump (voice)
2009

London River
Elisabeth
2009

Dead Man Running
Mother
2009

War and Peace
Márja Dmitrijewna Achrosímowa
2007

Clubland
Jean
2007

Atonement
Grace Turner
2007

The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007

Mysterious Creatures
Wendy Ainscow
2006

The One Show
Self - Guest
2006

The New Adventures of Old Christine
Angela Kimble
2006

Pride & Prejudice
Mrs. Bennet
2005

On a Clear Day
Joan
2005

Pooh's Heffalump Movie
Mama Heffalump (voice)
2005

Beyond the Sea
Polly Cassotto
2004

A Way of Life
Annette
2004

Piccadilly Jim
Nesta Pett
2004

Belonging
Jess Copplestone
2004

Between The Sheets
Hazel Delany
2003

Blizzard
Aunt Millie
2003

Bob the Builder: The Knights of Can-A-Lot
Dr. Florence Mountfitchet (voice)
2003

The Sleeping Dictionary
Aggie
2003

The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Mrs. Fairgood (voice)
2002

Undertaking Betty
Betty Rhys-Jones
2002

Sonny
Jewel
2002

Lovely & Amazing
Jane Marks
2002

Pumpkin
Judy Romanoff
2002

The Yellow Bird
Mrs. Louise Tutwiler
2002

V Graham Norton
Self
2002

Daddy and Them
Julia Montgomery
2001

On the Nose
Mrs. Delaney
2001

Anne Frank: The Whole Story
Auguste Rottgen-van Pels
2001

Saving Grace
Grace Trevethyn
2000

RKO 281
Louella Parsons
1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Linnie Malcolm
1999

Little Voice
Mari Hoff
1998

In the Winter Dark
Ida Stubbs
1998

So Graham Norton
Self - Guest
1998

Girls' Night
Dawn Wilkinson
1998

Music from Another Room
Grace Swan
1998

Inside the Golden Statue
Self
1998

Night Train
Alice Mooney
1998

Remember Me?
Shirley
1997

Secrets & Lies
Cynthia Rose Purley
1996

The Frank Skinner Show
Self
1995

Outside Edge
Miriam Dervish
1994

The Buddha of Suburbia
Margaret Amir
1993

The Bullion Boys
Gwen
1993

GMTV
Self
1993

A River Runs Through It
Mrs. Maclean
1992

HBO First Look
self
1992

Maigret
1992

All Good Things
Shirley Frame
1991

The Witches
Mrs Jenkins
1990

Screen One
Gwen
1989

Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
Ticki Tocquet
1989

The Shawl
Miss A
1989

This Morning
Self
1988

The Storyteller: A Story Short
The Storyteller's Wife
1988

The Storyteller
Storyteller's Wife
1988

The Play on One
Miss A
1988

Claws
Sylvia
1987

The Mysteries
Mary Magdalene / Mary
1985

Chance in a Million
Alison Little
1984

Floating Off
Janice
1983

Dalgliesh
Angela Foley
1983

Death of an Expert Witness
Angela Foley
1983

Henry VI Part 1
Joan La Pucelle
1983

King Lear
Cordelia
1982

Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Self
1982

Grown-Ups
Gloria
1980

The Imitation Game
1980

Yes Minister
1980

Tales of the Unexpected
Carol Hutchins
1979

Rumpole of the Bailey
Pauline
1975

Playhouse
Gloria
1974

The Oscars
Self
1953

Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944

Strawberry Fields Forever
Grannie Nellie

King of the Teds
Nina