Sarah Crowden

Acting

Born January 1, 1955, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Born in Edinburgh in 1955 to acting parents Graham Crowden and Phyllida Hewat, Sara Crowden is a British character actress who works extensively in film, TV and theatre. She is also a professional writer, contributing to the literary quarterly Slightly Foxed and has reviewed books for The Lady, TLS, Geographical and Literary Review amongst others, and performs stand-up comedy under the alias of Dame Theresa Thompson's-Gazelle. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Diploma in Literature from The Open University and, in 2010, was awarded a Foundation Certificate in Bricklaying.

Filmography

• 2025Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale — Lady Manville
• All the Light We Cannot See — Madam Blanchard, Jacqueline
• Sister Boniface Mysteries — Miss Thimble
• 2021Cruella — Beehive Lady
• 2018Peterloo — Lady at Races
• 2018The Little Stranger — Miss Dabney
• The Durrells — Melanie Countess De Torro
• 2016The Last Dragonslayer — Pritchett Lane House Owner
• Cockroaches
• 2015Jupiter Ascending — Bureaucrat
• 2015Mr. Holmes — Mrs. Hudson
• 2015Queen of the Desert — Lady Ascot (uncredited)
• Wolf Hall — Lady Exeter
• 2014The Riot Club — Elderly Woman
• Downton Abbey — Lady Manville
• Upstairs Downstairs — Instructress
• 2008Affinity — Ada
• 2008Brideshead Revisited — Lady Guest
• 2007Joe's Palace — Middle-aged woman
• The Sarah Jane Adventures — Mrs Gribbins
• 2006Longford — Lady Tree
• 2006Miss Potter — Lady Clifford
• He Knew He Was Right — Mrs MacHugh
• The Afternoon Play — Lady-in-Waiting
• Tipping the Velvet — Woman with Pipe
• Love in a Cold Climate — Third Twitterer
• My Hero — Mrs Clark
• Our Mutual Friend — First Guest
• Vanity Fair — Lady Blanche
• A Dance to the Music of Time — Miss Orchard
• 1997The Man Who Knew Too Little — Sylvia
• 1996The Wind in the Willows — Samantha
• Smokescreen — Miss Chittock
• 1993The Countess Alice — Sarah
• The Detectives — Head Teacher
• 1992Orlando — Queen Mary
• Agatha Christie's Poirot — Receptionist
• Campion — Sadie
• 1989Erik the Viking — Grimhild Housewife
• The Rainbow — Catherine Phillips
• The Storyteller — Queen
• 1988The Storyteller: A Story Short — Queen
• 1987The Children of Dynmouth — Cub Mistress
• Casualty — Eileen Parish
• David Copperfield — Jane Murdstone
• 1986Harem — Charlotte
• Lovejoy — Rosemary Blake
• 1985Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
• The Fourth Arm — ATS Sgt. Brookes
• 1981Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery — Helen