Background
Bassett was born in Pluckley, Kent, England, to a typist mother and a police officer father.
Bassett was born in Pluckley, Kent, England, to a typist mother and a police officer father.
Her roles include the award-winning part of Ella Khan in the 1999 British comedy film East is East. Other roles include Mistress Jennings in the three-part British Broadcasting Corporation adaptation Sense and Sensibility, Queenie Turrill in Lark Rise to Candleford, Doll in the film Cass.
In film, she first gained notice when she was cast as Gertrude Stein opposite Linda Hunt as Alice B. Toklas in Waiting for the Moon in 1987.
She also appeared as Julia Roberts" mother in Mary Reilly in 1996, Mistress Brenner, the prison official in the 2008 film The Reader and as Cora in Calendar Girls.
She was March. More recently she played Grandma in the British Broadcasting Corporation Two comedy Grandma"s House.
In Basildon - Royal Court London (2012) Love and Information - National London (2012) People - Royal National London (2012/13) Visitors - Arcola London (2014) and Bush London (2014/15).