Marion Bailey

Background

She was born in Watford, to Rose (née Timberlake) and William Bailey.

Education

She attended Pinner County Grammar School, Middlesex, and trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Career

As well as her roles in the films of Mike Leigh, Bailey"s other roles in British films have included the character of Mrs Peach in Debbie Isitt"s Nasty Neighbours (2000) and Mary in the Craig Ferguson film I"ll Be There (2003). Bailey recently starred as Mrs Booth in Mr. Turner (2014).

Bailey"s television work includes programmes such as Inspector Morse, Casualty, The Bill, Holby City, Midsomer Murders, Poirot, A Touch of Frost, Dalziel and Pascoe, Big Deal, Boon, The Bretts, Ruth Rendell Mysteries, Number More Dying Then, Stay Lucky, Heat of the Sun, Micawber, New Tricks and Monday Monday.

In 1995, she had a recurring role as Avis in the long-running Independent Television series Shine on Harvey Moon.

She also played leading roles in several popular 1980s television series, including To Have and To Hold, Jury and Charlie. In 2000, she played Wendy in Carlton"s comedy drama series The Thing About Vince.

She has also appeared in many single television dramas & films including Woyzeck, Way Upstream, Zackharov, Raspberry, Coppers, Derailed and Jane Austen"s Persuasion. She has recently appeared in Being Human and played Gloria in the British Broadcasting Corporation television series Case Histories.

She plays Jill in the British Broadcasting Corporation Three series Him and Her.

Bailey has worked extensively in British theatre, including Chichester, Bristol Old Vic, the West Yorkshire Playhouse, London"s West End, the Royal Court, the National Theatre, the Old Vic, the Arts Theatre, Hampstead, the Tricycle Theatre and the company Shared Experience with whom she received a Turnaround Management Association nomination as Best Supporting Performance for her role in Kindertransport (2007). Bailey appeared in Mike Leigh"s Grief at the National Theatre (2011/12). In 2013 she played "The Monarch" in Handbagged at the Tricycle Theatre and in the production"s subsequent West End transfer to the Vaudeville Theatre.

Achievements

• She performed in Mike Leigh"s 1981 West End theatre play Goosepimples, for which she received a Theatre Critics" Award nomination as Most Promising Newcomer.

Connections

Partner:

Mike Leigh