Sarah Crowden

Biography

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.

Known For

Casualty

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Downton Abbey

Cruella

Sister Boniface Mysteries

The Sarah Jane Adventures

Wolf Hall

Lovejoy

All Movies (24)

• Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale2025 · as Lady Manville
• Cruella2021 · as Beehive Lady
• Peterloo2018 · as Lady at Races
• The Little Stranger2018 · as Miss Dabney
• The Last Dragonslayer2016 · as Pritchett Lane House Owner
• Queen of the Desert2015 · as Lady Ascot (uncredited)
• Mr. Holmes2015 · as Mrs. Hudson
• Jupiter Ascending2015 · as Bureaucrat
• The Riot Club2014 · as Elderly Woman
• Affinity2008 · as Ada
• Brideshead Revisited2008 · as Lady Guest
• Joe's Palace2007 · as Middle-aged woman
• Miss Potter2006 · as Lady Clifford
• Longford2006 · as Lady Tree
• The Man Who Knew Too Little1997 · as Sylvia
• The Wind in the Willows1996 · as Samantha
• The Countess Alice1993 · as Sarah
• Orlando1992 · as Queen Mary
• Erik the Viking1989 · as Grimhild Housewife
• The Storyteller: A Story Short1988 · as Queen
• The Children of Dynmouth1987 · as Cub Mistress
• Harem1986 · as Charlotte
• Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire1985
• Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery1981 · as Helen

All TV Shows (27)

• All the Light We Cannot See2023 · as Madam Blanchard
• All the Light We Cannot See2023 · as Jacqueline
• Sister Boniface Mysteries2022 · as Miss Thimble
• The Durrells2016 · as Melanie Countess De Torro
• Wolf Hall2015 · as Lady Exeter
• Cockroaches2015
• Upstairs Downstairs2010 · as Instructress
• Downton Abbey2010 · as Lady Manville
• The Sarah Jane Adventures2007 · as Mrs Gribbins
• He Knew He Was Right2004 · as Mrs MacHugh
• The Afternoon Play2003 · as Lady-in-Waiting
• Tipping the Velvet2002 · as Woman with Pipe
• Love in a Cold Climate2001 · as Third Twitterer
• My Hero2000 · as Mrs Clark
• Vanity Fair1998 · as Lady Blanche
• Our Mutual Friend1998 · as First Guest
• A Dance to the Music of Time1997 · as Miss Orchard
• Smokescreen1994 · as Miss Chittock
• The Detectives1993 · as Head Teacher
• Campion1989 · as Sadie
• Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · as Receptionist
• The Rainbow1988 · as Catherine Phillips
• The Storyteller1988 · as Queen
• David Copperfield1986 · as Jane Murdstone
• Casualty1986 · as Eileen Parish
• Lovejoy1986 · as Rosemary Blake
• The Fourth Arm1983 · as ATS Sgt. Brookes