
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.
Filmography

Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · 8.2

The Storyteller
1988 · 8.2

Downton Abbey
2010 · 8.1

Love in a Cold Climate
2001 · 8.1

Smokescreen
1994 · 8.0

Cruella
2021 · 8.0

Our Mutual Friend
1998 · 7.8

Vanity Fair
1998 · 7.6

He Knew He Was Right
2004 · 7.6

Wolf Hall
2015 · 7.5

All the Light We Cannot See
2023 · 7.4

The Durrells
2016 · 7.4

Lovejoy
1986 · 7.4

Upstairs Downstairs
2010 · 7.4

The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007 · 7.1

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
2025 · 7.1

Orlando
1992 · 7.0

The Detectives
1993 · 6.9

The Green Green Grass
2005 · 6.9

Tipping the Velvet
2002 · 6.9

Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
1981 · 6.9

Peterloo
2018 · 6.7

Miss Potter
2006 · 6.7

Sister Boniface Mysteries
2022 · 6.5

My Hero
2000 · 6.5

The Afternoon Play
2003 · 6.5

Campion
1989 · 6.5

The Fourth Arm
1983 · 6.5

Longford
2006 · 6.5

Mr. Holmes
2015 · 6.5

Brideshead Revisited
2008 · 6.3

The Man Who Knew Too Little
1997 · 6.3

Casualty
1986 · 6.2

Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
1985 · 6.1

Erik the Viking
1989 · 5.9

A Dance to the Music of Time
1997 · 5.9

Cockroaches
2015 · 5.9

The Last Dragonslayer
2016 · 5.9

Joe's Palace
2007 · 5.9

The Riot Club
2014 · 5.9

Queen of the Desert
2015 · 5.8

The Wind in the Willows
1996 · 5.8

Affinity
2008 · 5.8

The Little Stranger
2018 · 5.6

The Children of Dynmouth
1987 · 5.5

Jupiter Ascending
2015 · 5.5

David Copperfield
1986 · 5.2

The Rainbow
1988 · 3.8

The Storyteller: A Story Short
1988 · 0.0