Marlene Sidaway

Born: March 12, 1937 — Thornaby-on-Tees, Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England, UK

Marlene Sidaway is an accomplished British character actress with a career spanning over six decades across television, film, and theatre. She is perhaps most widely recognized for her role as the domineering Brenda Taylor in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street (1990–1992) and as Maureen in the BBC sitcom Mum (2016–2019).