Mrs. Bennet – Alison Steadman

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fictional character interpretation television character portrayal

Mrs. Bennet – Alison Steadman is the actress’s celebrated portrayal of the excitable, marriage-obsessed Bennet matriarch in the 1995 BBC adaptation of Jane Austen’s "Pride and Prejudice."

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Mrs Bennet – Alison Steadman 2
Mrs. Bennet 2
Mrs Bennet 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character interpretation ⓘ
television character portrayal ⓘ
adaptationOf Pride and Prejudice ⓘ
surface form: Pride and Prejudice (1813 novel)
appearsIn Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV series) ⓘ
basedOn Mrs. Bennet – Alison Steadman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mrs. Bennet
basedOnAuthor Jane Austen ⓘ
basedOnWork Pride and Prejudice ⓘ
characterTrait anxious ⓘ
excitable ⓘ
marriage-obsessed ⓘ
coStarsWith Adrian Lukis ⓘ
Benjamin Whitrow ⓘ
Colin Firth ⓘ
Crispin Bonham-Carter ⓘ
Jennifer Ehle ⓘ
Julia Sawalha ⓘ
Lucy Briers ⓘ
Polly Maberly ⓘ
Susannah Harker ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReception widely praised ⓘ
directorOfAdaptation Simon Langton ⓘ
familyRelation mother of Elizabeth Bennet ⓘ
mother of Jane Bennet ⓘ
mother of Kitty Bennet ⓘ
mother of Lydia Bennet ⓘ
mother of Mary Bennet ⓘ
wife of Mr. Bennet ⓘ
fandomStatus iconic portrayal of Mrs. Bennet in television adaptations ⓘ
firstBroadcastYear 1995 ⓘ
genre period drama ⓘ
romantic drama ⓘ
language English ⓘ
medium television ⓘ
narrativeRole Bennet family matriarch ⓘ
notableFor comic interpretation of Mrs. Bennet ⓘ
highly animated performance ⓘ
notableSceneType marriage negotiations ⓘ
social visits and balls ⓘ
originalNetwork BBC One ⓘ
portrayedBy Alison Steadman ⓘ
portrays Mrs. Bennet – Alison Steadman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mrs. Bennet
productionCompany BBC ⓘ
screenwriterOfAdaptation Andrew Davies ⓘ
setInCentury 19th century ⓘ
setInCountry England ⓘ
timePeriodOfStory Regency era ⓘ

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Lydia Bennet – Julia Sawalha → associatedCharacter → Mrs. Bennet – Alison Steadman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mrs Bennet
Mrs. Bennet – Alison Steadman → basedOn → Mrs. Bennet – Alison Steadman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mrs. Bennet
Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV series) → characterPortrayedBy → Mrs. Bennet – Alison Steadman ⓘ
Jane Bennet – Susannah Harker → childOf → Mrs. Bennet – Alison Steadman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mrs Bennet – Alison Steadman
Mrs. Bennet – Alison Steadman → portrays → Mrs. Bennet – Alison Steadman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mrs. Bennet
Lydia Bennet – Julia Sawalha → relatedCharacterPortrayal → Mrs. Bennet – Alison Steadman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mrs Bennet – Alison Steadman
Mr. Bennet – Benjamin Whitrow → spouse → Mrs. Bennet – Alison Steadman ⓘ
subject surface form: Mr. Bennet (Benjamin Whitrow)
this entity surface form: Mrs. Bennet (1995 TV series character)