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Lin Blakley

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Lin Blakley
Sidney Turtlebaum is an eccentric gay Jewish man in his eighties who earns his living as a pickpocket and a conman. His chosen modus operandi is to gatecrash Jewish funerals in order to steal from the gathered crowd.
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Lin is mother of actress Claudie Blakley (Pride and Prejudice and Gosford Park) and Kirsten Blakley who is lead singer with the indie band Little Spitfire. She was married to Alan Blakley who was one of the founder members of the Tremeloes who had several pop hits in the 1960s, but sadly died of cancer in 1996.
BornJuly 1, 1947
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    • Known for

    The Football Factory (2004)
    The Football Factory
    6.7
    • Tamara's Mother
    • 2004
    Gary Beadle, Danny Dyer, Nathaniel Parker, and Maggie Grace in Malice in Wonderland (2009)
    Malice in Wonderland
    5.7
    • Mrs. Jones
    • 2009
    EastEnders (1985)
    EastEnders
    4.8
    TV Series
    • Pam Coker
    Sean Bean and Danny Dyer in Age of Heroes (2011)
    Age of Heroes
    5.6
    • Mrs. Shepherd
    • 2011

    Credits

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    Actress

    • National Theatre at Home: The Grapes of Wrath (2025)
      National Theatre at Home: The Grapes of Wrath
      6.7
      • Granma Joad
      • 2025
    • Doctors (2000)
      Doctors
      4.6
      TV Series
      • Barbara Kay
      • Mary Crowe
      • Alice Eliot ...
      • 2007–2024
    • Emmerdale Farm (1972)
      Emmerdale Farm
      4.9
      TV Series
      • Georgia Sharma
      • 2023
    • EastEnders (1985)
      EastEnders
      4.8
      TV Series
      • Pam Coker
      • 2014–2022
    • Vera (2011)
      Vera
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Sandra Mallon
      • 2022
    • Boris Says (2021)
      Boris Says
      9.0
      Short
      • Mum
      • 2021
    • Max Fincham in Dark Money (2019)
      Dark Money
      6.7
      TV Mini Series
      • Avril Allen
      • 2019
    • The Laura Marlin Mysteries : Dead Man's Cove (2018)
      The Laura Marlin Mysteries : Dead Man's Cove
      TV Movie
      • Mrs. Crabtree
      • 2018
    • Sunetra Sarker, Jo Joyner, Poppy Lee Friar, Amy-Leigh Hickman, Samuel Bottomley, and Sam Retford in Ackley Bridge (2017)
      Ackley Bridge
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Dianne Carter
      • 2018
    • Casualty (1986)
      Casualty
      6.2
      TV Series
      • Maggie Coomes
      • 2018
    • Amanda Burton, Emilia Fox, Sam Barnard, David Caves, and Genesis Lynea in Silent Witness (1996)
      Silent Witness
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Mrs. Kennedy
      • 2018
    • Ophelia Lovibond and Joseph Kennedy in Gozo (2016)
      Gozo
      5.0
      • Jen
      • 2016
    • Rufus Stone (2012)
      Rufus Stone
      7.2
      Short
      • Abigail
      • 2012
    • Melissa George in Hunted (2012)
      Hunted
      7.3
      TV Mini Series
      • Grandma Freeman
      • 2012
    • Billy Matthews in One Night (2012)
      One Night
      7.8
      TV Mini Series
      • School Secretary
      • 2012

    Videos4

    SIDNEY TURTLEBAUM
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    SIDNEY TURTLEBAUM
    GONE FISHING
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    GONE FISHING
    GONE FISHING
    Clip 1:52
    GONE FISHING
    GONE FISHING
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    GONE FISHING
    SIDNEY TURTLEBAUM
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    SIDNEY TURTLEBAUM

    Personal details

    • Born
      • July 1, 1947
      • Uxbridge, Middlesex, England, UK
    • Spouse
      • Alan BlakleyDecember 1969 - June 10, 1996 (his death, 2 children)
    • Children
      • Claudie Blakley
    • Other works
      Performed in the West End stage production of "Hay Fever" as Clara, alongside Judi Dench, Kim Medcalf and Dan Stevens at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London.

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      Mother of Kirsten Blakley (born 1971) and Claudie Blakley (born 1973).

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