Caption: The members of the U.K.'s Women's Institute - Cora (Linda Bassett, left), Annie Clark (Julie Walters, second from left), Celia (Celia Imrie, third from left), Jessie (Annette Crosby, third from right), Chris Harper (Helen Mirren, second from right), and Ruth (Penelope Wilton, right), raise eyebrows - among other things - when they pose nude in their annual fundraising calendar
Actress, Soundtrack
Born: February 4, 1950
Star sign: Aquarius
Known for: East Is East (1999), The Hours (2002), Lark Rise to Candleford (2008), Calendar Girls (2003)
Source: IMDB
Linda Bassett was born in the Kentish village of Pluckley - location for the television series The Darling Buds of May (1991). She was brought up in Pimlico, South London, by her typist mother and police officer father. She became interested in acting as a child when she was frequently taken to see plays in London, most notably at the Old Vic, the...