Does Alison Steadman have Dupuytren’s contracture?

Alison Steadman was diagnosed with Dupuytren’s contracture, a condition involving the gradual thickening and tightening of tissue under the skin in the hand.

Alison Steadman OBE is an English actress best known for her performance in Abigail’s Party. Steadman received BAFTA TV Award nominations for the 1986 BBC serial The Singing Detective and in 2001 for the ITV drama series Fat Friends (2000–2005).

In 2012, Alison Steadman played Ginny Fox, a parody of Virginia Woolf, in the sitcom Gloomsbury.

Alison Steadman received the 1991 National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress for the Mike Leigh film Life Is Sweet.

Alison Steadman has made appearances in several films, including P’tang, Yang, Kipperbang (1982), Champions (1983), A Private Function (1984), Number One (1984), Clockwise (1986), Stormy Monday (1988) and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988).

In 1991, Alison Steadman appeared as Edda Göring in Selling Hitler. Alison Steadman has appeared in the television productions Nuts in May, Hard Labour and Abigail’s Party.

From May 2007 to January 2010 Alison Steadman starred in the BBC comedy Gavin & Stacey as Pam Shipman.