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Brenda Blethyn: Vera actress shares which co-star was at her very small wedding

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"It's just different. It was a lovely ceremony, and we just had Tim [Spall] and his family as our witnesses."The Ramsgate-born national treasure appeared alongside Timothy in the 1996 drama film Secrets & Lies, where Brenda scooped the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress.The movie scored an impressive seven nominations at the BAFTA  Awards where they won Best Original Screenplay and Best British Film the same year.The Academy Awards issued Secrets & Lies with five nominations at its 69th ceremony in 1997.Before settling down with Michael, Brenda was previously married to graphic designer Alan James Blethyn, whose surname she decided to keep even after their divorce following a nine-year marriage.The pair, who met during the actress' time working for British Rail, exchanged their vows in 1964 before calling it quits nine years later.The Ethel & Ernest actress went on to tell the publication that while she shares a very close bond with her husband Michael, she believed the pair shared nothing in common.Strangely enough, that's what Brenda believes has been the success behind her almost five-decade-long relationship."I think, 'What's he doing with me?'" she jokingly uttered."I mean, we've got nothing in common at all!

Well, apart from a sense of humour!"The pair decided they would not have children, which was never a decision Brenda had any regrets about.She explained how she never felt a "pressing desire" to become a mother."You hear people saying that they have just got to, but that never happened to me," Brenda expressed.In April 2021, the on-screen star stunned fans when she said she "fully expects" to be working until she dies.During her chat with Good Housekeeping, she explained how her parents influenced her to.

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