Maggie Steed (born Margaret Baker December 1, 1946) is an English actress and comedienne.
After studying drama at the Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol, she left the theatre for several years.
Maggie Steed works regularly on the stage and has performed with the Royal National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company. She has also performed as a stand-up comedienne. Her first major television role was playing Rita Moon in the series Shine on Harvey Moon. She is also known for long running roles playing Margaret Crabbe in Pie in the Sky and Phyllis Woolf in Born and Bred.Her recent prominent television credits include appearances on Minder, Sensitive Skin and Jam and Jerusalem.
She was a member of The Campaign Against Racism in the Media, appearing in an edition of the BBC's Open Door series on 1 March, 1979, to criticise British TV representations of immigration and racial stereotypes. Steed helped write and perform in the comedy benefit concert, An Evening for Nicaragua, at the Shaftesbury Theatre, which aired on British Television in 1983.
The cast included Ben Elton, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Emma Thompson and Rik Mayall. Maggie Steed also visited Nicaragua in 1982 with Andy de la Tour.
