Marion Bailey — British Actress born on May 05, 1951,

Marion Bailey is a British actress. She is best known for her work with her partner, film director Mike Leigh, including the films Meantime, All or Nothing, Vera Drake, and Mr. Turner, for which she was nominated Supporting Actress of the Year by the London Film Critics Circle... (wikipedia)

Georgian England was very radical; there were all these new revolutionary ideas, and I think women had more freedom than they did later on.
In Victorian England, people were told they should discourage their wives from reading because it would lead them into all sorts of devilish wickedness.
It's more acceptable for guys to get old and craggy and become wonderful character actors as they get older, but women aren't allowed to get old and craggy in the same way.