Anita Graham

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Anita Graham
Born (1948-02-15) 15 February 1948 (age 77)
Occupation Actress

Anita Graham (born 15 February 1948) is a British film, stage and television actress and a former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

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Career

Graham's first television role was in an episode of Crossroads (1964). She went on to appear in The New Avengers (1976), The Benny Hill Show (1977), Within These Walls (1978), in four episodes of Terry and June (1979–80) as Tina Pillbeam, Tom, Dick and Harriet (1982), Let There Be Love (1983), The Morecambe & Wise Show (1983), six episodes of Keep It in the Family (1982-3), Full House (1985), Dempsey and Makepeace (1986), as Bollit in the Delta and the Bannermen episodes of Doctor Who (1987), Zelda in four episodes of Moon and Son (1992), EastEnders (1996), Last of the Summer Wine (2001), [1] and Horne & Corden (2009).

Film appearances include Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! (1974), Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974), and Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978). [1]

For the Royal Shakespeare Company she appeared in Piaf and Once in a Lifetime , both in 1980 at the Piccadilly Theatre. In 1983 she appeared in Look, No Hans at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, and The Mating Game at the Theatre Royal in Windsor. She appeared again in Look, No Hans at the Strand Theatre (1985-6), and in Run For Your Wife (1987) at the Criterion Theatre, acting again in the latter play at the Duchess Theatre from 1990-91.

In 1990 she acted in Kathy Burke's play Mr Thomas at the Old Red Lion Theatre. It was subsequently filmed and shown on Channel 4. Graham acted in Funny Money at the Playhouse Theatre (1996), and in The Norman Conquests for Ian Dickens (2007). In 2012 she appeared in Michael Cooney's Cash on Delivery at The Mill at Sonning. [2] In October 2023, she appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Betty Powell. [3]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1974 Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! Wendy
1974 Confessions of a Window Cleaner Ingrid
1978 Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? Blonde
2008HuntedLorraine
2012 Run for Your Wife Aerobics Teacher
2019Out of the BlueChristine
2021 Jagame Thandhiram Sofia
2023Old TimesMarge

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1971Mr TumbleweedGreek GoddessTV film
1976 The New Avengers HelgaEpisode: "To Catch a Rat"
1977 The Benny Hill Show Girl Scout GuideEpisode: "Show 30"
1977 The Cedar Tree IvyEpisode: "The Woman I Love: Part 2"
1978 Within These Walls Karen RileyEpisode: "Mixer"
1979–1980 Terry and June Tina Pillbeam4 episodes
1982 Tom, Dick and Harriet BabsEpisode: "On the Town"
1982–1983 Keep It in the Family Wilma6 episodes
1983 Let There Be Love Miss CromptonEpisode: "If the Nightie Fits"
1983 The Morecambe & Wise Show VariousEpisode: #4.4
1985 Full House Shirley WilcoxEpisode: "It's a Steal"
1986 Dempsey and Makepeace BlossomEpisode: "The Burning"
1987 Doctor Who BollittEpisode: "Delta and the Bannermen"
1990 Mr Thomas Brenda TebbitTV film
1992 Moon and Son Zelda Lee5 episodes
1996 EastEnders Lesley Langton2 episodes
2001 Last of the Summer Wine Mrs. EndicottEpisode: "Hey, Big Vendor"
2003 Harry and Cosh Mrs. KilbyEpisode: "Kung Fu Warriors"
2009 Horne & Corden MaryEpisode: #1.5
2018HangmanKathTV film
2023 Doctors Betty PowellEpisode: "With You"

References

  1. 1 2 Graham on the Internet Movie Database
  2. Cash on Delivery - The Stage review 29 June 2012
  3. Timblick, Simon. "Doctors spoilers: Al Haskey gets SHOCK news about his mum..." What to Watch . Retrieved 23 October 2023.