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Anna Carteret | |
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 Carteret at the Empty Space Awards, Young Vic Theatre in 2007 | |
| Born | Annabelle S. Wilkinson [1] 11 December 1942 |
| Nationality | British |
| Years active | 1964–present |
| Spouse | Christopher Morahan (1974–2017; his death) |
| Children | 2, including Hattie Morahan |
| Parent(s) | Peter John Wilkinson Patricia Strahan |
Anna Carteret (born 11 December 1942) is a British stage and screen actress.
Carteret was born as Annabelle S. Wilkinson [1] on 11 December 1942 in Bangalore, British India, the daughter of Peter John Wilkinson and his wife Patricia Carteret (Strahan). She was educated at Arts Educational Schools in Tring, Hertfordshire (now the Tring Park School for the Performing Arts), where she trained for the stage.
In 1974, she married the television and film director Christopher Morahan [1] They were together for over forty years and often worked together. The couple had two daughters, theatre director Rebecca [2] and actress Hattie Morahan. [3] In June 2019, Carteret spoke about living with bipolar disorder since she was a teenager. [4]
Carteret's extensive life in the theatre from 1964 to 2015 is catalogued in the British online database Theatricalia. [5]
Carteret is best known for her role as police inspector Kate Longton in the BBC's long-running 1980s television series Juliet Bravo .
Other television credits include The Saint , The Pallisers , Frederic Raphael's The Glittering Prizes , Eskimo Day , Star Maidens , Peak Practice , Holby City , and Casualty . In 1990, she was a contestant on Cluedo , facing off against John Stalker.
Films since 1959 include Dateline Diamonds (1965), The Plank (1967) and Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (2005). In 2012, she appeared in Private Peaceful . She portrayed Vivanti in Cats and Monkeys, co-starring with Jack Shepherd in a radio version of Catherine Shepherd's stage play, for BBC Radio 4's The Afternoon Play last broadcast on 19 November 2007.
Carteret has also voiced Miriam in the Welsh Christian animated television series Testament: The Bible in Animation and every female character in the British children's television series Forget Me Not Farm (Following the death of Mike Amatt (1949 - 2021, aged 71) who played Scarecrow, she is now the last surviving cast member of the show). Both of these shows aired on the BBC in the UK but only Testament aired on S4C in Wales.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1965 | Dateline Diamonds | Gay Jenkins | Film |
| 1966 | ITV Play of the Week | Clarissa Crosswaite | The Reluctant Debutant |
| 1967 | The Plank | It's Paint Woman | Short Film |
| 1969 | The Saint | Diane Huntley | Episode: "Portrait of Brenda" |
| 1971 | Play for Today | Carol | The Pigeon Fancier |
| 1974 | The Merchant of Venice | Nerissa | TV Movie |
| The Pallisers | Lady Mabel Grex | 5 episodes | |
| 1976 | The Glittering Prizes | Barbara Parks/ Barbara Ransome | 2 episodes |
| Star Maidens | Announcer | Episode: "What Have They Done to the Rain?" | |
| 1977 | Fathers and Families | Clare Cotterill | 3 episodes |
| The Sunday Drama | Fiona | The Man Who Like Elephants | |
| 1978 | Send in the Girls | Joy/ Sara | Episode: "The Wild Bunch" |
| 1982 | Little Miss Perkins | Laura Fitch | TV Movie |
| 1983-5 | Juliet Bravo | Inspector Kate Longton | 44 episodes |
| 1984 | Weekend Playhouse | Sarah Burns | Change Partners |
| 1988 | Tickets for the Titanic | Sandra Hopkins | Everyone's a Winner |
| 1989 | The Shell Seekers | Nancy | TV Movie |
| The Heat of the Day | Ernestine | TV Movie | |
| 1991 | Ashenden | Anna Caypor | Episode: "Traitor" |
| Forget Me Not Farm | Various (voice only) | 13 episodes | |
| 1994 | The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes | Anna | Episode: "The Golden Pince-Nez" |
| 1996 | Eskimo Day | Harriet Lloyd | TV Movie |
| Testament: The Bible in Animation | Miriam (voice only) | Episode: "Moses" | |
| 1997 | Cold Enough for Snow | Harriet Lloyd | TV Movie |
| 1999 | EastEnders | Gillian Mills | 4 episodes |
| 2000 | Peak Practice | Dr. Yvonne Mitchell | Episode: "One Too Often" |
| 2005 | Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont | Elizabeth | Film |
| 2006 | The Only Boy For Me | Nana | TV Movie |
| 2010 | Poirot | Mrs. Babbington | Episode: "Three Act Tragedy" |
| 2012 | Private Peaceful | Colonel's Wife | Film |
| Dead of the Nite | Mrs. Matthews | Film | |
| 2014 | Lewis | Gillian Fernsby | 2 episodes |
| 2021 | Hiraeth | Beth Seaward | Film |
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