Annette Robertson

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Annette Robertson
Born1940 (age 8485)
Ilford, Essex, England
OccupationActress
Years active1960–1988
Spouse
(m. 1962;div. 1964)

Annette Robertson (born 1940) is an English former film and television actress.

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Career

She appeared in several films in her early twenties, including A Kind of Loving (1962), Spare the Rod and The Young Ones (both 1961), appearing with Cliff Richard in the latter. She played Fran in the British film The Party's Over (1965).

From 1962 up to the mid 1980s, Robertson worked regularly in television, appearing in series such as Coronation Street , No Hiding Place and Doctor Who . She last appeared onscreen in 1988, in an episode of Boon , after which she left the acting industry.

Personal life

From 1962 to 1964, she was married to actor John Hurt. [1]

Filmography

Television
ProgrammeEpisodeRoleYearNotes
Boon Charity Begins at HomeSheba (tramp)1988
Shroud for a Nightingale Morag Smith1984
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? Julie1980
The Light Princess Maid1978
Clouds of Glory The Rime of the Ancient MarinerServant1978
Angels CelebrationVera1976
CouplesMrs Jamieson1976
Shades of Greene When Greek Meets GreekElizabeth1974
Owen, M.D. The Witch of AddingtonMelinda1973
The Woodlanders 1970
GerminalTrappedCatherine1970
JoannaMaid1968
Coronation Street Pamela Dickenson1968
The Flower of Gloster Ann1967 [2]
SanctuaryKeep Him Till I Come For HimEdna1967
Write A Play A Question of Moral Values
To sleep perchance to dream
Annette Robertson1963
1967
Armchair Theatre Any Number Can Play
A Jug of Bread
A Way of Living
Joanna
Anna
Brenda
Thirty-Minute Theatre They Put You Where You AreShirley1966
The Wednesday Play Barlowe of the Car ParkLinda1966
Doctor Who The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve Anne Chaplet1966 [3]
BlackmailStockbrokers Are Smashing – But Bankers Are BetterDorice1965
Out of the Unknown Andover and the AndroidLydia1965
Love Story Briefly Kiss the LoserBubbles Garitty1965
Monitor Always on Sunday
The Debussy Film
Alfred Jarry
Gaby Dupont
1965 [4]
The Villains A Joker for Your Button HoleSusan1965
Theatre 625 Parade's End #1: Some Do NotGertie1964
Story Parade The BenderGillian1964
Play of the WeekA Tricycle Made for TwoBetty1964
The Larkins Beatle DriveJudy1963
The Odd Man The Sheep 'neath the SnowVera1963
ITV Television Playhouse The JokersLou1962
No Hiding Place The Common NurderDi Williams1962
Probation OfficerEp #4.6Shiley Chapman1962
Studio 4 The Second CurtainMarjorie1962
Z-Cars A Stab in the DarkGirl in pub1962
Police Surgeon Lag on the RunMolly1960
Films
FilmRoleYearNotes
The Party's Over Fran1965 [5]
A Kind of Loving Phoebe1962 [6]
The Young Ones Barbara1961 [7]
Spare the Rod Doris1961 [8]
Four Winds IslandLeila1961 [9]

References

  1. John Hurt profile, People, 17 November 1980.
  2. New serial: The Flower of Gloster, TV Times, 23–29 September 1967.
  3. Doctor Who at the BBC archives
  4. BBC Arts: Sir Simon Rattle discusses Annette Robertson in The Debussy Film, BBC. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  5. The Party's Over Archived 7 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine , british60scinema.net. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  6. A Kind of Loving, BBFC.co.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
  7. Gifford, Dennis, British Film Catalogue Ref 11957: The Young Ones, Routledge, 2016.
  8. Glynn, Stephen, The British School Film: From Tom Brown to Harry Potter (p,129), Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
  9. Four Winds Island, cftf.org.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2017.