Anna Dawson
Acting
1937-07-27 · Bolton, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Born in Bolton, Lancashire, Dawson spent part of her childhood in Tanganyika, where her father worked. She attended the Elmhurst Ballet School and after training at the Central School of Speech and Drama she learned her craft by playing in repertory theatre companies. Dawson went on to star in several West End musicals. She featured in episodes of Dixon of Dock Green during the 1960s, The Benny Hill Show during the 1980s, and played Hyacinth Bucket's sister Violet ("the one with the Mercedes, sauna and room for a pony") in the final series of the sitcom Keeping Up Appearances, though her character was only featured on screen briefly in four episodes. Dawson is married to former Black and White Minstrel Show soloist John Boulter.
Filmography(23)
movieKenny Everett - The Complete Naughty Bits
as Carla · 2004 · 0.0
movieBenny Hill - Unseen
as Various/Archive footage · 1994 · 5.0
movieBenny Hill's World Tour: New York!
as Self/Various Roles · 1991 · 8.0
tvKeeping Up Appearances
as Violet · 1990 · 7.7
tvThe New Statesman
as Enid Vance · 1985 · 6.0
movieBloodbath at the House of Death
as Nurse · 1984 · 5.3
movieGabrielle and the Doodleman
as Wicked Witch · 1984 · 8.0
movieDown at the Hydro
as Wife · 1983 · 0.0
movieIf You Go Down in the Woods Today
as Courting Woman · 1981 · 6.3
tvBenny Hill Show
as · 1980 · 8.5
tvThe Crowther Collection
as · 1980 · 5.0
tvBlankety Blank
as Self · 1979 · 5.3
tvThe Kenny Everett Video Show
as · 1978 · 7.8
tvLife Begins at Forty
as Jill Simpson · 1978 · 6.7
movieStand up, Virgin Soldiers
as Glam · 1977 · 4.6
movieThe Girl from Starship Venus
as Store Manageress · 1975 · 4.2
tvLarry Grayson
as Daphne / Weightlifter's Assistant · 1975 · 5.0
tvLarry Grayson
as The New Neighbour / Nurse · 1975 · 5.0
tvLarry Grayson
as Bubbles · 1975 · 5.0
movieLove Thy Neighbour
as Betty · 1973 · 6.3
movieO Lucky Man!
as Becky · 1973 · 6.8
movieGranny Gets the Point
as Boutique Assistant (uncredited) · 1971 · 0.0
tvThe Benny Hill Show
as · 1969 · 7.3