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Anita Dobson(I)

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Anita Dobson in London Road (2015)
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She was born in the district of Bow in London to her parents Anne, a seamstress and father, a cutter in a dress factory and had a younger sister. She left school at 16 with 4 O levels and had a string of jobs including insurance clerk, and model for C and A (a clothes chain.) When young she'd taught singing and tap dancing and joined an amateur drama group. When 20 she won a grant for a drama school which lasted 3 years and then spent the next 13 years touring around the country in repertory companies, one of which was The Citizens Theatre in Glasgow., pantomimes, the odd West End show and television including a maid in Nanny, Lois, Jim Davidson's girlfriend in Up the Elephant and Round the Castle and other odd shows before getting a major role in BBC's long running serial Eastenders.
BornApril 29, 1949
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Anita Dobson in Partners in Crime (1983)
Anita Dobson in Partners in Crime (1983)
Kim Clifford, Anita Dobson, and Liz Smith in Partners in Crime (1983)
Anita Dobson in Partners in Crime (1983)
Anita Dobson and Olivia Colman in London Road (2015)
Anita Dobson and Olivia Colman in London Road (2015)
Brian May and Anita Dobson
Mike Myers, Roger Taylor, Brian May, Jim Beach, Anita Dobson, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Sarina Taylor, Becca Dudley, and Genevieve Potgieter at an event for Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
Richenda Carey, Sara Crowe, Anita Dobson, and Jerry Hall
Jill Baker, June Brown, Richenda Carey, Sara Crowe, Anita Dobson, Jill Halfpenny, Jerry Hall, Will Knightley, Delia Lindsay, Neil McCaul, Jack Ryder, and Gemma Atkinson
Jill Baker, June Brown, Richenda Carey, Sara Crowe, Anita Dobson, Jerry Hall, Will Knightley, and Gemma Atkinson
Sara Crowe, Anita Dobson, and Jerry Hall

Known for

Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules, and Robert Llewellyn in Red Dwarf (1988)
Red Dwarf
8.4
TV Series
  • Captain Tau
EastEnders (1985)
EastEnders
4.7
TV Series
  • Angie Watts
  • Angie
Hotel Babylon (2006)
Hotel Babylon
7.5
TV Series
  • Lady Amelia Hamilton
Urban Gothic (2000)
Urban Gothic
6.3
TV Series
  • Fenella

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Actress

  • Christmas at the Holly Day Inn
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  • Bradley Walsh, Jodie Whittaker, Tosin Cole, and Mandip Gill in Doctor Who (2005)
    Doctor Who
  • Joan Collins, Ramin Karimloo, Fleur East, and Samantha Barks in Tomorrow Morning (2022)
    Tomorrow Morning
  • Christopher Eccleston and Billy Jenkins in Dodger (2022)
    Dodger
  • Andy and the Band (2020)
    Andy and the Band
  • The Long Call (2021)
    The Long Call
  • Adopted (2019)
    Adopted
  • Meibh Campbell, Bella Ramsey, and Tamara Smart in The Worst Witch (2017)
    The Worst Witch
  • Torvill & Dean (2018)
    Torvill & Dean
  • Jessica Hynes in The Fight (2018)
    The Fight
  • Bryony Hannah, Helen George, and Jessica Raine in Call the Midwife (2012)
    Call the Midwife
  • The Rebel (2016)
    The Rebel
  • Casualty (1986)
    Casualty
    • ...
  • Angela Lonsdale, Eva Alexander, and Tom Frederic in Doctors (2000)
    Doctors
  • A Special Guest (2016)
    A Special Guest
  • The Lift (2016)
    The Lift

Videos4

London Road
Trailer 1:43
London Road
The Fall of the Krays
Trailer 1:41
The Fall of the Krays
Sweet Revenge
Trailer 1:09
Sweet Revenge
London Road Official Trailer
Trailer 1:43
London Road Official Trailer

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    • April 29, 1949
    • Stepney, London, England, UK
    • Brian MayNovember 18, 2000 - present
  • Other works
    Recorded a song called "Any One Can Fall In Love" which reached No.4 in the UK Pop Music Charts in 1986. It was a vocal version of the theme from BBC TV's EastEnders (1985) with lyrics written by Don Black.
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    Her husband, Brian May, was a founding member of rock band Queen.
  • Quotes
    [on a play remembering Sir Jimmy Savile] I will not be going to see the play about Jimmy Savile and I do ask the question is it too soon. I wouldn't want to be in it either and that's a decision that I would make, but I wouldn't want to be a part of something like that because I felt disgusted at all of the news that came out about the way he behaved and I don't want to revisit it at this point in my life.

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