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- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 27, 1937
- Place of Birth
- Bolton, Lancashire, United Kingdom
- Died
- June 27, 2026
Anna Dawson
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 was married to former Black and White Minstrel Show soloist John Boulter.
Filmography
movieKenny Everett - The Complete Naughty Bits
2004 · Carla
Benny Hill - Unseen
movieBenny Hill - Unseen
1994 · Various/Archive footage
movieBenny Hill's World Tour: New York!
1991 · Self/Various Roles
tvKeeping Up Appearances
1990 · Violet
The New Statesman
tvThe New Statesman
1985 · Enid Vance
movieBloodbath at the House of Death
1984 · Nurse
movieGabrielle and the Doodleman
1984 · Wicked Witch
movieDown at the Hydro
1983 · Wife
movieIf You Go Down in the Woods Today
1981 · Courting Woman
tvBenny Hill Show
1980
The Crowther Collection
tvThe Crowther Collection
1980
tvBlankety Blank
1979 · Self
tvThe Kenny Everett Video Show
1978
Life Begins at Forty
tvLife Begins at Forty
1978 · Jill Simpson
movieStand up, Virgin Soldiers
1977 · Glam
movieThe Girl from Starship Venus
1975 · Store Manageress
Larry Grayson
tvLarry Grayson
1975 · Daphne / Weightlifter's Assistant, The New Neighbour / Nurse, Bubbles
movieLove Thy Neighbour
1973 · Betty
movieO Lucky Man!
1973 · Becky
movieGranny Gets the Point
1971 · Boutique Assistant (uncredited)
tvThe Benny Hill Show
1969