Anna Dawson
Biography
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.
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Full filmography
- Blankety Blank (1979) as Self
- Keeping Up Appearances (1990) as Violet
- The Benny Hill Show (1969)
- The Kenny Everett Video Show (1978)
- Benny Hill Show (1980)
- The Girl from Starship Venus (1975) as Store Manageress
- O Lucky Man! (1973) as Becky
- Life Begins at Forty (1978) as Jill Simpson
- The New Statesman (1985) as Enid Vance
- Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984) as Nurse
- Larry Grayson (1975) as Daphne / Weightlifter's Assistant
- Larry Grayson (1975) as The New Neighbour / Nurse
- Larry Grayson (1975) as Bubbles
- If You Go Down in the Woods Today (1981) as Courting Woman
- Stand up, Virgin Soldiers (1977) as Glam
- Love Thy Neighbour (1973) as Betty
- Down at the Hydro (1983) as Wife
- The Crowther Collection (1980)
- Kenny Everett - The Complete Naughty Bits (2004) as Carla
- Gabrielle and the Doodleman (1984) as Wicked Witch
- Benny Hill's World Tour: New York! (1991) as Self/Various Roles
- Benny Hill - Unseen (1994) as Various/Archive footage
- Granny Gets the Point (1971) as Boutique Assistant (uncredited)