Anna Dawson
Born
July 27, 1937 (87 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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.
Known For
Kenny Everett - The Complete Naughty Bits
Carla
2004
Benny Hill - Unseen
Various/Archive footage
1994
Benny Hill's World Tour: New York!
1991
Benny Hill's World Tour: New York!
Self/Various Roles
1991
Keeping Up Appearances
Violet · (3 episodes)
1990
The New Statesman
Enid Vance · (6 episodes)
1985
Bloodbath at the House of Death
Nurse
1984
Gabrielle and the Doodleman
Wicked Witch
1984
Down at the Hydro
Wife
1983
If You Go Down in the Woods Today
Courting Woman
1981
Benny Hill Show
(78 episodes)
1980
The Crowther Collection
(6 episodes)
1980
Blankety Blank
(5 episodes)
1979
The Kenny Everett Video Show
(4 episodes)
1978
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
Glam
1977
The Girl from Starship Venus
Store Manageress
1975
Larry Grayson
(14 episodes)
1975
Love Thy Neighbour
Betty
1973
O Lucky Man!
Becky
1973
Granny Gets the Point
Boutique Assistant (uncredited)
1971
The Benny Hill Show
(58 episodes)
1969