Anna Dawson
Acting
Born: 1937-07-27 in Bolton, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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 was married to former Black and White Minstrel Show soloist John Boulter.
Known For
Keeping Up Appearances
Violet
Blankety Blank
Self
The Benny Hill Show
Benny Hill Show
Bad Boyes
Bonnie
The Kenny Everett Video Show
Life Begins at Forty
Jill Simpson
O Lucky Man!
Becky
The Girl from Starship Venus
Store Manageress
Bloodbath at the House of Death
Nurse
The Steam Video Company
The Crowther Collection
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
Glam
If You Go Down in the Woods Today
Courting Woman
Love Thy Neighbour
Betty
Down at the Hydro
Wife
Gabrielle and the Doodleman
Wicked Witch
Granny Gets the Point
Boutique Assistant (uncredited)
Kenny Everett - The Complete Naughty Bits
Carla
Benny Hill's World Tour: New York!
Self/Various Roles