Anna Dawson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 27, 1937
- Died
- June 27, 2026 (aged 88)
- Birthplace
- 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
Filmography
Kenny Everett - The Complete Naughty Bits
Movie · as Carla
Benny Hill - Unseen
Movie · as Various/Archive footage
Benny Hill's World Tour: New York!
Movie · as Self/Various Roles
Keeping Up Appearances
TV · as Violet · 3 eps
Bad Boyes
TV · as Bonnie · 7 eps
The New Statesman
TV · as Enid Vance · 6 eps
Bloodbath at the House of Death
Movie · as Nurse
Gabrielle and the Doodleman
Movie · as Wicked Witch
The Steam Video Company
TV · 6 eps
Down at the Hydro
Movie · as Wife
All for Love
TV · as Wife · 1 ep
If You Go Down in the Woods Today
Movie · as Courting Woman
The Crowther Collection
TV · 6 eps
Benny Hill Show
TV · 78 eps
Blankety Blank
TV · as Self · 5 eps
The Kenny Everett Video Show
TV · 4 eps
Life Begins at Forty
TV · as Jill Simpson · 4 eps
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
Movie · as Glam
The Girl from Starship Venus
Movie · as Store Manageress
Larry Grayson
TV · as Daphne / Weightlifter's Assistant, The New Neighbour / Nurse, Bubbles · 1 ep
Love Thy Neighbour
Movie · as Betty
O Lucky Man!
Movie · as Becky
Granny Gets the Point
Movie · as Boutique Assistant (uncredited)
The Benny Hill Show
TV · 58 eps