Acting credits
35
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Anita Carey
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 11Series: 24
TMDB ID: 1216368
IMDb ID: nm0136902
Known for: Acting
Born: April 16, 1948
Died: July 19, 2023
Age: 75
Place of birth: Halifax, Yorkshire, England, UK
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1955 - 2018
Years active: 64
Average TMDB rating: 6.7
Wikidata: Q4765512
Biography
Anita Eileen Carey (16 April 1948 – 19 July 2023) was an English actress. She appeared in British television programmes from the 1970s, with her first notable appearances including roles in Beryl's Lot, The History of Mr. Polly and The Spoils of War. She then played Joyce Smedley in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street from 1996 to 1997. After further appearances in various series, she joined the cast of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Vivien March in 2007. She stayed in the role for two years, which won her the British Soap Award for Best Dramatic Performance in 2009.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Anita Carey.
5.8
The Last Witness
as Joan Caldercott
2018 Movie
6.3
The Murder Room
as Tally Clutton
2004 Movie
6.8
Still Crazy
as Tax Woman
1998 Movie
Frankie and Johnnie
as Patti Blakeston
1986 Movie
4.9
Ordeal by Innocence
as Martha Jessup
1984 Movie
Ladies
as Sharon
1980 Movie
Cries from a Watchtower
as Jill
1979 Movie
Something's Wrong
as Amanda
1978 Movie
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
as Ms. H1B
1978 Movie
7.0
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
as Irene Olthwaite
1977 Movie
Mutinies
as Lorraine
1974 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Anita Carey.
5.4
Talk to Me
as Pauline • 4 eps
2007 Series
7.4
The State Within
2006 Series
Rescue Me
as Carol Chatwin • 3 eps
2002 Series
6.3
Perfect Strangers
as Siblings' Mother • 2 eps
2001 Series
4.7
Doctors
as Vivien March • 433 eps
2000 Series
7.5
Midsomer Murders
as Barbara Flux • 1 eps
1997 Series
5.2
Band of Gold
as Glennis Minkin • 3 eps
1995 Series
6.5
Virtual Murder
1 eps
1992 Series
7.1
Heartbeat
as Helen Rawlings • 1 eps
1992 Series
8.2
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Miss Rawlinson • 1 eps
1989 Series
First Among Equals
as Joyce Gould • 1 eps
1986 Series
5.8
Juliet Bravo
as Melisande Duffy • 1 eps
1980 Series
7.0
BBC2 Play of the Week
as Mrs. H1B • 1 eps
1977 Series
7.6
Ripping Yarns
as Irene Olthwaite • 1 eps
1976 Series
7.0
I Didn't Know You Cared
as Pat Brandon • 13 eps
1975 Series
Napoleon and Love
as Françoise • 1 eps
1974 Series
7.0
NOVA
as Joey's Mother • 1 eps
1974 Series
7.0
Centre Play
as Lorraine • 1 eps
1973 Series
7.7
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
as Susan Chambers • 5 eps
1973 Series
7.1
Last of the Summer Wine
as Mavis • 1 eps
1973 Series
6.3
Play for Today
as Sharon • 1 eps
1970 Series
6.8
Please Sir!
as Air hostess • 1 eps
1968 Series
5.3
Coronation Street
as Brenda Summers • 4 eps
1960 Series
5.3
Dixon of Dock Green
as Carol Hayward • 1 eps
1955 Series