Anita Carey

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anita Carey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Midsomer Murders

Play for Today

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Coronation Street

NOVA

Heartbeat

All Movies (12)

The Last Witness2018 · as Joan Caldercott
The Murder Room2004 · as Tally Clutton
Still Crazy1998 · as Tax Woman
Frankie and Johnnie1986 · as Patti Blakeston
Ordeal by Innocence1984 · as Martha Jessup
Ladies1980 · as Sharon
Cries from a Watchtower1979 · as Jill
Something's Wrong1978 · as Amanda
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat1978 · as Ms. H1B
Some Enchanted Evening1978 · as Sue
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite1977 · as Irene Olthwaite
Mutinies1974 · as Lorraine

All TV Shows (32)

Talk to Me2007 · as Pauline
The State Within2006
Rescue Me2002 · as Carol Chatwin
Perfect Strangers2001 · as Siblings' Mother
Doctors2000 · as Vivien March
Midsomer Murders1997 · as Barbara Flux
Band of Gold1995 · as Glennis Minkin
Virtual Murder1992 · as CI Grant
Heartbeat1992 · as Helen Rawlings
Heartbeat1992 · as Babs Crane
Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · as Miss Rawlinson
A Kind of Living1988 · as Linda
First Among Equals1986 · as Joyce Gould
Juliet Bravo1980 · as Melisande Duffy
Strangers1978 · as Edna
BBC2 Play of the Week1977 · as Mrs. H1B
One-Upmanship1976
Ripping Yarns1976 · as Irene Olthwaite
I Didn't Know You Cared1975 · as Pat Brandon
Napoleon and Love1974 · as Françoise
NOVA1974 · as Joey's Mother
Centre Play1973 · as Lorraine
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?1973 · as Susan Chambers
Last of the Summer Wine1973 · as Mavis
Play for Today1970 · as Jill
Play for Today1970 · as Sharon
ITV Saturday Night Theatre1969 · as Sue
Please Sir!1968 · as Air hostess
ITV Playhouse1967 · as Sue
Coronation Street1960 · as Brenda Summers
Coronation Street1960 · as Joyce Smedley
Dixon of Dock Green1955 · as Carol Hayward