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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 22, 1939
Place of Birth:
Stepney, London, England, UK
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Ann Mitchell
Biography
Ann Mitchell (born 22 April 1939) is a British stage and television actress. She came to prominence in the 1980s when she starred as Dolly Rawlins in the crime series Widows as well as the sequels Widows 2 and She's Out, all written by Lynda La Plante. In 2011, she was cast as Cora Cross in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, the mother of Tanya Branning and Rainie Cross. Mitchell has appeared in many roles in film, theatre, and television and has played a significant number of major roles such as Mrs. Warren in Mrs. Warren's Profession and her Laurence Olivier Award-nominated performance in Through the Leaves.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Haunting in Wicker Park | Myra Danvers |
| 2021 | Gunfight at Dry River | Etta Ryles |
| 2019 | The Road to Brexit | Vox Pop Pamela |
| 2018 | Widows | Amanda's Mother |
| 2018 | Farming | Hilda |
| 2017 | Lady M | Cleopatra |
| 2016 | Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage | Self |
| 2014 | Dragonfly | Margaret Grosvenor |
| 2013 | Titus | Marina |
| 2011 | The Deep Blue Sea | Mrs. Elton |
| 2011 | Postcode | Maggie |
| 2008 | A Matador's Mistress | Mme Angustias |
| 2000 | Summer in the Suburbs | Mulligan |
| 1996 | Deep Secrets | Fran |
| 1992 | Paper Marriage | Phyllida Devenish |
| 1982 | Friend or Foe | Mrs. Hardy |
| 1981 | Lady Chatterley's Lover | Ivy Bolton |
| 1981 | Blunt Instrument | Miss Grindley |
| 1979 | Murder by Decree | Jane |
| 1979 | A Light That Shines | Mother |
| 1978 | Full Circle | Woman in Park |
| 1965 | Up the Junction |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Gold | Sadie |
| 2023 | For Her Sins | Maggie Gibson |
| 2020 | Etheria | |
| 2019 | Year of the Rabbit | Gwen |
| 2012 | Call the Midwife | Elsie Dyer |
| 2011 | Vera | Moira Swann |
| 2006 | Jane Hall | Lilian Ramsey |
| 1996 | Sun on the Stubble | Louisa |
| 1996 | Silent Witness | Molly Trask |
| 1995 | She's Out | Dolly Rawlins |
| 1993 | Harry | Penrose QC |
| 1993 | The Detectives | Superintendent Simmons |
| 1993 | Frank Stubbs Promotes | Mrs. Laker |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Iris Grocott |
| 1992 | Maigret | |
| 1986 | Unnatural Causes | Morved |
| 1986 | Casualty | Mrs. McKenzie |
| 1986 | Casualty | Margaret Samson |
| 1985 | EastEnders | Cora Cross |
| 1984 | The Bill | |
| 1983 | Taggart | |
| 1983 | Widows | Dolly Rawlins |
| 1981 | Bergerac | Lola Betts |
| 1978 | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie | |
| 1974 | Within These Walls | |
| 1971 | Upstairs, Downstairs | Militant Woman |
| 1960 | The Days of Vengeance | |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Mrs. Gillette |