Cast & creator
Anita Carey
Best known for Midsomer Murders, Coronation Street, Coronation Street
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.
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film credits
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television credits
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1955–2018 · acting roles
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (46)
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Midsomer Murders
Barbara Flux
1997
Coronation Street
Brenda Summers
1960Coronation Street
Joyce Smedley
1960
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Miss Rawlinson
1989
NOVA
Joey's Mother
1974
Play for Today
Jill
1970Play for Today
Sharon
1970
Heartbeat
Helen Rawlings
1992Heartbeat
Babs Crane
1992
Last of the Summer Wine
Mavis
1973
ITV Playhouse
Sue
1967
Doctors
Vivien March
2000
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Sue
1969
Dixon of Dock Green
Carol Hayward
1955
Centre Play
Lorraine
1973
BBC2 Play of the Week
Mrs. H1B
1977
Strangers
Edna
1978
Please Sir!
Air hostess
1968
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
Susan Chambers
1973
Juliet Bravo
Melisande Duffy
1980
Band of Gold
Glennis Minkin
1995
The State Within
2006
I Didn't Know You Cared
Pat Brandon
1975
Napoleon and Love
Françoise
1974
Ripping Yarns
Irene Olthwaite
1976
Virtual Murder
CI Grant
1992
First Among Equals
Joyce Gould
1986One-Upmanship
1976
Rescue Me
Carol Chatwin
2002A Kind of Living
Linda
1988
The Spoils of War
Martha Blaze
1980
Queenie's Castle
Frances
1970
Perfect Strangers
Siblings' Mother
2001
Talk to Me
Pauline
2007
Still Crazy
Tax Woman
1998
Ordeal by Innocence
Martha Jessup
1984
The Last Witness
Joan Caldercott
2018
Ladies
Sharon
1980
The Murder Room
Tally Clutton
2004
Frankie and Johnnie
Patti Blakeston
1986
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
Irene Olthwaite
1977
Mutinies
Lorraine
1974
Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
Ms. H1B
1978
Cries from a Watchtower
Jill
1979
Something's Wrong
Amanda
1978Some Enchanted Evening
Sue
1978