Anita Carey

Anita Carey

Acting

Born: 1948-04-16 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, UK

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

Midsomer Murders

Barbara Flux

Coronation Street

Coronation Street

Brenda Summers

Coronation Street

Coronation Street

Joyce Smedley

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Miss Rawlinson

Play for Today

Play for Today

Jill

Play for Today

Play for Today

Sharon

NOVA

NOVA

Joey's Mother

Doctors

Doctors

Vivien March

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

Helen Rawlings

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

Babs Crane

Last of the Summer Wine

Last of the Summer Wine

Mavis

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

Sue

ITV Playhouse

ITV Playhouse

Sue

Dixon of Dock Green

Dixon of Dock Green

Carol Hayward

The State Within

The State Within

BBC2 Play of the Week

BBC2 Play of the Week

Mrs. H1B

Centre Play

Centre Play

Lorraine

Strangers

Strangers

Edna

Please Sir!

Please Sir!

Air hostess

Juliet Bravo

Juliet Bravo

Melisande Duffy

Band of Gold

Band of Gold

Glennis Minkin

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

Susan Chambers

Napoleon and Love

Napoleon and Love

Françoise

Ripping Yarns

Ripping Yarns

Irene Olthwaite

Ordeal by Innocence

Ordeal by Innocence

Martha Jessup

Talk to Me

Talk to Me

Pauline

First Among Equals

First Among Equals

Joyce Gould

I Didn't Know You Cared

I Didn't Know You Cared

Pat Brandon

Virtual Murder

Virtual Murder

CI Grant

Perfect Strangers

Perfect Strangers

Siblings' Mother

Still Crazy

Still Crazy

Tax Woman

Rescue Me

Rescue Me

Carol Chatwin

The Spoils of War

The Spoils of War

Martha Blaze

Mutinies

Mutinies

Lorraine

No Poster

One-Upmanship

No Poster

A Kind of Living

Linda

The Murder Room

The Murder Room

Tally Clutton

The Last Witness

The Last Witness

Joan Caldercott

Ladies

Ladies

Sharon

Something's Wrong

Something's Wrong

Amanda