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