Anna Carteret (born 11 December 1942) is a British stage and screen actress.
Biography Carteret was born as Annabelle Wilkinson on 11 December 1942 in Bangalore, British India, the daughter of Peter John Wilkinson and his wife Patricia Carteret (Strahan). She was educated at Arts Educational Schools in Tring, Hertfordshire (now the Tring Park School for the Performing Arts), where she trained for the stage.
In 1974, she married the television and film director Christopher Morahan They were together for over forty years and often worked together. The couple had two daughters, theatre director Rebecca and actress Hattie Morahan.Ann McFerran, Interview with Anna Carteret and Hattie Morahan, The Sunday Times Magazine, 30 November 2008 In June 2019, Carteret spoke about living with bipolar disorder since she was a teenager.
Films, radio and television Carteret is best known for her role as police inspector Kate Longton in the BBC's 1980s television series Juliet Bravo.
Other television credits include The Saint, The Pallisers, Frederic Raphael's The Glittering Prizes, Eskimo Day, Star Maidens, Peak Practice, Holby City, and Casualty. In 1990, she was a contestant on Cluedo, facing off against John Stalker.
Films since 1959 include Dateline Diamonds (1965), The Plank (1967) and Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (2005). In 2012, she appeared in Private Peaceful. She portrayed Vivanti in Cats and Monkeys, co-starring with Jack Shepherd in a radio version of Catherine Shepherd's stage play, for BBC Radio 4's The Afternoon Play last broadcast on 19 November 2007.
Voice acting Carteret has also voiced Miriam in the Welsh Christian animated television series Testament: The Bible in Animation and every female character in the British children's television series Forget Me Not Farm. (After the death in 2021 of Mike Amatt, who played Scarecrow, she is the last surviving cast member of the show.) Both of these shows aired on the BBC in the UK but only Testament aired on S4C in Wales.
Selected filmography +YearTitleRoleNotes1965Dateline DiamondsGay JenkinsFilm1966ITV Play of the WeekClarissa CrosswaiteThe Reluctant Debutant1967The PlankIt's Paint Woman Short Film1969The SaintDiane HuntleyEpisode: "Portrait of Brenda"1971Play for TodayCarolThe Pigeon Fancier1974The Merchant of VeniceNerissaTV MovieThe PallisersLady Mabel Grex5 episodes1976The Glittering PrizesBarbara Parks/ Barbara Ransome2 episodesStar MaidensAnnouncerEpisode: "What Have They Done to the Rain?"1977Fathers and FamiliesClare Cotterill3 episodesThe Sunday DramaFionaThe Man Who Like Elephants1978Send in the GirlsJoy/ SaraEpisode: "The Wild Bunch"1982Little Miss PerkinsLaura FitchTV Movie1983-5Juliet BravoInspector Kate Longton44 episodes1984Weekend PlayhouseSarah BurnsChange Partners1988Tickets for the TitanicSandra HopkinsEveryone's a Winner1989The Shell SeekersNancyTV MovieThe Heat of the DayErnestineTV Movie1991AshendenAnna CayporEpisode: "Traitor"Forget Me Not FarmVarious (voice only)13 episodes 1994The Memoirs of Sherlock HolmesAnnaEpisode: "The Golden Pince-Nez"1996Eskimo DayHarriet LloydTV MovieTestament: The Bible in AnimationMiriam (voice only)Episode: "Moses"1997Cold Enough for SnowHarriet LloydTV Movie1999EastEndersGillian Mills4 episodes2000Peak PracticeDr. Yvonne MitchellEpisode: "One Too Often"2005Mrs. Palfrey at the ClaremontElizabethFilm2006The Only Boy For MeNanaTV Movie2010PoirotMrs. BabbingtonEpisode: "Three Act Tragedy"2012Private PeacefulColonel's WifeFilmDead of the NiteMrs. MatthewsFilm2014LewisGillian Fernsby2 episodes2021HiraethBeth SeawardFilm
References
Sources Who's Who in the Theatre; 17th ed. Gale (1981) The National: The Theatre and its Work 1963–1997 by Simon Callow, Nick Hern Books/NT (1997) Theatre Record and Theatre Record annual indexes
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