Ann Mitchell

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Ann Mitchell

Acting 87 April 22, 1939

Stepney, London, England, UK

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 we…

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Widows

Widows

6.5 2018 Movie
EastEnders

EastEnders

4.2 1985 TV Show
Perry Mason

Perry Mason

7.7 1957 TV Show
Call the Midwife

Call the Midwife

7.6 2012 TV Show
Casualty

Casualty

6.2 1986 TV Show
Silent Witness

Silent Witness

7.6 1996 TV Show
Vera

Vera

7.4 2011 TV Show
The Bill

The Bill

6.8 1984 TV Show
Heartbeat

Heartbeat

7.2 1992 TV Show
The Deep Blue Sea

The Deep Blue Sea

5.9 2011 Movie
Bergerac

Bergerac

7.0 1981 TV Show
Theatre 625

Theatre 625

7.2 1964 TV Show

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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ann Mitchell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Merry Christmas Aubrey Flint

    Movie Sadie

  2. 2023
    For Her Sins

    TV show Maggie Gibson

  3. 2023
    The Gold

    TV show Sadie

  4. 2021
    Gunfight at Dry River

    Movie Etta Ryles

  5. 2020
    Etheria

    TV show

  6. 2019
    Year of the Rabbit

    TV show Gwen

  7. 2019
    The Road to Brexit

    Movie Vox Pop Pamela

  8. 2018
    Widows

    Movie Amanda's Mother

  9. 2018
    Farming

    Movie Hilda

  10. 2017
    Lady M

    Movie Cleopatra

  11. 2016
    Judi Dench: All the World's Her Stage

    Movie Self

  12. 2014
    Dragonfly

    Movie Margaret Grosvenor

  13. 2013
    Titus

    Movie Marina

  14. 2012
    Call the Midwife

    TV show Elsie Dyer

  15. 2011
    The Deep Blue Sea

    Movie Mrs. Elton

  16. 2011
    Vera

    TV show Moira Swann

More credits
  1. 2011
    Postcode

    Movie Maggie

  2. 2008
    A Matador's Mistress

    Movie Mme Angustias

  3. 2006
    Jane Hall

    TV show Lilian Ramsey

  4. 2000
    Summer in the Suburbs

    Movie Mulligan

  5. 1999
    Gimme Gimme Gimme

    TV show Miss Twich

  6. 1996
    Sun on the Stubble

    TV show Louisa

  7. 1996
    Deep Secrets

    Movie Fran

  8. 1996
    Silent Witness

    TV show Molly Trask

  9. 1995
    She's Out

    TV show Dolly Rawlins

  10. 1993
    Frank Stubbs Promotes

    TV show Mrs. Laker

  11. 1993
    The Detectives

    TV show Superintendent Simmons

  12. 1992
    Heartbeat

    TV show Iris Grocott

  13. 1992
    Paper Marriage

    Movie Phyllida Devenish

  14. 1992
    Maigret

    TV show

  15. 1986
    Unnatural Causes

    TV show Morved

  16. 1986
    Casualty

    TV show Mrs. McKenzie

  17. 1985
    EastEnders

    TV show Cora Cross

  18. 1984
    The Bill

    TV show

  19. 1983
    Taggart

    TV show

  20. 1983
    Widows

    TV show Dolly Rawlins

  21. 1982
    Friend or Foe

    Movie Mrs. Hardy

  22. 1981
    Bergerac

    TV show Lola Betts

  23. 1981
    Lady Chatterley's Lover

    Movie Ivy Bolton

  24. 1981
    Blunt Instrument

    Movie Miss Grindley