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Ann Mitchell

British actress · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Born 1939 · age 87

Ann Mitchell 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.

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2026Merry Christmas Aubrey FlintFilm, Sadie2023For Her SinsSeries, Maggie Gibson2021Gunfight at Dry RiverFilm, Etta Ryles2019Year of the RabbitSeries, Gwen2018FarmingFilm, Hilda2017Lady MFilm, Cleopatra2016Judi Dench: All the World's Her StageFilm2013TitusFilm, Marina2011VeraSeries, Moira SwannPostcodeFilm, 2011Maggie2008A Matador's MistressFilm, Mme Angustias2000Summer in the SuburbsFilm, Mulligan1996Silent WitnessSeries, Molly Trask1992HeartbeatSeries, Iris GrocottPaper MarriageFilm, 1992Phyllida Devenish1985EastEndersSeries, Cora Cross1983TaggartSeries1982Friend or FoeFilm, Mrs. Hardy1981Blunt InstrumentFilm, Miss Grindley1978Full CircleFilm, Woman in Park1977BBC2 Play of the WeekSeries, Mother1971Upstairs, DownstairsSeries, Militant Woman1965Up the JunctionFilm1957Perry MasonSeries, Mrs. Gillette1939Born22 April 1939

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  • Widows 2018
  • Murder by Decree 1979
  • Farming 2018
  • Full Circle 1978
  • The Deep Blue Sea 2011

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In 2011, she was cast as Cora Cross in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, the mother of Tanya Cross 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.

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United Kingdom
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Actors
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Actor
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Born 1939 · age 87

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Ron Cephas JonesAlso in Titus (2013)Charlie Creed-MilesAlso in Gunfight at Dry River (2021)Hossein AminiAlso in Deep Secrets (1996)Eleanor BronAlso in Lady M (2017)Nigel PatrickAlso in Blunt Instrument (1981)Barbara JeffordAlso in The Deep Blue Sea (2011)