
Anita Carey
Department: Acting
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

The Murder Room
2004

Some Enchanted Evening
1978

Mutinies
1974

The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
1977

Still Crazy
1998

The Last Witness
2018

Ordeal by Innocence
1984

Cries from a Watchtower
1979

Ladies
1980

Something's Wrong
1978

Mr and Mrs Bureaucrat
1978

Frankie and Johnnie
1986

Heartbeat
1992

The State Within
2006

Virtual Murder
1992

Doctors
2000

Please Sir!
1968

I Didn't Know You Cared
1975

Ripping Yarns
1976

Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
1973

Juliet Bravo
1980

Play for Today
1970

Play for Today
1970

Coronation Street
1960

Coronation Street
1960

Dixon of Dock Green
1955

NOVA
1974

Heartbeat
1992

Midsomer Murders
1997

Last of the Summer Wine
1973

BBC2 Play of the Week
1977

Rescue Me
2002

Perfect Strangers
2001

Band of Gold
1995

Talk to Me
2007

A Kind of Living
1988

Napoleon and Love
1974

Centre Play
1973

First Among Equals
1986

Strangers
1978

One-Upmanship
1976