Anita Dobson

Anita Dobson

actress

Anita Dobson was born on Apr 29, 1949 in UK. Anita Dobson's big-screen debut came with Up the Elephant and Round the Castle - Season 1 directed by Anthony Parker in 1983. Anita Dobson is known for Andy and the Band directed by Matt Holt, Andy Day stars as Andy and Marcus Ramtohul as Blu. The upcoming new tvshow Anita Dobson plays is The Long Call - Season 1 which will be released on Oct 24, 2021.

She was born in the district of Bow in London to her parents Anne, a seamstress and father, a cutter in a dress factory and had a younger sister. She left school at 16 with 4 O levels and had a string of jobs including insurance clerk, and model for C and A (a clothes chain.) When young she'd taught singing and tap dancing and joined an amateur drama group. When 20 she won a grant for a drama school which lasted 3 years and then spent the next 13 years touring around the country in repertory companies, one of which was The Citizens Theatre in Glasgow., pantomimes, the odd West End show and television including a maid in Nanny, Lois, Jim Davidson's girlfriend in Up the Elephant and Round the Castle and other odd shows before getting a major role in BBC's long running serial Eastenders.

  • Birthday

    Apr 29, 1949
  • Place of Birth

    Stepney, London, England, UK
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