Anna Wing

Born: 1914-10-30

Anna Wing MBE (30 October 1914 – 7 July 2013) was an English actress who had a long career in television and theatre, known for portraying the role of Beale family matriarch Lou Beale in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.


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The Blood on Satan's Claw

as Concerned Villager
Released: 1971-01-28

The accidental unearthing of Satan’s earthly remains causes the children of a 17th-century...

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Billy Liar

as Mrs. Crabtree (uncredited)
Released: 1963-08-15

A young Englishman dreams of escaping from his working class family and dead-end job as an...

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Xtro

as Mrs. Goodman
Released: 1982-12-06

Tony's father Sam, abducted by aliens three years earlier, returns to earth and seeks out his...

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Son of Rambow

as Grandma
Released: 2007-01-22

Will is looking for an escape from his family when he encounters Lee, the school bully. Armed...

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Full Circle

as Rosa Fludd
Released: 1978-02-09

After the death of her daughter, wealthy housewife Julia Lofting abruptly leaves her husband and...

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The Naked Civil Servant

as Old Lady
Released: 1975-12-17

Story of the life of Quentin Crisp, an Englishman who was brave enough to live his life...

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The Hound of the Baskervilles

as Sausage and Mash Lady
Released: 1978-08-01

The death of Sir Charles Baskerville is blamed on a curse that has followed the Baskerville...

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Fungus the Bogeyman

as Elderly Woman
Released: 2004-11-28

BBC adaptation of Raymond Briggs' children's book. Fungus (voice of Mak Wilson)'s job is to...

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Heavens Above!

as Housewife (uncredited)
Released: 1963-05-20

A naive but caring prison chaplain, who happens to have the same last name as an upper class...

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Providence

as Karen
Released: 1977-01-25

On the eve of his 78th birthday, the ailing, alcoholic writer Clive Langham spends a painful and...

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The Ploughman's Lunch

as Woman at Poetry Reading
Released: 1983-05-30

As England begins its military engagement in the Falklands, a BBC news journalist attempts to...

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Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

as Receptionist
Released: 2000-12-25

The comedienne stars in this festive sketch show, alongside a host of celebrity guests.

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Family Matters

as The Grandmother
Released: 1993-11-19

Jan thinks he is Swedish-Danish, but after his mother's death he discovers he was adopted. As...

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The 14

as Mrs. Booth
Released: 1973-06-15

Set in London’s East End, The 14 (aka The Wild Little Bunch aka Existence) is based on the true...

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The Witches and the Grinnygog

as Edie Possett
Released: 1983-11-14

An ancient church is being dismantled and moved to a new location, stone by stone. One of the...

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A Doll's House

as Anne-Marie
Released: 1973-08-16

Nora Helmer lives a quiet life with her husband, Torvald, in a small Norwegian town. While he...

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The Godsend

as Mrs. Taverner
Released: 1980-01-25

An English family of six takes in a pregnant woman who disappears shortly after giving birth....

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Two Gentlemen Sharing

as Woman Neighbour
Released: 1969-09-17

An insecure Briton and a Briton of Jamaican descent share a London apartment together.

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Runners

as Old Lady
Released: 1983-08-18

When his young daughter disappears, her father refuses to accept that she is dead and sets out...

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On Giant's Shoulders

as Mrs. Proctor
Released: 1979-03-28

The true story of Terry Wiles, born with no limbs in 1962 as a result of his mother's use of the...

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Up the Junction

as Woman at the Accident
Released: 1965-11-03

The lives and loves of three young working class women, set in the pubs, terraced houses and...

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Dog Eat Dog

as Gran
Released: 2001-12-07

A group of twenty-somethings, one of whom is a single father with a precious daughter, have been...

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Sons and Lovers

as Mrs Bower
Released: 1981-01-14

An adaptation for television by Trevor Griffiths of DH Lawrence's classic novel

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And Did Those Feet ?

as Nannie
Released: 1965-06-02

Lord Fountain hates his illegitimate twin boys as he does not seem to be able to produce...

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Tricia

as Mrs. Grant
Released: 2003-02-21

Davies discovers a link between three separate investigations - an armed robbery at a job...

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Ex Memoria

as Jenny, Chatty Resident
Released: 2006-08-26

A film about memory, loss and survival; Eva Lipszyc is a survivor, but she is now locked away in...

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My Brother David

as Self
Released: 1989-03-02

David Scarboro, who played Mark Fowler in EastEnders (1985), fell to his death at Beachy Head in...

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Doctor Who: Kinda

as Anatta
Released: 1982-02-09

The TARDIS lands on the idyllic jungle world of Deva Loka, which is being surveyed for possible...

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A Night Out

as Mrs Stokes
Released: 1967-02-13

Albert, a shy and repressed young man who lives with his mother, is persuaded to go for "a night...

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Through the Night

as Mrs Goodwin
Released: 1975-12-02

The play tells the story of Christine Potts, who undergoes an unexpected mastectomy, and...

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EastEnders

as uncredited
First aired: 1985-02-19

The everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square...

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EastEnders

as Lou Beale
First aired: 1985-02-19

The everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square...

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Casualty

as Binnie
First aired: 1986-09-06

Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department,...

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Casualty

as Milly Soames
First aired: 1986-09-06

Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department,...

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Z-Cars

as uncredited
First aired: 1962-01-02

Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed...

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Z-Cars

as Mrs. Jones
First aired: 1962-01-02

Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed...

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The Sweeney

as Mrs. Haldane
First aired: 1975-01-02

Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue...

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The Bill

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-10-16

The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the...

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The Detectives

as Old Lady
First aired: 1993-01-27

The absurd adventures of two defective detectives, who - despite unbelievable incompetence -...

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Harry Hill's TV Burp

as uncredited
First aired: 2002-11-14

The big-collared comic gives his own spin on TV clips from recent programmes, plus contributions...

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Van der Valk

as Concierge
First aired: 1972-09-13

Van der Valk is a British television series that was produced by Thames Television for the ITV...

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Public Eye

as Mrs. Flockton
First aired: 1965-01-23

Public Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975. It was produced by ABC...

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Dixon of Dock Green

as Mrs. Porter
First aired: 1955-07-09

Created by Ted Willis. Dixon of Dock Green was a BBC television series following the activities...

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Smiley's People

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-09-20

Called out of retirement to settle the affairs of a friend, Smiley finds his old organization,...

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A Touch of Cloth

as Herself
First aired: 2012-08-26

Hannah plays DI Jack Cloth, who is called in to investigate an apparent series of serial...

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Father Brown

as uncredited
First aired: 1974-09-26

Father Brown was a Catholic priest who doubled as an amateur detective in order to solve mysteries.

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Chris Moyles' Quiz Night

as Self
First aired: 2009-03-22

Chris Moyles' Quiz Night is a British television comedy panel game show, presented by Chris...

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Out

as Launderette Woman
First aired: 1978-07-24

Frank Ross returns from an eight-year prison sentence for a robbery that was thwarted because...

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Anna Karenina

as uncredited
First aired: 1977-09-25

Anna Karenina was a 1977 BBC television adaptation of Tolstoy's novel.

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The Chinese Detective

as uncredited
First aired: 1981-04-30

Chinese British Detective Sergeant John Ho solves cases in the East End of London. Ho fits the...

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The Witches and the Grinnygog

as Edie Possett
First aired: 1983-11-14

When a family come into possession of a statue called The Grinnygog, a trio of benevolent...

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Comrade Dad

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-12-17

Comrade Dad was a BBC television comedy satire series set in 1999 in Londongrad, the capital of...

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Watt on Earth

as uncredited
First aired: 1991-11-11

Watt on Earth is a children's television programme that ran for two 12-episode series, shown as...

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