Anita Dobson

Last updated 20 January 2023

Acting Credits
Eileen Klint: Blood of the Daleks Part 1[BF]; Blood of the Daleks Part 2[BF]	2 credits in 2 entries
Mrs Flood: The Church On Ruby Road; 73 Yards; The Legend of Ruby Sunday / Empire of Death	4 credits in 3 entries

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Anita Dobson

Born: Friday 29th April 1949 (age: 75)

Anita Dobson is best known as the neurotic pub Landlady Angie Watts in the BBC soap EastEnders, playing the role from the series launch in 1985 until 1988. Other television roles include the 1989 ITV sitcom Split Ends.

In 2003, she was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Actress for the National Theatre production of Frozen. She has also starred in the West End as Mama Morton in the musical Chicago (2003) and Gertrude in Hamlet (2005), and made her RSC debut in the 2012 revival of The Merry Wives of Windsor. Her film appearances include Darkness Falls (1999) and London Road (2015).