Margaret Anderson

Acting
1925-08-27
Plymouth, Devon, England, UK

Biography

Margaret Anderson was born on August 27, 1925 in Plymouth, Devon, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Dixon of Dock Green (1955), BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950) and The Barefoot Contessa (1954). She was married to Guy Verney. She died on June 6, 2016 in the United Kingdom.

Known For & Full Filmography22 Titles

#1Crown Court

Drama Series - 1972, 16 episodes as Mrs. Collings

5.7 / 10
Drama

Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in the legal system of England and Wales, to 1984.

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#2Playhouse

Drama Series - 1974, 16 episodes as Charlotte Payne-Townshend

7.0 / 10
Drama

A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.

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#3Public Eye

Drama Series - 1965, 16 episodes as Hylda Scalby

8.2 / 10
CrimeDrama

Public Eye is a British television drama broadcast from 1965 to 1975 on ITV1. Produced by ABC Television for three series, and Thames Television for a further four, the programme follows the investigations and cases handled by the unglamourous enquiry agent Frank Marker.

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#4Public Eye

Drama Series - 1965, 16 episodes as Travel Agent

8.2 / 10
CrimeDrama

Public Eye is a British television drama broadcast from 1965 to 1975 on ITV1. Produced by ABC Television for three series, and Thames Television for a further four, the programme follows the investigations and cases handled by the unglamourous enquiry agent Frank Marker.

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#5New Scotland Yard

Drama Series - 1972, 16 episodes as Mrs Remick

6.3 / 10
CrimeDrama

New Scotland Yard is a police drama series produced by London Weekend Television for ITV from 1972 and 1974. It features the activities of two officers from the Criminal Investigations Department in the Metropolitan Police force headquarters at New Scotland Yard, as they dealt with the assorted villains of the day.

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#6Hammer House of Horror

Drama Series - 1980, 16 episodes as Sister

7.1 / 10
MysteryDrama

Each self-contained episode features a different kind of horror, varying from witches, werewolves, ghosts, devil worship and voodoo, but also includes non-supernatural themes such as cannibalism, confinement and serial killers.

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#7Survivors

Drama Series - 1975, 16 episodes as Mrs. Transon

7.9 / 10
DramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

Survivors is a British post-apocalyptic fiction television series devised by Terry Nation and produced by Terence Dudley at the BBC from 1975 to 1977. It concerns the plight of a group of people who have survived an accidentally released plague – referred to as "The Death" – that kills nearly the entire human population of the planet.

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#8Enemy at the Door

Drama Series - 1978, 16 episodes as Miss Jones

8.2 / 10
DramaWar & Politics

Enemy At The Door is a British television drama series made by London Weekend Television for ITV. The series was shown between 1978 and 1980 and dealt with the German occupation of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands, during the Second World War. The programme generated a certain amount of criticism in Guernsey, particularly for being obviously filmed on Jersey despite being ostensibly set on Guernsey. The series also marked the TV debut of Anthony Head as a member of the island resistance. The theme music was by Wilfred Josephs.

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#9The Adventures of Sir Lancelot

Drama Series - 1956, 16 episodes as Lady Helen

7.0 / 10
Action & Adventure

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot is a British television series first broadcast in 1956, produced by Sapphire Films for ITC Entertainment and screened on the ITV network. The series starred William Russell as the eponymous Sir Lancelot, a Knight of the Round Table in the time of King Arthur at Camelot.

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#10Revenge of the Pink Panther

Movie - 1978, 2h 15m as Police Chief's Wife

6.4 / 10
ComedyCrimeMystery

Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau is dead. At least that is what the world—and Charles Dreyfus—believe when a dead body is discovered in Clouseau's car after being shot off the road. Naturally, Clouseau knows differently and, taking advantage of not being alive, sets out to discover why an attempt was made on his life.

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#11The Barefoot Contessa

Movie - 1954, 2h 15m as Pretender's Wife

6.7 / 10
Drama

A washed-up filmmaker gets a second chance at stardom when he discovers stunning peasant Maria Vargas dancing in a Madrid nightclub. Goaded by his producer, the director convinces Maria to screen test for, and then star in, his next big picture. But as the producer's possessive nature and the realities of stardom weigh on Maria, she seeks a genuine lover with whom she can escape.

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#12The Quatermass Xperiment

Movie - 1955, 2h 15m as Maggie (uncredited)

6.5 / 10
Sci-FiHorror

The first manned spacecraft, fired from an English launchpad, is lost from radar before roaring back to Earth and crashing in a farmer's field. The rocket is found to contain only one of the three men who took off in it; and he is unable to talk but appears to be undergoing a torturous physical and mental metamorphosis.

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#13Armchair Theatre

Drama Series - 1956, 16 episodes as Maureen Dewsnap

6.0 / 10
Drama

Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968.

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#14Armchair Theatre

Drama Series - 1956, 16 episodes as Josie Willoughby

6.0 / 10
Drama

Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968.

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#15Armchair Theatre

Drama Series - 1956, 16 episodes as Joan Tilley

6.0 / 10
Drama

Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968.

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#16Armchair Theatre

Drama Series - 1956, 16 episodes as Mrs. Ellis

6.0 / 10
Drama

Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968.

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#17Welcome Home

Movie - 1971, 2h 15m as Sheila Sherwood

8.8 / 10
HorrorTV Movie

Dr Frank Bowers has been looking forward to returning home after a long stay in a psychiatric ward. But when he gets there, he finds that not only does no one recognize him, but another man called Frank Bowers is living in his place.

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#18The Large Rope

Movie - 1953, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

6.0 / 10
DramaThrillerCrime

After being framed for a murder he didn't commit, Tom Penney (Donald Houston) serves his time and returns to his rural English home to establish a quiet life. When another victim is found, however, Tom is blamed for the crime and flees rather than returnng to prison. Hoping to find the real killer -- or killers -- Tom investigates while keeping a low profile to elude his pursuers, and a vital clue leads him on the path to possible redemption.

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#19The Happiest Days of Your Life

Movie - 1950, 2h 15m as Alice

6.7 / 10
Comedy

Nutbourne College, an old established, all-boys, boarding school is told that another school is to be billeted with due to wartime restrictions. The shock is that it's an all-girls school that has been sent. The two head teachers are soon battling for the upper hand with each other and the Ministry. But a crisis (or two) forces them to work together.

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#20Room in the House

Movie - 1955, 2h 15m as Christine

10.0 / 10

Betsy Richards, a hard-working widow, tries to solve the domestic problems of her three grown-up sons.

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#21The Achurch Letters

Movie - 1977, 2h 15m as Charlotte Payne-Townshend

8.8 / 10

1889: young Bernard Shaw falls under the spell of actress Janet Achurch. An important and highly charged relationship develops.

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#22Will Amelia Quint Continue Writing 'A Gnome Called Shorthouse'?

Movie - 1971, 2h 15m as Woman Journalist

8.0 / 10

They write so many innocent words, but what are the authors of your children's stories really like?

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