Anthea Askey
Anthea Askey | |
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Born | Anthea Shirley Askey 2 March 1933 Golders Green, London, England |
Died | 28 February 1999 Worthing, West Sussex, England | (aged 65)
Occupation | Actress |
Spouse |
Bill Stewart (m. 1956) |
Children | 4 |
Parent(s) | Arthur Askey Elizabeth Swash |
Anthea Shirley Askey (2 March 1933 – 28 February 1999) was an English actress, particularly prominent on television in the 1950s.
Anthea Askey was born in Golders Green, north London, to the comedian and actor Arthur Askey, and his wife Elizabeth May Swash. She featured in many television roles alongside her father.
Her early television appearances included Love and Kisses, where she played Rose Brown, whose father Bill was played by her father; while other TV and films include The Love Match, Ramsbottom Rides Again, Before Your Very Eyes, Living It Up, The Dickie Henderson Half-Hour, Arthur's Treasured Volumes and a cameo appearance in Make Mine a Million in 1959.
In 1993, she appeared in Climb the Greasy Pole: Part 1, an episode of The Darling Buds of May.[1]
Askey died in Worthing, West Sussex, on 28 February 1999, two days before her 66th birthday.[2]
References
- ^ Climb the Greasy Pole: Part 1 at IMDb
- ^ Denis Gifford (7 September 2015). "Obituary: Anthea Askey". The Independent. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
External links
- Anthea Askey at IMDb
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