DATE OF BIRTH : 3rd July 1937
BORN : Glasgow
DIED : 7th August 1996, at St Colombus Hospice in Leith, Scotland, after a long illness.
Anne was known for her generosity, a distinguished actor once said of her ‘Anne will be remembered for the great emotional truth of her performances and the quirky sense of humour she brought to comedy parts. Her agent said, ‘She was much admired as an actress and much loved as a person’.
Christened Ann, she preferred to be called ‘Annie’, as it was ‘more friendly’.
She was divorced, formerly being ‘Mr Iain Cuthbertson’ and had no children.
TRAINED : At the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
REAL-LIFE ACCIDENT : She once had a fall in the street and went to casualty, she was greeted with ‘Now you’re talking to a real receptionist!’
TELEVISION CREDITS : Wings; The Miser; MacKenzie; Home Front; The Shrimp and the Anemone; You Are my Heart’s Delight; Square Mile on Murder; Strangers; Good Time Girls; House on the Hill; Spoils of War; Kings Royal; Two Percent; Swallows and Amazons; Swear Nothings; Goodbye Mr Chips; Minder; Taggart; Dreams Lost – Dream Found; Playing for Real; To See Ourselves; Biting the Hand; Making Out; City Lights; Reunion; Advocates; Casualty; The Tales of Parahandy; Dr Finlay; Hamish Macbeth; Life in China; Lambrusco Nights; Space Precinct Graveyard Bait; End of the Line; Silent Scream
THEATRE CREDITS : St Joan; Macbeth; Much Ado About Nothing; Pygmalion; The Crucible; Ghosts; Mr Barne; The Three Estates; Commedia; In Time of Strife; The Wallace; Galileo; Mr Gillie; A Family Affair
BOOKS : Appears in ‘CASUALTY : The Inside Story’ by Hilary Kingsley.
Anne will be a sad loss, and will be greatly remembered for her brilliant portrayal as receptionist ‘Norma’.
