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Anna Karen is a Actor British born on 19 september 1936 at Durban (South africa)

Anna Karen

Anna Karen
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 19 september 1936 at Durban (South africa)
Death 22 february 2022 (at 85 years)

Anna Karen (born 19 September 1936) is a South African-born English film, television and theatre actress. Prominent in soap opera and comedy her best-known roles are in the sitcoms On the Buses and The Rag Trade. She has also made recurring appearances in soap opera EastEnders from 1996 on a recurring basis. Following the death of the late Stephen Lewis on 12 August 2015, Karen is the sole-surviving member of the main cast of On The Buses.

Biography

Anna Karen lives in Essex, and was married to actor/comedian Terry Duggan until he died in 2008. Their daughter Gloria was Duggan's adopted daughter from his previous marriage to Pat Lyons. Karen teaches drama at Brewers Academy, based in Hornchurch, Essex.

Usually with

Terry Duggan
Terry Duggan
(3 films)
Doris Hare
Doris Hare
(3 films)
Stephen Lewis
Stephen Lewis
(3 films)
Bob Grant
Bob Grant
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Anna Karen (10 films)

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Actress

Beautiful Thing, 1h30
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Films based on plays, Teen LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, Coming out, LGBT-related film
Actors Linda Henry, Ben Daniels, Meera Syal, Glen Berry, Scott Neal, Martin Walsh
Roles Marlene
Rating75% 3.797833.797833.797833.797833.79783
The story is set and filmed on Thamesmead, a working class area of South East London dominated by post-war council estates.
Holiday on the Buses, 1h25
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Reg Varney, Anna Karen, Doris Hare, Michael Robbins, Bob Grant, Stephen Lewis
Roles Olive Rudge
Rating58% 2.922152.922152.922152.922152.92215
Three of the company's buses are wrecked due to Stan's negligent bus driving, which means Stan (Reg Varney), Jack (Bob Grant) and Inspector Blake (Stephen Lewis) are sacked. Stan and Jack get a job as bus crew at a Pontins holiday camp in Prestatyn, North Wales, only to find that Blakey has also got a job at the camp, as security inspector. Stan invites the family to stay (using his staff discount) whilst he proceeds to chat up the guests and staff. Tight fisted Arthur refuses to pay the train fare, instead relying on his ever present motorcycle and sidecar to take the Butlers to the camp. They meet Stan on the road, who accidentally forces them into a kerb causing all the luggage to land in a river and all the family's clothes are ruined.
Mutiny on the Buses, 1h25
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Reg Varney, Anna Karen, Michael Robbins, Doris Hare, Bob Grant, Stephen Lewis
Roles Olive his sister
Rating57% 2.877262.877262.877262.877262.87726
Bus driver Stan Butler (Reg Varney) agrees to marry Susy (Janet Mahoney), much to the anguish of the rest of the family. Arthur loses his job so Stan, as the main money earner, agrees to delay the wedding while teaching Arthur to drive a bus. Meanwhile there is mutiny at the depot when the Depot Manager installs a new radio control system in all the buses (borrowing an idea previously used in the episode "Radio Control"). Jack (Bob Grant) tampers with the radio system and crosses the wires with the police frequency and several misunderstandings ensue. Blakey is then issued with a van to follow the buses around their routes, but when Stan and Jack accidentally cause a fire in the bus depot, the van is crushed between two buses in the ensuing chaos. The fire highlights the inadequacies of the depot's fire fighting equipment, which the general manager orders to be upgraded. Blakey stages a fire drill with the new equipment, but it goes spectacularly wrong when the foam machine goes out of control.
On the Buses, 1h28
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Reg Varney, Doris Hare, Anna Karen, Bob Grant, Stephen Lewis, Michael Robbins
Roles Olive Rudge
Rating60% 3.002173.002173.002173.002173.00217
Bus driver Stan (Reg Varney) cannot afford the payments on a new washing machine or other expensive items his Mum and sister have bought on hire purchase. His overtime earnings have been cut because the bus company has decided to revoke a long-standing rule and employ women bus drivers. Worried at the thought of no overtime, and therefore less wages, he joins forces with his longtime colleague Jack (Bob Grant) to sabotage the new female employees. Meanwhile, just as his sister Olive (Anna Karen) starts working in the canteen, she discovers that she's expecting a baby. A sub plot explores Olive's journey to hospital while in labour in a motorcycle side car and the domestic disturbance the baby brings. Another sub plot explores Stan and Jack's amorous adventures. Stan flees a jealous husband in his bus and demolishes a telephone kiosk and bus shelter in the process. As a result, he is forced to undertake a driving test on a bus skid pan.
Carry On Loving, 1h28
Directed by Gerald Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Hattie Jacques, Terry Scott
Roles Wife
Rating58% 2.9494452.9494452.9494452.9494452.949445
Various events involve a dating agency run by Sid Bliss (Sid James) and his longtime girlfriend Sophie Plummett (Hattie Jacques). Their "Wedded Bliss" agency purports to bring together lonely hearts using computer-matching technology, but couples are actually paired up by Sophie. Bliss consistently avoids marrying Sophie, enthusiastically pursuing Esme Crowfoot (Joan Sims), a seamstress and client who consistently rejects his advances.
Carry On Camping, 1h28
Directed by Gerald Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Sid James, Charles Hawtrey, Kenneth Williams, Joan Sims, Terry Scott, Hattie Jacques
Roles Hefty Girl
Rating65% 3.299443.299443.299443.299443.29944
Sid Boggle (Sid James) and his friend Bernie Lugg (Bernard Bresslaw) are partners in a plumbing business. They take their girlfriends, the prudish Joan Fussey (Joan Sims) and meek Anthea Meeks (Dilys Laye), to the cinema to see the film Paradise about a nudist camp. Sid has the idea of the foursome holidaying there, reasoning that in the environment their heretofore chaste girlfriends will relax their strict moral standards. Sid easily gains Bernie's co-operation in the scheme, which they bravely attempt to keep secret from the girls. This scene is usually cut drastically in most modern showings, with the Cinema being shown and the part after the film (when Sid James and Bernard Bresslaw are both carrying ice-lollies) and the actual film itself removed completely.
Poor Cow
Poor Cow (1967)
, 1h41
Directed by Ken Loach
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Terence Stamp, Neve McIntosh, Carol White (actrice anglaise), John Bindon, Queenie Watts, Kate Williams
Roles Neighbour
Rating67% 3.394563.394563.394563.394563.39456
18-year-old Joy starts her catalogue of bad choices by running away from home with Tom. They marry and have a son, Johnny. When Tom, a thief who mentally and physically abuses Joy, is jailed for four years after attempting a big robbery, she is left on her own with their son.
Holiday for Lovers, 1h43
Directed by Henry Levin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Clifton Webb, Jane Wyman, Jill St John, Carol Lynley, Paul Henreid, Gary Crosby
Roles Stewardess
Rating56% 2.8061652.8061652.8061652.8061652.806165
Robert Dean (Clifton Webb) is an old-fashioned psychologist who reluctantly allows his oldest daughter Meg (Jill St. John) to join a four-week tour in São Paulo before returning to college in America. When he finds out she is planning on six more weeks, he immediately books a ticket to Brazil to find out what her true motives for staying are. He is accompanied by his loving wife Mary (Jane Wyman) and youngest daughter, the wise-cracking, joyful Betsy (Carol Lynley). Upon arriving, Robert is unamused by the notable character change in a daughter. She looks to be very much interested in her older mentor Eduardo Barroso (Paul Henreid), and has taken up habits which are shocking to Robert, including smoking.