---
name: "Anita Dobson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/anita-dobson"
fi1m_id: "anita-dobson"
imdb_id: "nm0229886"
tmdb_id: 148543
wikidata_id: "Q1132612"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "29 April 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-10-07T12:28:40.282090+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Anita Dobson

## Identity

Anita Dobson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/anita-dobson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** anita-dobson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0229886
- **TMDB ID:** 148543
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1132612
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Dobson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1132612, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0229886/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/148543

Composer. Born 29 April 1949 in Stepney, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 29 April 1949, Stepney, London, England, UK
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Dobson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1132612, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0229886/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/148543

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*EastEnders*](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md) (70)

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## Biography

Anita Dobson is an English actress and singer. She was born on 29 April 1949 in Stepney, London, and trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.

She is best known for playing Angie Watts in the BBC soap opera *EastEnders* from the series' first episode in 1985 until 1988, reprising the role in 2025. She also recorded a vocal version of the show's theme, "Anyone Can Fall in Love", which reached the UK top five in 1986. Other television credits include *Red Dwarf* (1993), *Doctor Who* (2023–2025) as Mrs Flood, and appearances in *Casualty*, *New Tricks* and *Father Brown*.

Dobson has worked extensively in theatre, including Olivier Award-nominated performances, and in the West End. She has been married to guitarist Sir Brian May since 2000.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *EastEnders* (1985), Fi1m 70, as Angie Watts — [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

## Complete filmography (53)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Play for Today* (2025), series, as Cynthia
- *Never Too Late* (2025), as Cynthia
- *3 Wishes for Christmas* (2025), as Caroline
- *Doctor Who: Wish World & The Reality War* (2025), as Mrs Flood
- *Doctor Who at the Proms* (2024), as Mrs Flood
- *Generation Z* (2024), series, as Janine
- *Curfew* (2024), series, as Janet
- *Doctor Who: The Legend of Ruby Sunday & Empire of Death* (2024), as Mrs Flood
- *This Time Next Year* (2024), as Mrs. Mentis
- *Doctor Who* (2024), series, as Mrs Flood
- *Doctor Who: Unleashed* (2024), series, as Mrs Flood (archive footage)
- *Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery* (2023), as Bella
- *When 80s TV Goes Horribly Wrong* (2023), as Narrator
- *Christmas at the Holly Day Inn* (2023), as Molly
- *Dodger Special: Christmas* (2022), as Bertha
- *Tomorrow Morning* (2022), Actor
- *The Long Call* (2021), series, as Grace Stephenson
- *The Fight* (2019), as Gene Dunn
- *Torvill & Dean* (2018), as Miss Perry
- *The Rebel* (2016), series, as Margaret
- *London Road* (2015), as June
- *Armada: 12 Days to Save England* (2015), series, as Queen Elizabeth I
- *Pompidou* (2015), series, Actor
- *Solitary* (2015), as Nurse Mary
- *Inside No. 9* (2014), series, as Frances — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/inside-no-9.md)
- *Father Brown* (2013), series, as Eunice Lytton
- *Little Crackers* (2010), series, as Nan
- *Moving On* (2009), series, as Kate Marr
- *Today with Des and Mel* (2004), series, Actor
- *Christine* (2004), as Ruth Leyman
- *Charlie* (2004), as Charlie's Mum
- *New Tricks* (2004), series, as Elaine Wanless
- *The Last Detective* (2003), series, Actor
- *The Stretch* (2000), as Sam Greene
- *Urban Gothic* (2000), series, as Fenella
- *The Tichborne Claimant* (1999), as Fanny Loder
- *Darkness Falls* (1999), as Mrs. Hayter
- *Sunburn* (1999), series, as Joyce Potts
- *Junk* (1999), as Mrs Lawson
- *The Revengers' Comedies* (1998), as Daphne Teal
- *Get Well Soon* (1997), series, as Mrs Osborne
- *Ghosts* (1995), series, as Suzi Rudkin
- *Beyond Bedlam* (1994), as Judith
- *The Fireboy* (1994), as Mum
- *Smokescreen* (1994), series, as Gertie
- *Highlander: The Series* (1992), series, as Molly Kingsley
- *The World of Eddie Weary* (1990), as Roxanne
- *Split Ends* (1989), series, as Cath
- *Red Dwarf* (1988), series, as Captain Tau — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/red-dwarf.md)
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Elaine Carrington, Cora, Rachel Lan — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, as Angie Watts · Music, Musician — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *Up the Elephant and Round the Castle* (1983), series, as Lois Tight
- *Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime* (1983), series, as Esther Quant

## Gallery

- ![Anita Dobson at Wicked 10th Birthday 2016 at Apollo Victoria Theatre. Uploaded to Youtube by Theatre Tickets Direct under CC-BY-3.0 Unported license on Septembe](https://film.one/media/person/6781152/gallery-ac93931fe971.jpg) Anita Dobson at Wicked 10th Birthday 2016 at Apollo Victoria Theatre. Uploaded to Youtube by Theatre Tickets Direct under CC-BY-3.0 Unported license on Septembe — Theatre Tickets Direct, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Anita_Dobson_at_Wicked_10th_Birthday_2016.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Anita Dobson](https://film.one/media/person/6781152/gallery-d9453802cf37.jpg) Anita Dobson — Kit Nicho, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Anita_Dobson_2015.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Anita Dobson](https://film.one/media/person/6781152/gallery-0ca701109091.jpg) Anita Dobson — Image via TMDB
- ![Anita Dobson](https://film.one/media/person/6781152/gallery-2b286b075fff.jpg) Anita Dobson — Image via TMDB
- ![Anita Dobson](https://film.one/media/person/6781152/gallery-2f4ed40de123.jpg) Anita Dobson — Image via TMDB

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