---
name: "Anna Wing"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/anna-wing"
fi1m_id: "anna-wing"
imdb_id: "nm0934923"
tmdb_id: 93490
wikidata_id: "Q2352199"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 October 1914"
died: "7 July 2013"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T13:59:51.290697+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."
---

# Anna Wing

## Identity

Anna Wing

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/anna-wing
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** anna-wing
- **IMDb ID:** nm0934923
- **TMDB ID:** 93490
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2352199
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Wing, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2352199, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0934923/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/93490

Actor. Born 30 October 1914 in Hackney, London, England, UK. Died 7 July 2013.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 October 1914, Hackney, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 7 July 2013
- **Active:** 1985–2007
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 70 (1), 2000s 81 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Wing, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2352199, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0934923/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/93490

## Biography

Anna Wing was an English actress. She was born on 30 October 1914 in Hackney, London, and died on 7 July 2013 in Enfield, London.

Wing appeared in numerous television series and films from the 1960s onwards. She is best known for playing the Beale family matriarch Lou Beale in the BBC soap opera *EastEnders* from 1985 to 1988. Other credits include *Xtro* (1982), *Son of Rambow* (2007) as Grandma, and appearances in *Harry Hill's TV Burp* (2002). She received an MBE in 2009 for services to drama and charity.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com, watch.plex.tv, comedy.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Harry Hill's TV Burp* (2002), Fi1m 81, Actor — [page](https://film.one/tv/harry-hills-tv-burp.md)
- *EastEnders* (1985), Fi1m 70, Actor — [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

## Complete filmography (67)

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

- *A Touch of Cloth* (2012), series, as Anna Wing
- *Son of Rambow* (2007), as Grandma
- *Ex Memoria* (2006), as Jenny, Chatty Resident
- *Fungus the Bogeyman* (2004), as Elderly Woman
- *The Calcium Kid* (2004), as Vera
- *Tooth* (2004), as Ancient Fairy
- *Tricia* (2003), as Mrs. Grant
- *Harry Hill's TV Burp* (2002), series, Actor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/harry-hills-tv-burp.md)
- *Dog Eat Dog* (2001), as Gran
- *Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box* (2001), as Lou Beale (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings* (2000), as Receptionist
- *French and Saunders' Christmas Carol* (1994), as Old Lady
- *Family Matters* (1993), as The Grandmother
- *The Detectives* (1993), series, as Old Lady
- *Watt on Earth* (1991), series, Actor
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Binnie, Milly Soames — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *Picture Friend* (1985), as Mrs Butterworth
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, as Lou Beale — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *Comrade Dad* (1984), series, Actor
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Actor
- *The Invisible Man* (1984), series, as Mrs Sarah Roberts
- *The Witches and the Grinnygog* (1983), as Edie Possett
- *The Witches and the Grinnygog* (1983), series, as Edie Possett
- *The Old Men at the Zoo* (1983), series, as Mrs. Leacock
- *Runners* (1983), as Old Lady
- *The Ploughman's Lunch* (1983), as Woman at Poetry Reading
- *Xtro* (1982), as Mrs. Goodman
- *Skirmishes* (1982), as Mother
- *Doctor Who: Kinda* (1982), as Anatta
- *The Chinese Detective* (1981), series, Actor
- *Sons and Lovers* (1981), as Mrs Bower
- *The Godsend* (1980), as Mrs. Taverner
- *High Rise Donkey* (1980), as Fortune Teller (uncredited)
- *Murder at the Wedding* (1979), series, as Great Aunt May
- *On Giant's Shoulders* (1979), as Mrs. Proctor
- *The Hound of the Baskervilles* (1978), as Sausage and Mash Lady
- *Out* (1978), series, as Launderette Woman
- *Full Circle* (1978), as Rosa Fludd
- *Anna Karenina* (1977), series, Actor
- *Providence* (1977), as Karen
- *The Naked Civil Servant* (1975), as Old Lady
- *Through the Night* (1975), as Mrs Goodwin
- *The Sweeney* (1975), series, as Mrs. Haldane — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sweeney.md)
- *Churchill's People* (1974), series, as Margaret
- *Father Brown* (1974), series, as Mrs Deveraux
- *A Doll's House* (1973), as Anne-Marie
- *The 14* (1973), as Mrs. Booth
- *A Day Out* (1972), as Landlady
- *Van der Valk* (1972), series, as Concierge
- *Fathers and Sons* (1971), series, as Arina Bazarov
- *Brett* (1971), series, Actor
- *Blood on Satan's Claw* (1971), as Villager (uncredited)
- *Happy Ever After* (1969), series, as Mrs Maer
- *Two Gentlemen Sharing* (1969), as Woman Neighbour
- *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, as Mother
- *One Pair of Eyes* (1967), series, Actor
- *A Night Out* (1967), as Mrs Stokes
- *Up the Junction* (1965), as At the accident
- *Thirty-Minute Theatre* (1965), series, as Flora
- *And Did Those Feet ?* (1965), as Nannie
- *A Man Called Harry Brent* (1965), series, as Mrs Green
- *Public Eye* (1965), series, as Mrs. Flockton
- *Theatre 625* (1964), series, as Mrs Stokes
- *Billy Liar* (1963), as Mrs. Crabtree (uncredited)
- *Heavens Above!* (1963), as Housewife (uncredited)
- *Z-Cars* (1962), series, as Mrs. Jones
- *Dixon of Dock Green* (1955), series, as Mrs. Porter

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