Ann Mitchell

Ann Mitchell (born 22 April 1939) is a British stage and television actress. She came to prominence in the 1980s when she starred as Dolly Rawlins in the crime series Widows as well as the sequels Widows 2 and She's Out, all written by Lynda La Plante. In 2011, she was cast as Cora Cross in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, the mother of Tanya Branning and Rainie Cross. Mitchell has appeared in many roles in film, theatre and television and has played a significant number of major roles such as Mrs. Warren in Mrs. Warren's Profession and her Laurence Olivier Award nominated performance in Through the Leaves.
==Filmography==
===Film and Television===
Year 	Title 	Role
1964 	Z-Cars 	Mrs Napier
1965 	The Wednesday Play 	Marie
1966 	Dixon of Dock Green 	Mrs Stubbings
1966 	Talking to a Stranger 	Mother as a young woman
1966 	Theatre 625 	Mother as a young woman
1967 	Hobson's Choice 	Ada Figgins
1973 	Play for Today 	Amenities officer
1975 	Upstairs, Downstairs 	Militant Woman
1975 	Crown Court 	Vera Chadwick
1975–1976 	Within These Walls 	Kathleen Marsh
1977 	Full Circle 	Woman in park
1978 	Angels 	Sister Huntley
1979 	Murder by Decree 	Jane
1979 	Play of the Week 	Mother
1981 	Lady Chatterley's Lover	Ivy Bolton
1983–1985 	Widows 	Dolly Rawlins
1988 	Bergerac 	Lola Betts
1990, 1991, 1994, 2000, 2008 	The Bill 	Miss Alexander; Mrs Cook; Sue Cooper; Val Davies; Doreen Fallon
1990, 2009 	Casualty 	Mrs McKenzie; Margaret Samson
1992 	Taggart 	Annie Gilmore
1992 	Maigret 	Mme. Moncin
1995 	She's Out 	Dolly Rawlins
1996 	The Detectives 	Superintendent Simmons
1998 	Kavanagh QC 	Mrs Justice Addis
2001 	Gimme Gimme Gimme 	Miss Twitch
2001–2002, 2011–2015, 2017, 2018	EastEnders 	Jane Williams; Cora Cross
2006 	Jane Hall 	Lilian Ramsay
2008 	Heartbeat 	Iris Grocott
2011 	The Deep Blue Sea 	Mrs Nelson
2015 	Dragonfly 	Margaret Grosvenor
2017–present 	Hetty Feather 	Miss Sarah Smith
2018 	Widows 	Amanda's Mother
2019–2020 	Call The Midwife 	Elsie Dyer
2019 	Year of the Rabbit 	Gwendoline
==Awards and nominations==
Year	Award 	Category 	Result	
2012	Inside Soap Awards 	Funniest Female 	 	
2013	18th National Television Awards	Serial Drama Performance	 	
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Category:1939 births
Category:Living people
Category:20th-century English actresses
Category:21st-century English actresses
Category:Actresses from London
Category:English film actresses
Category:English television actresses