Anna Carteret

British actress (born 1942)

Anna Carteret (born 11 December 1942) is a British stage and screen actress.

Carteret was born as Annabelle S. Wilkinson and actress Hattie Morahan. In June 2019, Carteret spoke about living with bipolar disorder since she was a teenager.

Carteret's extensive life in the theatre from 1964 to 2015 is catalogued in the British online database Theatricalia.

Carteret is best known for her role as police inspector Kate Longton in the BBC's long running 1980s television series Juliet Bravo. Other television credits include The Saint, The Pallisers, Frederic Raphael's The Glittering Prizes, Eskimo Day, Star Maidens, Peak Practice, Holby City, and Casualty. In 1990, she was a contestant on Cluedo, facing off against John Stalker. Films since 1959 include Dateline Diamonds (1965), The Plank (1967) and Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (2005). In 2012, she appeared in Private Peaceful. She portrayed Vivanti in Cats and Monkeys, co starring with Jack Shepherd in a radio version of Catherine Shepherd's stage play, for BBC Radio 4's The Afternoon Play last broadcast on 19 November 2007.

Carteret has also voiced Miriam in the Welsh Christian animated television series Testament: The Bible in Animation and every female character in the British children's television series Forget Me Not Farm (Following the death of Mike Amatt (1949 2021, aged 71) who played Scarecrow, she is now the last surviving cast member of the show). Both of these shows aired on the BBC in the UK but only Testament aired on S4C in Wales.

+YearTitleRoleNotes1965Dateline DiamondsGay JenkinsFilm1966ITV Play of the WeekClarissa CrosswaiteThe Reluctant Debutant1967The PlankIt's Paint Woman Short Film1969The SaintDiane HuntleyEpisode: "Portrait of Brenda"1971Play for TodayCarolThe Pigeon Fancier1974The Merchant of VeniceNerissaTV MovieThe PallisersLady Mabel Grex5 episodes1976The Glittering PrizesBarbara Parks/ Barbara Ransome2 episodesStar MaidensAnnouncerEpisode: "What Have They Done to the Rain? "1977Fathers and FamilliesClare Cotterill3 episodesThe Sunday DramaFionaThe Man Who Like Elephants1978Send in the GirlsJoy/ SaraEpisode: "The Wild Bunch"1982Little Miss PerkinsLaura FitchTV Movie1983 5Juliet BravoInspector Kate Longton44 episodes1984Weekend PlayhouseSarah BurnsChange Partners1988Tickets for the TitanicSandra HopkinsEveryone's a Winner1989The Shell SeekersNancyTV MovieThe Heat of the DayErnestineTV Movie1991AshendenAnna CayporEpisode: "Traitor"Forget Me Not FarmVarious (voice only)13 episodes 1994The Memoirs of Sherlock HolmesAnnaEpisode: "The Golden Pince Nez"1996Eskimo DayHarriet LloydTV MovieTestament: The Bible in AnimationMiriam (voice only)Episode: "Moses"1997Cold Enough for SnowHarriet LloydTV Movie1999EastEndersGillian Mills4 episodes2000Peak PracticeDr. Yvonne MitchellEpisode: "One Too Often"2005Mrs. Palfrey at the ClaremontElizabethFilm2006The Only Boy For MeNanaTV Movie2010PoirotMrs. BabbingtonEpisode: "Three Act Tragedy"2012Private PeacefulColonel's WifeFilmDead of the NiteMrs. MatthewsFilm2014LewisGillian Fernsby2 episodes2021HiraethBeth SeawardFilm