Anna Wing

Anna Wing

Birthday: 1914-10-30

Place of Birth: Hackney, London, England, UK

Biography: Anna Wing MBE (30 October 1914 – 7 July 2013) was an English actress who had a long career in television and theatre, known for portraying the role of Beale family matriarch Lou Beale in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.

Movies

The Blood on Satan's Claw
The Blood on Satan's Claw

After a landsman in 18th century England discovers a corpse covered in fur buried in a field, the to...

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Sons and Lovers
Sons and Lovers

An adaptation for television by Trevor Griffiths of DH Lawrence's classic novel...

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Son of Rambow
Son of Rambow

Will is looking for an escape from his family when he encounters Lee, the school bully. Armed with a...

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And Did Those Feet ?
And Did Those Feet ?

Lord Fountain hates his illegitimate twin boys as he does not seem to be able to produce legitimate ...

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Dog Eat Dog
Dog Eat Dog

A group of twenty-somethings, one of whom is a single father with a precious daughter, have been uns...

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A Doll's House
A Doll's House

Nora Helmer lives a quiet life with her husband, Torvald, in a small Norwegian town. While he works ...

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The Godsend
The Godsend

An English family of six takes in a pregnant woman who disappears shortly after giving birth. They r...

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Xtro
Xtro

Tony's father Sam, abducted by aliens three years earlier, returns to earth and seeks out his wife a...

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The 14
The 14

Set in London’s East End, The 14 (aka The Wild Little Bunch aka Existence) is based on the true stor...

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A Day Out
A Day Out

Alan Bennett's debut play for television follows the members of a Halifax cycling club, on an outing...

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My Brother David
My Brother David

David Scarboro, who played Mark Fowler in EastEnders (1985), fell to his death at Beachy Head in 198...

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Full Circle
Full Circle

After the death of her daughter, wealthy housewife Julia Lofting abruptly leaves her husband and mov...

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The Witches and the Grinnygog
The Witches and the Grinnygog

An ancient church is being dismantled and moved to a new location, stone by stone. One of the gargoy...

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Skirmishes
Skirmishes

Two sisters sit at the bedside of their dying mother. One has dedicated herself to looking after her...

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Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings

The comedienne stars in this festive sketch show, alongside a host of celebrity guests....

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Runners
Runners

When his young daughter disappears, her father refuses to accept that she is dead and sets out on a ...

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Heavens Above!
Heavens Above!

A clerical error leads to the appointment of a left-leaning small-town priest to a rich village, whe...

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Ex Memoria
Ex Memoria

A film about memory, loss and survival; Eva Lipszyc is a survivor, but she is now locked away in the...

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On Giant's Shoulders
On Giant's Shoulders

The true story of Terry Wiles, born with no limbs in 1962 as a result of his mother's use of the dru...

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The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles

When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Ho...

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A Night Out
A Night Out

Albert, a shy and repressed young man who lives with his mother, is persuaded to go for "a night out...

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The Naked Civil Servant
The Naked Civil Servant

Story of the life of Quentin Crisp, an Englishman who was brave enough to live his life according to...

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Billy Liar
Billy Liar

A young Englishman dreams of escaping from his working class family and dead-end job as an undertake...

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Fungus the Bogeyman
Fungus the Bogeyman

BBC adaptation of Raymond Briggs' children's book. Fungus (voice of Mak Wilson)'s job is to venture ...

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Doctor Who: Kinda
Doctor Who: Kinda

The TARDIS lands on the idyllic jungle world of Deva Loka, which is being surveyed for possible Eart...

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Providence
Providence

On the eve of his 78th birthday, the ailing, alcoholic writer Clive Langham spends a painful and sle...

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Through the Night
Through the Night

The play tells the story of Christine Potts, who undergoes an unexpected mastectomy, and struggles t...

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Family Matters
Family Matters

Jan thinks he is Swedish-Danish, but after his mother's death he discovers he was adopted. As his wo...

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The Ploughman's Lunch
The Ploughman's Lunch

As the UK begins its military engagement in the Falklands, a BBC news journalist attempts to climb u...

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Tricia
Tricia

Davies discovers a link between three separate investigations - an armed robbery at a job centre, th...

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Two Gentlemen Sharing
Two Gentlemen Sharing

An insecure Briton and a Briton of Jamaican descent share a London apartment together....

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Tooth
Tooth

Tooth is a young, feisty Tooth Fairy, who lives in a world called Fairytopia that has lost its abili...

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Up the Junction
Up the Junction

The lives and loves of three young working class women, set in the pubs, terraced houses and factori...

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Picture Friend
Picture Friend

After a drunken woman falls off a bus and is taken to hospital overnight, she starts to have disturb...

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The Calcium Kid
The Calcium Kid

When milkman Jimmy Connelly accidentally puts Britain's contender for the World title out of action,...

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Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box
Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box

Profile of actress Wendy Richard's remarkable television career, featuring classic clips and contrib...

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