Anna Calder-Marshall
Anna Calder-Marshall | |
|---|---|
Calder-Marshall in 2026 | |
| Born | 11 January 1947 Kensington, London, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1967–present |
| Spouse | David Burke |
| Children | Tom Burke |
| Father | Arthur Calder-Marshall |
Anna Calder-Marshall (born 11 January 1947) is an English stage, film and television actress.
Career
Calder-Marshall played Ophelia to Tom Courtenay's Hamlet in 1968, directed by Caspar Wrede and with John Nettles as Laertes, with the 69 Theatre Company in Manchester.
She appeared in the Inspector Morse episode "The Settling of the Sun" (1988) and the Midsomer Murders episode "Garden of Death" (2000). In 2005 Calder-Marshall played Maude Abernethie in the Agatha Christie's Poirot episode "After the Funeral".
Other roles include appearing in Harlots as Mrs. May, and in the 2018 BBC adaptation of Les Misérables as Madame Rully. Also in 2018, her real-life husband, actor David Burke, appeared as her character's husband in the short film Only the Lonely.[1]
In 2022, she played Janice Beattie in the fifth series of Strike, acting opposite her son, actor Tom Burke who plays Strike.[2]
Personal life
Calder-Marshall was born in Kensington, London, and is the daughter of novelist and essayist Arthur Calder-Marshall and documentary screenplay-writer and his wife,[3] Ara (née Violet Nancy Sales).
Her husband was actor David Burke. Their son, Tom, is also an actor.[4]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Male of the Species | Mary McNeil |
| 1970 | Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You | Millie Dobbs |
| 1970 | Wuthering Heights | Catherine Earnshaw Linton |
| 1979 | Zulu Dawn | Fanny Colenso |
| 1983 | King Lear | Cordelia |
| 1985 | Titus Andronicus | Lavinia |
| 1992 | Sherlock Holmes The Eligible Bachelor | Lady Helena & her sister Agnes Northcote |
| 1993 | Lovejoy | Virginia Moncrieff |
| 1996 | Saint-Ex | Moisy |
| 1997 | Anna Karenina | Princess Schcherbatksy |
| 2019 | Last Christmas | Dora |
| 2026 | Queen at Sea | Leslie |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Strangers and Brothers[5] | Ellen Smith | 1 episode |
| 2022 | Strike | Janice Beattie | 2 episodes |
References
- ^ "Only the Lonely (Short 2018)". IMDb. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ "Meet the cast of Strike: Troubled Blood, season 5 of the BBC drama". Radio Times. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
- ^ British Film and Television Yearbook vol. 4, Peter Noble, British and American Film Press, 1952, p. 100
- ^ "Strike star Tom Burke on Career of Evil, working with JK Rowling and playing an amputee". Radio Times. 4 March 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ "C. P. Snow's Strangers and Brothers". BBC Genome Project. 28 March 1984. Retrieved 27 March 2026.