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Anna Calder-Marshall

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Anna Calder-Marshall
Calder-Marshall in 2026
Born (1947-01-11) 11 January 1947 (age 79)
Kensington, London, England
OccupationActress
Years active1967–present
Spouse
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(m. 1971; died 2026)​
ChildrenTom Burke
FatherArthur Calder-Marshall

Anna Calder-Marshall (born 11 January 1947) is an English stage, film and television actress.

Early life

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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,[1] Ara (née Violet Nancy Sales).

Career

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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).[citation needed] 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.[2]

In 2022, she played Janice Beattie in the fifth series of Strike, acting opposite her son, actor Tom Burke who plays Strike.[3]

In 2026, for her role in Queen at Sea, Calder-Marshall won the Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance, shared with Tom Courtenay.

Personal life

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Her husband was actor David Burke from 1971 until his death in 2026. Their son, Tom, is also an actor.[4]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Film Role
1970 Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You Millie Dobbs
1970 Wuthering Heights Catherine Earnshaw Linton
1979 Zulu Dawn Fanny Colenso
1996 Saint-Ex Moisy
1997 Anna Karenina Princess Schcherbatksy
2010 Love & Distrust Priscilla
2016 Trespass Against Us Vic
2019 Us Among the Stones Marianne
2019 Last Christmas Dora
2023 Sweet Sue Ethel
2026 Queen at Sea Leslie

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1967 The Wednesday Play Clara Browning Episode: “Message for Posterity”
1967 Love Story Tania Langley Episode: “Out of Sight, Out of Mind”
1967 Sanctuary Anne Courtney Episode: “Has Anyone Heard of Juliet?”
1969 Male of the Species Mary McNeil 3 episodes
1984 Strangers and Brothers Ellen Smith 1 episode[5]
1983 King Lear Cordelia TV film
1985 Titus Andronicus Lavinia TV film
1992 Sherlock Holmes Lady Helena / Agnes Northcote Episode: “The Eligible Bachelor”
1993 Lovejoy Virginia Moncrieff Episode: “Poetic Licence”
2011 New Tricks Helen Baxter Episode: “Object of Desire”
2012 Thirteen Steps Down Queenie 2 episodes
2013 Playhouse Presents Susan Episode: “Stage Door Johnnies”
2014 Scott & Bailey Barbara Sweeting Episode: “Tough Love”
2015 Casualty Peggy Dowlands Episode: “Clinging On”
2018–2019 Harlots Mrs. May 5 episodes
2019 Les Misérables Madame Rully 2 episodes
2020 The Third Day Margaret 3 episodes
2021 Please Help Nan TV pilot
2022 Grantchester Ida Merryman Episode: #7.5
2022 This England Charlotte Johnson Wahl 5 episodes
2022 Strike Janice Beattie 2 episodes
2023 Bodies Lady Harker 3 episodes

References

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  1. ↑ British Film and Television Yearbook vol. 4, Peter Noble, British and American Film Press, 1952, p. 100
  2. ↑ "Only the Lonely (Short 2018)". IMDb. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "Meet the cast of Strike: Troubled Blood, season 5 of the BBC drama". Radio Times. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "C. P. Snow's Strangers and Brothers". BBC Genome Project. 28 March 1984. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
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