Anna Cropper
| Anna Cropper | |
|---|---|
| Born |
13 May 1938 Brierfield, Lancashire, England |
| Died |
22 January 2007 (aged 68) Tangmere, West Sussex, England |
| Other names | Anna Roache |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1960–99 |
| Spouse(s) | William Roache (m. 1961–74) (divorced) |
| Children |
Linus Roache Vanya Roache |
Anna Cropper (13 May 1938 – 22 January 2007) was a British stage and television actress.
Cropper studied acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. She made her television debut as Chrysalis in The Insect Play (1960), based on the 1921 play by Czech brothers Josef and Karel Čapek. She appeared in Emergency Ward 10 three times and on Coronation Street three times in 1962. She came to prominence playing a young schizophrenic in the television play In Two Minds (The Wednesday Play, BBC, 1967) by David Mercer. which won the Writers' Guild Award for the Best Television Play of 1967.
Her film roles included appearances in (1968), Cromwell (1970) and Nanou (1986). In 1972 she starred in the television production of The Exorcism and in 1975 took over the lead role in the West End stage version when actress Mary Ure died of an overdose following the play's opening night. She played Mary Hodgson, the nurse of the boys who inspired the creation of Peter Pan in the BBC docudrama The Lost Boys (1978). Other television roles included two episodes of the BBC's Play for Today, as Norah Palmer in the James MacTaggart-directed Robin Redbreast (1970), a Christmas supernatural thriller by John Bowen and Dennis Potter's play Schmoedipus (1974).
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