
Biography
Annette Crosbie (born 12 February 1934) is a Scottish actor. She is best known for her role as Margaret Meldrew in the BBC sitcom One Foot in the Grave (1990–2000). She twice won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress, for The Six Wives of Henry VIII in 1971 and Edward the Seventh. In 1976, she was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the 1976 film The Slipper and the Rose and she won the award for Best Actress at the Evening Standard British Film Awards for the same role. Her other film appearances include The Pope Must Die (1991), Shooting Fish (1997), The Debt Collector (1999), Calendar Girls (2003) and Into the Woods (2014).
Personal Life
Crosbie was married to Michael Griffiths, the father of her son Owen and daughter Selina, who is also an actor.She is a campaigner for greyhound welfare. From 2003, she was President of the League Against Cruel Sports.She lives in Wimbledon, London
Early Life
Crosbie was born in Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland, to Presbyterian parents who disapproved of her becoming an actress. Nevertheless, she joined the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School while still in her teens. She began her career with the Glasgow Citizens' Theatre Company in 1956. She was educated at Boroughmuir High School in Edinburgh. Her big break came in 1970 when she was cast as Catherine of Aragon in the BBC television series The Six Wives of Henry VIII, for which she won the 1971 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress. In 1973, she starred alongside Vanessa Redgrave in the BBC serial A Picture of Katherine Mansfield.In 1975, Crosbie made a similar impact as another queen, Queen Victoria, in the ITV period drama Edward the Seventh, for which she won the 1976 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress. She played Cinderella's fairy godmother in The Slipper and the Rose, which was chosen as the Royal Film Première for 1976. In that film, Crosbie sang the Sherman Brothers' song, "Suddenly It Happens". Crosbie voiced the character of Galadriel in Ralph Bakshi's animated movie, The Lord of the Rings, filmed in 1978. In 1980, she played the abbess in Hawk the Slayer. In 1986, she appeared as the vicar's wife in Paradise Postponed.Crosbie's next major role was as Margaret Meldrew, the long-suffering wife of Victor Meldrew (Richard Wilson) in the BBC sitcom One Foot in the Grave (1990–2000) for which she is best known. She also played Janet, the housekeeper to Dr. Finlay, in the 1993–96 revival of A. J. Cronin's popular stories. She also had a poignant role in the thriller The Debt Collector (1999).Crosbie's other roles include playing the monkey-lover Ingrid Strange in an episode of Jonathan Creek (1997), Edith Sparshott in An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1997–2001), and Jessie in the film Calendar Girls (2003).In 2008 she appeared in a BBC adaptation of Little Dorrit. In 2009 she played Sadie Cairncross in the BBC television series Hope Springs. In 2010, Crosbie appeared in the Doctor Who episode "The Eleventh Hour" and in an episode of New Tricks. In 2014 Crosbie appeared in the movies What We Did on Our Holiday and Into the Woods. In 2015 she appeared in a BBC adaptation of Cider with Rosie. In 2016 she appeared in the new film version of Dad's Army. In 2019 she appeared in an episode of Call the Midwife.In 2020, she appeared in an episode of the second season of After Life, a British black comedy-drama series created, written, produced and directed by Ricky Gervais, which premiered on Netflix.
Filmography
All 82
Movies 44
TV shows 38
Self 1
Voice 1
Edna

Dial M for Middlesbrough (2019)
Movie
Alice

Eat Locals (2017)
Movie
Queen Charlotte

Henry IX (2017)
TV show
Margaret Meldrew (archive footage) (uncredited)

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves (2016)
Movie
Cissy Godfrey

Dad's Army (2016)
Movie
Granny Trill

Cider with Rosie (2015)
Movie
Granny

Into the Woods (2014)
Movie
6.68
Doreen

What We Did on Our Holiday (2014)
Movie
8
Nonna Dog

Lily's Driftwood Bay (2014)
TV show
Sadie Cairncross

Hope Springs (2009)
TV show
Self - Storyteller

CBeebies Bedtime Stories (2009)
TV show
Mrs Berry

Viva Blackpool (2006)
Movie
Julie's Mum

Footprints in the Snow (2005)
Movie
Mrs Angelo

Doctor Who (2005)
TV show
6.2
Mrs. Kinross

Quite Ugly One Morning (2004)
Movie
Jessie

Calendar Girls (2003)
Movie
8

The Terry and Gaby Show (2003)
TV show
Sheila Greenfield

Bodily Harm (2002)
Movie

Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes (2001)
TV show
Rose Buttimore

Murder in Mind (2001)
TV show
Moira Bowen

Waking the Dead (2000)
TV show
4.67
Mrs Bedwin

Oliver Twist (1999)
TV show
1
Lana

The Debt Collector (1999)
Movie
2

Underworld (1997)
TV show
Edith Sparshott / Mrs Sparshott / Mrs. Sparshott

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1997)
TV show
Mrs Cummins

Shooting Fish (1997)
Movie
Granny Weatherwax

Wyrd Sisters (1997)
TV show
4
Ingrid Strange

Jonathan Creek (1997)
TV show

Midsomer Murders (1997)
TV show
6
Dr. Elizabeth MacKay

Flowers Of The Forest (1996)
Movie

Nervous Energy (1995)
Movie
Mrs. Dwyer

Solitaire for 2 (1995)
Movie
1st Labour MP

Message for Posterity (1994)
Movie
Margaret Meldrew

One Foot in the Algarve (1993)
Movie
Janet MacPherson

Doctor Finlay (1993)
TV show
Dr Johnson

Leon The Pig Farmer (1993)
Movie
Penelope Stirling

Heartbeat (1992)
TV show
9
Mother Superior

The Pope Must Die (1991)
Movie
Dr. Galina Petrovna

Chernobyl: The Final Warning (1991)
Movie
Margaret Meldrew

One Foot In The Grave (1990)
TV show
5
Connie Tapscott

Summer's Lease (1989)
TV show
Liz

Take Me Home (1989)
TV show
Joyce Watkins

Colin's Sandwich (1988)
TV show
Mrs. Miller

Game, Set, and Match (1988)
TV show

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987)
TV show
6
Dorothy Simcox

Paradise Postponed (1986)
TV show
Dorothy Simcox

Paradise Postponed (1986)
Movie
Dionyza

Pericles, Prince of Tyre (1984)
Movie
Kirsten Lindstrom

Ordeal by Innocence (1984)
Movie

Aspel & Company (1984)
TV show

Taggart (1983)
TV show
6
Duchess of York

The Tragedy of Richard III (1983)
Movie
Lizzy

The Disappearance of Harry (1982)
Movie
Nanny

Jessie (1980)
Movie
Abbess

Hawk the Slayer (1980)
Movie
Arsinoe

The Misanthrope (1980)
Movie
Maria

Twelfth Night (1980)
Movie
Kassandra

Of Mycenae and Men (1979)
Movie

BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)
TV show
Galadriel (voice)

The Lord of the Rings (1978)
Movie
8.33

Lillie (1978)
TV show
4.33
Helen Langrishe

Langrishe, Go Down (1978)
Movie
Actress

Mr. Smith (1976)
Movie
Fairy Godmother

The Slipper and the Rose (1976)
Movie
Queen Victoria

Edward the Seventh (1975)
TV show

The Edwardians (1972)
TV show

The General's Day (1972)
Movie
Miss Framer

Follow Me! (1972)
Movie
Joy

A Splinter of Ice (1972)
Movie
Jean Crowe

Killing Time (1970)
Movie
Katherine

The Lie (1970)
Movie

Play for Today (1970)
TV show
Mrs. Darbon

Shadows of Fear (1970)
TV show
Miss Cooper

Separate Tables (1970)
Movie
Catherine of Aragon

The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970)
TV show

Callan (1967)
TV show
Frances Trebell

Play of the Month (1965)
TV show
Mrs. White

Sky West and Crooked (1965)
Movie

The Wednesday Play (1964)
TV show

No Hiding Place (1959)
TV show
1st Waitress

The Bridal Path (1959)
Movie
Maisie Gifford

The House on the Hill
TV show
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Known for Acting
Gender Female
Birthday 1934-02-12 (88 years old)
Place of birth Gorebridge, United Kingdom
Children Selina Griffiths
Citizenships United Kingdom
Awards Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Annette Crosbie
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