Anna Keaveney

Anna Keaveney (born Ann Keaveney, 5 October 1949, Runcorn, Cheshire, England – 20 November 2004, aged 55) was an English actress best known for her role as Marie Jackson in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside. She also appeared in an episode of Birds of a Feather as a Green Party election candidate.

She appeared in the films Shirley Valentine, The 51st State and in several other TV series including Ali G Indahouse, Gimme Gimme Gimme, Emmerdale, Footballer's Wives, and Peak Practice. Keaveney had a small part as Nellie in Mike Leigh's Vera Drake, and as Rose Pickering in Where the Heart Is as dying patient and looked after by of the nurses of Skelthwaite, in 2004 and made her final film appearance as Mrs. Bain in Asylum which was released in 2005 after she had died.

Death

She died of lung cancer in 2004, aged 55.[1]

Selected filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1989Shirley ValentineJeanette
1993The Young AmericansKatie Arnold
1998Owd BobJanet MacPherson
1999Plunkett & MacleaneLady Marchant
1999Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?Woman in street
2000Gimme Gimme GimmeSheilaTV episode
2001The 51st StateShirley DeSouza
2002Ali G IndahouseSecretary
2004Vera DrakeNellie
2005AsylumMrs. Bain(final film role)

References
  1. "Brookside actress Keaveney dies". 22 November 2004. Retrieved 31 May 2020.


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