Annette Robertson

{{short description|English actress}} {{EngvarB|date=October 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}} {{Notability|Bio|date=June 2017}}

{{Infobox person |name = Annette Robertson |image = |caption = |birth_name = |birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1940}} |birth_place = Ilford, Essex, England |occupation = Actress |years_active = 1960–1988 |spouse = {{marriage|John Hurt |1962|1964|end=div}} }}

'''Annette Robertson''' (born 1940) is an English former film and television actress.

==Career== She appeared in several films in her early twenties, including ''A Kind of Loving'' (1962), ''Spare the Rod'' and ''The Young Ones'' (both 1961), appearing with Cliff Richard in the latter. She played Fran in the British film ''The Party's Over'' (1965).

From 1962 up to the mid 1980s, Robertson worked regularly in television, appearing in series such as ''Coronation Street'', ''No Hiding Place'' and ''Doctor Who''. She last appeared onscreen in 1988, in an episode of ''Boon'', after which she left the acting industry.

==Personal life== From 1962 to 1964, she was married to actor John Hurt.<ref>[http://people.com/archive/his-roles-may-veer-far-from-the-straight-and-narrow-but-john-hurt-acts-on-a-fast-track-vol-14-no-20/ John Hurt profile], ''People'', 17 November 1980.</ref>

==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+Television |- ! scope="col" | Programme ! scope="col" | Episode ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Notes |- | Boon | ''Charity Begins at Home'' | Sheba (tramp) | 1988 | |- | Shroud for a Nightingale | | Morag Smith | 1984 | |- | Why Didn't They Ask Evans? | | Julie | 1980 | |- | The Light Princess | | Maid | 1978 | |- | Clouds of Glory | ''The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'' | Servant | 1978 | |- | Angels | ''Celebration'' | Vera | 1976 | |- | Couples | | Mrs Jamieson | 1976 | |- | Shades of Greene | ''When Greek Meets Greek'' | Elizabeth | 1974 | |- | Owen, M.D. | ''The Witch of Addington'' | Melinda | 1973 | |- | The Woodlanders | | | 1970 | |- | Germinal | ''Trapped'' | Catherine | 1970 | |- | Joanna | | Maid | 1968 | |- | Coronation Street | | Pamela Dickenson | 1968 | |- | The Flower of Gloster | | Ann | 1967 |<ref>New serial: The Flower of Gloster, ''TV Times'', 23–29 September 1967.</ref> |- | Sanctuary | ''Keep Him Till I Come For Him'' | Edna | 1967 | |- | Write A Play | ''A Question of Moral Values'' ''To sleep perchance to dream'' |Annette Robertson | 1963 1967 | |- | Armchair Theatre | ''Any Number Can Play'' ''A Jug of Bread A Way of Living'' | Joanna Anna Brenda | | |- | Thirty-Minute Theatre | ''They Put You Where You Are'' | Shirley | 1966 | |- | The Wednesday Play | ''Barlowe of the Car Park'' | Linda | 1966 | |- | Doctor Who | ''The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve'' | Anne Chaplet | 1966 |<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/massacre/detail.shtml ''Doctor Who'' at the BBC archives]</ref> |- | Blackmail | ''Stockbrokers Are Smashing – But Bankers Are Better'' | Dorice | 1965 | |- | Out of the Unknown | ''Andover and the Android'' | Lydia | 1965 | |- | Love Story | ''Briefly Kiss the Loser'' | Bubbles Garitty | 1965 | |- | Monitor | Always on Sunday The Debussy Film | Alfred Jarry Gaby Dupont | 1965 |<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2gjdXVtZwgLDYWNRc65pX72/simon-rattle-my-12-favourite-composers BBC Arts: Sir Simon Rattle discusses Annette Robertson in ''The Debussy Film''], BBC. Retrieved 8 June 2017.</ref> |- | The Villains | ''A Joker for Your Button Hole'' | Susan | 1965 | |- | Theatre 625 | ''Parade's End #1: Some Do Not'' | Gertie | 1964 | |- | Story Parade | ''The Bender'' | Gillian | 1964 | |- | Play of the Week | ''A Tricycle Made for Two'' | Betty | 1964 | |- | The Larkins | ''Beatle Drive'' | Judy | 1963 | |- | The Odd Man | ''The Sheep 'neath the Snow'' | Vera | 1963 | |- | ITV Television Playhouse | ''The Jokers'' | Lou | 1962 | |- | No Hiding Place | ''The Common Nurder'' | Di Williams | 1962 | |- | Probation Officer | Ep #4.6 | Shiley Chapman | 1962 | |- | Studio 4 | ''The Second Curtain'' | Marjorie | 1962 | |- | Z-Cars | ''A Stab in the Dark'' | Girl in pub | 1962 | |- | Police Surgeon | ''Lag on the Run'' | Molly | 1960 | |}

{| class="wikitable sortable" |+Films |- ! scope="col" width=200px; | Film ! scope="col" width=150px;| Role ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Notes |- |- | The Party's Over | Fran | 1965 |<ref>[http://www.british60scinema.net/unsung-films/the-party-s-over ''The Party's Over''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161207114850/http://www.british60scinema.net/unsung-films/the-party-s-over/ |date=7 December 2016 }}, british60scinema.net. Retrieved 8 June 2017.</ref> |- | A Kind of Loving | Phoebe | 1962 |<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161220220952/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/kind-loving-2001-1 ''A Kind of Loving''], BBFC.co.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2017.</ref> |- | The Young Ones | Barbara | 1961 |<ref>Gifford, Dennis, ''British Film Catalogue'' Ref 11957: ''The Young Ones'', Routledge, 2016.</ref> |- | Spare the Rod | Doris | 1961 |<ref>Glynn, Stephen, ''The British School Film: From Tom Brown to Harry Potter'' (p,129), Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.</ref> |- | Four Winds Island | Leila | 1961 |<ref>[http://www.cftf.org.uk/catalogue/f.html ''Four Winds Island''], cftf.org.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2017.</ref> |}

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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160826023203/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba41828e6 Annette Robertson at the BFI] * {{IMDb name|0731727}}

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