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Anita Dobson (born April 29 1949 in Stepney, London, England) is a British television actress. She is most famous for playing the part of emotionally battered and alcoholic landlady, Angie Watts, in the BBC1 soap opera EastEnders. A role which she played from the shows inception in 1985 to 1988. In this role she worked closely with actor Leslie Grantham, who played her adultourous husband 'Dirty Den Watts. 30.1 million viewers tuned in on Christmas day in 1986, to witness Den handing Angie her divorce papers and gave the soap its highest ever episode rating, which has yet to be beaten by any other plotline from any other soap in the UK. Since she left EastEnders in 1988 she has been asked to return a number of times, but Anita never accepted the offer; recently she commented “Why tarnish the gorgeous creation that was Angie Watts?”. The character of Angie Watts was subsequently killed off-screen in 2002, dying of a drink related illness and was brought home to be buried by her on-screen daughter Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean), who had recently returned to the show.

Since her exit from EastEnders she has appeared in many television, film and theatre roles, including the BBC sitcom Red Dwarf in 1993, Dangerfield 1995, BBC drama 'Sunburn' in 1999, hospital dramas Casualty (2000) and Holby City (2003), and the ITV detective series The Last Detective (2004) among others. She has also been reunited with fellow EastEnder Leslie Grantham in the Sky production called 'The Stretch' and the ITV Horror series 'Urban Gothic' in (2000). Most recently she signed up for the ITV1 police drama 'The Bill' in 2005.

Dobson trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, whose alumni also include Terence Stamp, Hugh Bonneville, Rupert Friend, Angela Lansbury, Matthew Goode, Sue Johnston, Minnie Driver and Julian Fellowes.

She was nominated for a 2003 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress for her performance in Frozen at the Royal National Theatre: Cottesloe

In August 1986 she reached No. 4 in the UK Singles Chart with "Anyone Can Fall in Love," a song based on the theme music of EastEnders, which was written by Simon May. She has also released several other singles and albums with minor chart success.

She is married to Queen guitarist Brian May and has three step-children with him: Jimmy (born 1978), Louisa (born 1981), and Emily (born 1987).BBC3 screenshot

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