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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 a further role as Rose Pickering in Where the Heart Is. In 1998 she also played Kitty Dodds in the 24th episode of the seventh series of Heartbeat. In 2004 she made her final film appearance as Mrs. Bain in Asylum which was released in 2005 after she died.

Death

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

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Shirley Valentine	Jeanette
1993	The Young Americans	Katie Arnold
1998	Owd Bob	Janet MacPherson
1999	Plunkett & Macleane	Lady Marchant
1999	Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?	Woman in street
2000	Gimme Gimme Gimme	Sheila	TV episode
2001	The 51st State	Shirley DeSouza
2002	Ali G Indahouse	Secretary
2004	Vera Drake	Nellie
2005	Asylum	Mrs. Bain	(final film role)

References

External links

• Anna Keaveney at IMDb
• Anna Keaveney at Find a Grave

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