Acting
Community Rating
5.5
TMDB estimate
Born
July 27, 1937 (age 88)
Born in
Bolton, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Born in Bolton, Lancashire, Dawson spent part of her childhood in Tanganyika, where her father worked. She attended the Elmhurst Ballet School and after training at the Central School of Speech and Drama she learned her craft by playing in repertory theatre companies. Dawson went on to star in several West End musicals. She featured in episodes of Dixon of Dock Green during the 1960s, The Benny Hill Show during the 1980s, and played Hyacinth Bucket's sister Violet ("the one with the Mercedes, sauna and room for a pony") in the final series of the sitcom Keeping Up Appearances, though her character was only featured on screen briefly in four episodes. Dawson is married to former Black and White Minstrel Show soloist John Boulter.

Kenny Everett - The Complete Naughty Bits
as Carla
2004
Benny Hill - Unseen
as Various/Archive footage
1994

Benny Hill's World Tour: New York!
as Self/Various Roles
1991

Keeping Up Appearances
as Violet
1990
The New Statesman
as Enid Vance
1985

Bloodbath at the House of Death
as Nurse
1984

Gabrielle and the Doodleman
as Wicked Witch
1984

Down at the Hydro
as Wife
1983

If You Go Down in the Woods Today
as Courting Woman
1981

Benny Hill Show
1980
The Crowther Collection
1980

Blankety Blank
as Self
1979

The Kenny Everett Video Show
1978
Life Begins at Forty
as Jill Simpson
1978

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
as Glam
1977

The Girl from Starship Venus
as Store Manageress
1975
Larry Grayson
1975

Love Thy Neighbour
as Betty
1973

O Lucky Man!
as Becky
1973

Granny Gets the Point
as Boutique Assistant (uncredited)
1971