Anna Dawson, Keeping Up Appearances star who played violet, dies aged 88
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- Add ARY News on Google AAResize Anna Dawson, who starred as Violet in the BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances, has died aged 88.
- Dawson was born in Bolton, Lancashire on July 27 1937, where she trained at Elmhurst Ballet School, before attending the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.
- She later played Violet, Hyacinth’s sister, in the last series of the much loved sitcom Keeping Up Appearances.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize Anna Dawson, who starred as Violet in the BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances, has died aged 88. The actress passed away peacefully on Saturday 27 June 2026 at 3pm in Kerikeri, New Zealand.
The news was confirmed by the Christ Church Anglican at Kororreka Russell in New Zealand in a Facebook post that paid tribute to the “much treasured member of our faith community”. Her death follows her husband John Boulter, 85, who died on December 25 2025, after the couple spent 42 years living in Okiato and Tapeka in New Zealand.
Dawson was born in Bolton, Lancashire on July 27 1937, where she trained at Elmhurst Ballet School, before attending the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.