Anne Raitt

Birth : 1941-01-01, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

History

Anne Raitt has appeared in film and television, most famously starring in Mike Leigh’s first feature film ‘Bleak Moments’, and Jack Gold’s television ‘God Bless Thee’. She has appeared in many television films and series for the BBC, STV and Granada.

Movies

The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle
Medium
What led Arthur Conan Doyle to create, and then destroy the world famous detective, Sherlock Holmes? This compelling drama explores the dark secrets that surround the author and his creation.
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
(Archive Material)
Writer and Director Mike Leigh discusses the techniques used to create his plays.
Cricket
1997: A village cricket team (complete with computerised Wisden Almanac with the voice of Brian Johnson) is suspected of moonlighting as a private guerilla arm, fighting the Forestry Commission.
A Sudden Wrench
Feminist speaker
Christine takes up an unusual line of work and proves she is not just another bored housewife.
Bet Your Life
Sally
Like alcoholism, gambling is a disease. Ches, a compulsive gambler, is sent for medical help. A wonder drug perhaps? Or hypnosis maybe? Ches finds that his psychiatrist has other ideas.
Bleak Moments
Sylvia
Moments from the uncompromisingly bleak existence of a secretary, her intellectually disabled sister, aloof and uneasy teacher boyfriend, bizarre neighbor and irritating workmate.