Anthea Askey

Anthea Shirley Askey (2 March 1933 – 28 February 1999) was an English actress, particularly prominent on television in the 1950s. Anthea Askey was born in Golders Green, north London, to the comedian and actor Arthur Askey, and his wife Elizabeth May Swash (b. 1899, m. 1925, d. 1974). In many of her television roles she starred with him. In 1993, she appeared in Climb the Greasy Pole: Part 1, an episode of The Darling Buds of May. Anthea Askey died in Worthing, Sussex, in 1999, aged 65.

Anthea Askey

Anthea Shirley Askey (2 March 1933 – 28 February 1999) was an English actress, particularly prominent on television in the 1950s. Anthea Askey was born in Golders Green, north London, to the comedian and actor Arthur Askey, and his wife Elizabeth May Swash (b. 1899, m. 1925, d. 1974). In many of her television roles she starred with him. In 1993, she appeared in Climb the Greasy Pole: Part 1, an episode of The Darling Buds of May. Anthea Askey died in Worthing, Sussex, in 1999, aged 65.