1. Anita Madeleine Harris was born on 3 June 1942 and is an English actress, singer and entertainer.
21 Facts About Anita Harris
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Anita Harris appeared in the Carry On films Follow That Camel and Carry On Doctor.
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Anita Harris was born in Somerset; her family moved from Midsomer Norton to Bournemouth when she was seven.
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Anita Harris won a talent contest at the age of three.
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Anita Harris accepted the latter, and danced at the El Rancho Hotel in Las Vegas.
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Anita Harris was still in her teens when John Barry's manager, Tony Lewis, offered her a recording contract with EMI in 1961 and she made her first recordings with the John Barry Seven, a group which was a successful chart act.
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Subsequent to their meeting, when they both auditioned for a musical revue, Mike Margolis and Anita Harris formed a personal and professional relationship, marrying in 1973.
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In January 1968, Anita Harris made her only appearance on the UK album chart when her Just Loving You album reached No 29.
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Since 1961, Anita Harris has made numerous television appearances, mostly as a performer, occasionally as an actress, and her few film roles included a cameo as a casino singer in Death Is a Woman and co-starring roles in the comedy films Follow That Camel and Carry On Doctor.
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Anita Harris gained her role in the latter film while working in a revue, Way Out in Piccadilly with Frankie Howerd.
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Anita Harris worked with magician David Nixon for eight years in the 1970s.
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Anita Harris appeared on the Morecambe and Wise Show in 1971 and 1973.
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Anita Harris was the subject of This Is Your Life on 6 January 1982, having been surprised by Eamonn Andrews at London's Talk of the Town.
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Anita Harris portrayed Gertrude Lawrence in G and I at the New End Theatre in the spring of 2009.
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Anita Harris toured with a new one-woman stage show: An Intimate Evening With Anita Harris in 2013 and appeared in a production of the Emlyn Williams play A Murder Has Been Arranged at the Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton, in July 2013 and at Malvern Festival Theatre in August of that year.
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In 2014, Anita Harris appeared in a guest role in the BBC drama, Casualty.
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Anita Harris continues to perform with her band around the country, including at the Royal Albert Hall, London.
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Anita Harris appeared in ITV's Last Laugh in Vegas, and was a contestant in the BBC's Celebrity MasterChef 2018.
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In 2019, Anita Harris guest starred in the first episode of Series 20 of Midsomer Murders, entitled "The Ghost of Causton Abbey" as Irene Taylor, an accomplice to the killer.
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Anita Harris guest starred as a medium called Shyanna in an episode of EastEnders which aired in August 2019.
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Anita Harris starred in the UK tour of Cabaret, alongside John Partridge, from August 2019 to early 2020.