Anna Calder-Marshall

• Name — Anna Calder-Marshall • Born — 11 January 1947 • Birthplace — Kensington, London, England • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1967–present • Father — Arthur Calder-Marshall • Children — Tom Burke

Calder-Marshall was born in Kensington, London, and is the daughter of novelist and essayist Arthur Calder-Marshall and documentary screenplay-writer and his wife, Ara (Violet Nancy Sales).

Calder-Marshall played Ophelia to Tom Courtenay's Hamlet in 1968, directed by Caspar Wrede and with John Nettles as Laertes, with the 69 Theatre Company in Manchester. She appeared in the Inspector Morse episode "The Settling of the Sun" (1988) and the Midsomer Murders episode "Garden of Death" (2000). In 2005 Calder-Marshall played Maude Abernethie in the Agatha Christie's Poirot episode "After the Funeral". Other roles include appearing in Harlots as Mrs. May, and in the 2018 BBC adaptation of Les Misérables as Madame Rully. Also in 2018, her real-life husband, actor David Burke, appeared as her character's husband in the short film Only the Lonely. In 2022, she played Janice Beattie in the fifth series of Strike, acting opposite her son, actor Tom Burke who plays Strike. In 2026, for her role in Queen at Sea, Calder-Marshall won the Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance, shared with Tom Courtenay.

Her husband was actor David Burke from 1971 until his death in 2026. Their son, Tom, is also an actor.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1967 — The Wednesday Play — Clara Browning — Episode: “Message for Posterity” • 1967 — Love Story — Tania Langley — Episode: “Out of Sight, Out of Mind” • 1967 — Sanctuary — Anne Courtney — Episode: “Has Anyone Heard of Juliet?” • 1969 — Male of the Species — Mary McNeil — 3 episodes • 1984 — Strangers and Brothers — Ellen Smith — 1 episode • 1983 — King Lear — Cordelia — TV film • 1985 — Titus Andronicus — Lavinia — TV film • 1992 — Sherlock Holmes — Lady Helena / Agnes Northcote — Episode: “The Eligible Bachelor” • 1993 — Lovejoy — Virginia Moncrieff — Episode: “Poetic Licence” • 2011 — New Tricks — Helen Baxter — Episode: “Object of Desire” • 2012 — Thirteen Steps Down — Queenie — 2 episodes • 2013 — Playhouse Presents — Susan — Episode: “Stage Door Johnnies” • 2014 — Scott & Bailey — Barbara Sweeting — Episode: “Tough Love” • 2015 — Casualty — Peggy Dowlands — Episode: “Clinging On” • 2018–2019 — Harlots — Mrs. May — 5 episodes • 2019 — Les Misérables — Madame Rully — 2 episodes • 2020 — The Third Day — Margaret — 3 episodes • 2021 — Please Help — Nan — TV pilot • 2022 — Grantchester — Ida Merryman — Episode: #7.5 • 2022 — This England — Charlotte Johnson Wahl — 5 episodes • 2022 — Strike — Janice Beattie — 2 episodes • 2023 — Bodies — Lady Harker — 3 episodes