Anna Keaveney was born 5 October, 1949 in Runcorn and died 20 November, 2004 in London. She was an English actress who Matron in Footballers' Wives, April Brooks in Emmerdale, she has also been in Shirley Valentine, Birds of a Feather, Stay Lucky, A Touch of Frost, The Bill, Peak Practice, Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, Forgotten, Heartbeat, My Family, Where the Heart Is, Doc Martin, Doctors, and Vera Drake.