Annie Saker (13 March 1882 – 8 October 1932) was an English actor. Annie Elizabeth Laura Mortimer was born in Edinburgh, daughter of Maria Saker (an actor) and granddaughter of Horatio Saker. Her debut on the stage was at age eleven in

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's production of G. Stuart Ogilvie's ''

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'' at the Haymarket Theatre in 1893. She later appeared under the management of Charles Wyndham in '' Under the Red Robe''. After a tour playing in comedies of the period such as ''Pink Dominoes'', ''Betsy'', and ''The Great Divorce Case'', Saker became established as a leading lady of

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. Among the plays she starred in were '' The Prince and the Beggar Maid'' (1910), ''The Soldier Princess'', and ''The Silver Crucifix''. Saker appeared in at least one film, ''The Lifeguardsman'', directed by Frank G Bayley (1916). In 1927-29 she toured Australia with

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and

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, appearing in pieces such as ''Caroline'', ''The Letter'', and ''

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''. Annie never married. She died in Leigh-on-Sea on 8 October 1932 at the early age of 50.

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