Anna Wheatcroft is the ex-wife of iconic actor Tom Baker. Anna Wheatcroft’s husband gained massive public recognition for being the fourth incarnation of the Doctor in the science fiction television series Doctor Who from 1974 to 1981. Aside from his woman on Doctor Who, he also provided narration for the television comedy series Little Britain (2003–2006) and Little Britain USA (2008). His voice, which has been described as “sonorous”, was voted the fourth-most recognizable in the UK in 2006.
Anna Wheatcroft: Bio Summary
| Full Name | Anna Wheatcroft |
| famous as | Tom Baker’s ex-wife |
| Age | N/A |
| Date of Birth | N/A |
| Place of Birth | United Kingdom |
| Zodiac sign | N/A |
| Nationality | English |
| Ethnicity | Caucasian |
| Children | Piers Baker, Daniel Baker |
| Spouse | Tom Baker (m. 1961–1966) |
Who is Tom Baker’s first wife?
Tom Baker has been married three times and Anna Wheatcroft is the first woman he took to the altar. Wheatcroft was born in England however her date of birth has been made public. They lived in Nottingham. Her father Alfred Wheatcroft took a great interest in plants and gardening at a very young age and on leaving school became an apprentice at Lee and Robinson one of the leading firms of nurserymen in Nottingham. Her father worked in horticulture and was an expert in budding roses.
Anna Wheatcroft also has a famous Uncle. Anna Wheatcroft is the niece of rose grower Harry Wheatcroft. Her Uncle did a great deal to popularise roses among British gardeners. He was known for his flamboyant appearance and opinions. The Wheatcroft Rose is a flamboyant bloom named after the famously eccentric British rose grower.
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In Tom Baker’s book, Who on Earth is Tom Baker? the actor revealed that the rest of the Wheatcroft family treated him very cruelly during his marriage to Anna. Occasionally Tom Baker’s Anna did try to defend her husband by standing up to her parents, Alfred and Constance. The former lovers had met and started dating whilst at the Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama, in Sidcup, Kent.
According to the actor, one of the characteristics he found attractive in Anna Wheatcroft was the air of self-assurance that came from being comfortably off – her family belonged to the famous rose-growing dynasty. In 1961, the couple decided to take their relationship to the next level and got married despite their differences in background and personal wealth. They tied the knot in a beautiful wedding ceremony in Stratford in the presence of their friends, families, and loved ones. Tom had found no acting work by then.
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Anna Wheatcroft and Tom Baker’s marriage was blessed with two children- Piers Baker and Daniel Baker. Though they promised each other forever, the couple called their marriage a quit in 1966 after being together for about half a decade. In his autobiography, Who On Earth Is Tom Baker? which The Daily Mail serializing, he reveals how, at 31, he abandoned his children Daniel and Piers from his first marriage to Anna Wheatcroft and didn’t see them again for nine years. Even then, contact remained so rare that he failed to recognize his youngest son, Piers, now 36, when they met, by chance, in New Zealand.
Narrating the incident, the actor revealed he was in Auckland to film a commercial and was sitting in a restaurant with his third wife, Sue Jerrard when the waiter informed them that a young man at the bar wanted to pay their bill. On his first thought he assumed it was a fan, Tom sauntered over to make small talk.
‘The tall young man introduced himself as Piers Baker and said he was my son,’ recalls the actor, his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets. ‘I didn’t recognize him – but I hadn’t seen him for 16 years. He was working in New Zealand as a horticulturalist, but the coincidence seemed just too bizarre.”
He continued- ‘When the truth sank in I was astonished, completely astonished. The first emotion I felt was pride. Maybe it is a sign of emotional shallowness, but i kept thinking how nice-looking he was and what a marvellous voice he had. Then the regrets began. ‘I realised how much I’d missed him when he was little, after my first marriage broke up. I felt saddened that I had not seen him for such a long time, and realised that I was partly responsible.‘
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Tom keeps in regular contact with his son Piers but has not seen his other son Daniel, who is a builder, for a couple of years. He has never met Daniel’s son, Max.
In his autobiography, Tom reveals how the bitter disintegration of his first marriage to Anna Wheatcroft drove him to attempt suicide; how he tried to murder his mother-in-law, and how he abandoned his children to pursue his dream of becoming an actor.
After a misunderstanding with the Wheatcrofts, Baker went to Birmingham, then returned and told Anna he needed some time away. ‘I went to Coventry, where I took a driving job and where Anna came to see me, quite soon afterwards, to tell me that she had met this other chap. I didn’t want to know how long it had been going on or how serious it was.” After the end of marriage in 1966. Tom went to London to make his name as an actor. Baker is now married to Director Sue Jerrard. It is unclear where exactly Anna Wheatcroft is now.
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