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Anna Quayle
Anna Quayle

Anna Quayle

ActingBorn October 6, 1932Died August 16, 2019 (age 86)Birmingham, England, UK

Biography

Anne Veronica Maria Quayle (6 October 1932 – 16 August 2019) was educated at the Convent of Jesus and Mary High School, Harlesden. She has appeared on film, on stage and on television. Her film appearances include Smashing Time (1967), a short but memorable scene that she shares with John Lennon in A Hard Day's Night (1964), the German expressionist sequence of Casino Royale (1967) and in the musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) as Baroness Bomburst. In 1963, Quayle appeared on Broadway in the original production of Stop the World - I Want to Get Off opposite Anthony Newley, for which she won a Tony Award for Best Supporting Musical Actress. Other television work includes the comedy drama Mapp and Lucia, the children's science fiction series The Georgian House and Grange Hill where she played the role of Mrs Monroe from 1990–94. In 1973, she appeared as a regular panellist on the popular BBC2 panel game show What's My Line?

Filmography

1985
Mapp & Lucia

as Olga Braceley

TV
1985TV
1982Movie
1982
Father Charlie

as Reverend Mother Joseph

TV
1981
Never the Twain

as Isadora Beecham

TV
1981Movie
1981
The Best of the Adventures

as Medea Dotrice / Loretta Proudfoot (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1980
S.O.S. Titanic

as Maude Slocombe, Turkish Bath Attendant

Movie
1979
Henry V

as Alice

Movie
1978
The Light Princess

as Makemnoit

Movie
1978
Adventures of a Plumber's Mate

as Loretta Proudfoot

Movie
1978
Grange Hill

as Mrs. Monroe

TV
1977Movie
1976Movie
1976
The Georgian House

as Miss Humphreys

TV
1975
Three for All

as La Pulle

Movie
1975
Eskimo Nell

as Reverend Mother

Movie
1974
Mistress Pamela

as Mrs.Jelks

Movie
1972
Up the Chastity Belt

as Lady Ashfodel

Movie
1968
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

as Baroness Bomburst

Movie
1967
Smashing Time

as Charlotte Brillig

Movie
1967
Casino Royale

as Frau Hoffner

Movie
1966
Arrivederci, Baby!

as Aunt Miriam

Movie
1966
The Sandwich Man

as Second Billingsgate Woman

Movie
1964Movie
1961TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayOctober 6, 1932
Day of DeathAugust 16, 2019
Place of BirthBirmingham, England, UK
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