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Anna Quayle

Anna Quayle

Acting1932Birmingham, 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?

Acting History

1990
Grange Hill
TVas Mrs. Monroe100 eps
1985
Mapp & Lucia
TVas Olga Braceley
1982
Father Charlie
TVas Reverend Mother Joseph
1981
The Best of the Adventures
as Medea Dotrice / Loretta Proudfoot (archive footage) (uncredited)
Never the Twain
TVas Isadora Beecham
1980
S.O.S. Titanic
as Maude Slocombe, Turkish Bath Attendant
1979
Henry V
as Alice
1978
Adventures of a Plumber's Mate
as Loretta Proudfoot
The Light Princess
as Makemnoit
1977
1976
The Georgian House
TVas Miss Humphreys
1975
Eskimo Nell
as Reverend Mother
Three for All
as La Pulle
1974
Mistress Pamela
as Mrs.Jelks
1972
Up the Chastity Belt
as Lady Ashfodel
1968
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
as Baroness Bomburst
1967
Smashing Time
as Charlotte Brillig
Casino Royale
as Frau Hoffner
The Avengers
TVas Olga1 eps
1966
Arrivederci, Baby!
as Aunt Miriam
The Sandwich Man
as Second Billingsgate Woman
1964

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
10/6/1932
Day of Death
8/16/2019
Place of Birth
Birmingham, England, UK