Anna Quayle
| Anna Quayle | |
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| Born |
Anne V. M. Quayle 6 October 1932 Birmingham, England |
| Education | Convent of Jesus and Mary Language College |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1964–1999 |
| Spouse(s) |
Donald Baker (m. 1976) |
Anne V. M. "Anna" Quayle (born 6 October 1932) is an English former actress.[1] In 1963, she received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her performance in the original production of Stop the World – I Want to Get Off.
Early and personal life
She was born in Birmingham, England as Anne V. M. Quayle on 6 October 1932 and raised in a staunchly Catholic home. Her parents were Douglas Quayle and Kathleen Parke. Quayle was educated at the Convent of Jesus and Mary Language College. In 1976, she was married to Donald Baker.
Career
Quayle has appeared on film, on stage and on television. Her film appearances include A Hard Day's Night (1964, in a short but memorable scene with John Lennon), Smashing Time (1967), the German expressionist sequence of Casino Royale (1967), and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968). Quayle appeared on Broadway in 1963 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. Her 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 between 1990 and 1994. She appeared as a regular panellist on the popular BBC2 panel game show What's My Line? in 1973.
Selected filmography
Television
- The Sooty Show (Sooty's Restaurant) as Guest Diner
- The Avengers (1967) as Olga Vilovski in episode "The Correct Way to Kill"
- Join Jim Dale (1969)
- Brideshead Revisited (1981) as Nancy Tallboys in episode "The Unseen Hook"
- Grange Hill (85 episodes, 1990–1994) as Mrs. Monroe
Film
- A Hard Day's Night (1964) as Millie
- The Sandwich Man (1966) as Second Billingsgate Lady
- Drop Dead Darling (1966) as Aunt Miriam
- Casino Royale (1967) as Frau Hoffner
- Smashing Time (1967) as Charlotte Brillig
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) as Baroness Bomburst
- Up the Chastity Belt (1971) as Lady Ashfodel
- Mistress Pamela (1974) as Mrs. Jelks
- Eskimo Nell (1975) as Reverend Mother
- Three for All (1975) as La Pulle
- The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976) as Freda
- Adventures of a Private Eye (1977) as Medea
- Adventures of a Plumber's Mate (1978) as Loretta Proudfoot
- S.O.S. Titanic (1979) as Woman Turkish Bath Attendant: Maude Slocombe
References
- ↑ "Anna Quayle". familiar unknown. 27 April 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
External links
- Anna Quayle at the Internet Broadway Database
- Anna Quayle on IMDb
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