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Anna Quayle

Anna Quayle

Actor · Born 1932-10-06 · Birmingham, England, UK

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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?

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Casino Royale (1967) — Frau Hoffner
  2. A Hard Day's Night (1964) — Millie
  3. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) — Baroness Bomburst
  4. The Avengers (1961) — Olga
  5. The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976) — Freda
  6. S.O.S. Titanic (1980) — Maude Slocombe, Turkish Bath Attendant
  7. Adventures of a Plumber's Mate (1978) — Loretta Proudfoot
  8. Grange Hill (1978) — Mrs. Monroe
  9. Adventures of a Private Eye (1977) — Medea Dotrice
  10. Eskimo Nell (1975) — Reverend Mother
  11. Up the Chastity Belt (1972) — Lady Ashfodel
  12. Arrivederci, Baby! (1966) — Aunt Miriam
  13. Smashing Time (1967) — Charlotte Brillig
  14. Never the Twain (1981) — Isadora Beecham
  15. The Merv Griffin Show (1962) — Self
  16. The Sandwich Man (1966) — Second Billingsgate Woman
  17. Mapp & Lucia (1985) — Olga Braceley
  18. Henry V (1979) — Alice
  19. Three for All (1975) — La Pulle
  20. The Best of the Adventures (1981) — Medea Dotrice / Loretta Proudfoot (archive footage) (uncredited)
  21. Lytton's Diary (1985) — Bertha
  22. The Light Princess (1978) — Makemnoit
  23. Father Charlie (1982) — Reverend Mother Joseph
  24. Objects of Affection (1982) — Pam
  25. The Georgian House (1976) — Miss Humphreys
  26. James and the Giant Peach (1976) — Aunt Spiker
  27. Towers of Babel (1981) — Ruby
  28. Mistress Pamela (1974) — Mrs.Jelks
  29. Rolling Home (1982) — Pam
  30. The Sound of Laughter (1977) — Vera