Anna Quayle
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 6, 1932
- Died
- August 16, 2019 (aged 86)
- Birthplace
- 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?
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Filmography
Mapp & Lucia
TV · as Olga Braceley · 1 ep
Lytton's Diary
TV · as Bertha · 1 ep
Rolling Home
Movie · as Pam
Father Charlie
TV · as Reverend Mother Joseph · 6 eps
Objects of Affection
TV · as Pam · 1 ep
Towers of Babel
Movie · as Ruby
The Best of the Adventures
Movie · as Medea Dotrice / Loretta Proudfoot (archive footage) (uncredited)
Never the Twain
TV · as Isadora Beecham · 1 ep
S.O.S. Titanic
Movie · as Maude Slocombe, Turkish Bath Attendant
Henry V
Movie · as Alice
Adventures of a Plumber's Mate
Movie · as Loretta Proudfoot
The Light Princess
Movie · as Makemnoit
Grange Hill
TV · as Mrs. Monroe · 100 eps
Adventures of a Private Eye
Movie · as Medea Dotrice
The Sound of Laughter
TV · as Vera · 1 ep
James and the Giant Peach
Movie · as Aunt Spiker
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Movie · as Freda
The Georgian House
TV · as Miss Humphreys · 2 eps
Three for All
Movie · as La Pulle
Eskimo Nell
Movie · as Reverend Mother
Mistress Pamela
Movie · as Mrs.Jelks
Grubstreet
TV · 6 eps
Up the Chastity Belt
Movie · as Lady Ashfodel
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Movie · as Baroness Bomburst
Casino Royale
Movie · as Frau Hoffner
Smashing Time
Movie · as Charlotte Brillig
Arrivederci, Baby!
Movie · as Aunt Miriam
The Sandwich Man
Movie · as Second Billingsgate Woman
A Hard Day's Night
Movie · as Millie
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Avengers
TV · as Olga · 1 ep