Ann Way
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 14, 1915
- Died
- March 13, 1993 (aged 77)
- Birthplace
- Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England, UK
Biography
Ann Way (14 November 1915 – 13 March 1993) was an English film and television character actress. Born in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, she began her career in repertory in Birmingham in the 1950s moving from there to the Dundee Rep. Her petite build and deep-set eyes saw her frequently typecast as a stereotypically dotty or timid and mouse-like spinster. She nonetheless appeared in a wide range of roles, including the television series Dr Finlay's Casebook, Emmerdale Farm where she played an aunt of publican and newspaper correspondent Amos Brearly, Fawlty Towers (where she memorably played the Colonel's wife inadvertently served the raw red mullet in "Gourmet Night") and Rumpole of the Bailey as Dodo Mackintosh. She played the vicar's wife in Last of the Summer Wine. She also read the Mrs. Pepperpot books on the children's series Jackanory. Film roles included Carry On Loving (1970), Endless Night (1972) and Clockwise (1986) (in which she sang the Vivian Ellis standard This is my Lovely Day on the soundtrack and made comic use of the repeated line "Aren't we all such lucky people") and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) (where she played the headmistress's secretary, Miss Gaunt). A more unusual role was the 1987 short film Unusual Ground Floor Conversion in which she played an old lady gradually driving her downstairs neighbour mad by throwing water out of her window every few minutes. Way died in London, England on 13 March 1993.
Known For
Filmography
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Movie · as Mrs. Hall (archive footage) (uncredited)
Anchoress
Movie · as Alice
Once Upon a Crime
Movie · as Housekeeper
How's Business
Movie · as Miss Jolly
Killing Dad
Movie · as Margot
Close to Home
TV · as Mrs Crosby · 2 eps
The Dawning
Movie · as George Brabazon
Dead Lucky
Movie · as Lena Finn
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
TV · as Old Woman · 1 ep
Crystalstone
Movie · as Housekeeper
Haunted Honeymoon
Movie · as Rachel
Clockwise
Movie · as Mrs. Way
Lovejoy
TV · as Mrs Thomas · 1 ep
David Copperfield
TV · as Mrs Heep · 2 eps
Brazil
Movie · as Old Lady with Dog
Long Live the Babe
Movie · as Rosie
The Bill
TV · 2 eps
The Dresser
Movie · as Miss White
The Pigman's Protege
Movie · as Gregoria Windy
Q.E.D.
TV · as Minnie · 1 ep
Bread or Blood
Movie · as Mrs Tucker
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Movie · as Miss Smith
Whinfrey's Last Case
Movie · as Old Lady (Lotte)
Shoestring
TV · as Mrs Atwell · 1 ep
Thundercloud
TV · as Gladys Teesdale · 1 ep
The Sailor's Return
Movie · as Mrs Clall
All Creatures Great and Small
TV · as Matilda Dunn · 1 ep
The Clifton House Mystery
TV · as Mrs Rowley · 1 ep
Mind Your Language
TV · as Mrs Hunter · 1 ep
Fawlty Towers
TV · as Mrs. Hall · 1 ep
Rumpole of the Bailey
TV · as Dodo Mackintosh · 4 eps
Playhouse
TV · as Georgina Windy · 1 ep
Endless Night
Movie · as Mrs. Philpott
Carry On Loving
Movie · as Aunt Victoria Grubb
The Goodies
TV · 1 ep
Shadows of Fear
TV · as Miss Wills · 1 ep
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Movie · as Miss Gaunt
Castle Haven
TV · 100 eps
The Jazz Age
TV · as Mrs. Prescott · 1 ep
All Gas and Gaiters
TV · as Mrs Plummer · 1 ep
King of the River
TV · as Judy · 1 ep
The Troubleshooters
TV · as Miss Maynard · 1 ep
Theatre 625
TV · as Mrs Winstanley, Miss Minns · 1 ep
Sergeant Cork
TV · as Mrs. Fry · 1 ep
Jane Eyre
TV · as Bessie · 6 eps
Bleak House
TV · as Judy Smallweed · 1 ep