Anne Heywood
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 11, 1931
- Died
- October 27, 2023 (aged 91)
- Birthplace
- Birmingham, England, UK
Biography
Anne Heywood (born Violet Joan Pretty) was a British actress, best known for her Golden Globe-nominated performance in The Fox (1967). She was born on December 11, 1931, in Handsworth, Birmingham, England, and passed away on October 27, 2023, in Houston, Texas, USA. Heywood started her career as a beauty queen, winning the Miss Great Britain title in 1950. She later trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and signed a contract with the Rank Organisation, which launched her film career. She starred in notable films such as Violent Playground (1958), Floods of Fear (1958), The Chairman (1969), and Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979). Her role in The Fox was groundbreaking, as it depicted a lesbian relationship, which was rare for mainstream cinema at the time. She continued to take on bold and unconventional roles throughout her career. Heywood was married to Raymond Stross, a film producer, until his passing in 1988. She later married George Danzig Druke in 1991.
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Filmography
Memories of Manon
Movie · as Manon Brevard Marcel
The Equalizer
TV · as Manon Brevard Marcel · 2 eps
What Waits Below
Movie · as Frieda Shelley
Ring of Darkness
Movie · as Carlotta Rhodes
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
Movie · as Evelyn Wyckoff
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
Movie · as Self - Virginia de Leyva (archive footage)
Love Under the Elms
Movie
The Nun and the Devil
Movie · as Mother Giulia
Trader Horn
Movie · as Nicole Mercer
The Killer Is on the Phone
Movie · as Eleanor Loraine
I Want What I Want
Movie · as Roy / Wendy
The Chairman
Movie · as Kay Hanna
The Lady of Monza
Movie · as Virginia de Leyva
Midas Run
Movie · as Sylvia
The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Fox
Movie · as Ellen March
90° in the Shade
Movie · as Alena Winter (Asst. Shop Manager)
The Very Edge
Movie · as Tracey Lawrence
The Brain
Movie · as Anna Holt
Stork Talk
Movie
Petticoat Pirates
Movie · as Chief Oficer Anne Stevens
A Terrible Beauty
Movie · as Neeve Donnelly
Carthage in Flames
Movie · as Fulvia
The Heart of a Man
Movie · as Julie
Upstairs and Downstairs
Movie · as Kate Barry
Violent Playground
Movie · as Cathie Murphy
Floods of Fear
Movie · as Elizabeth Matthews
The Depraved
Movie · as Laura Wilton
Dangerous Exile
Movie · as Glynis
Doctor at Large
Movie · as Emerald
Find the Lady
Movie · as Receptionist
Checkpoint
Movie · as Gabriela
Lady Godiva Rides Again
Movie · as Dorothy Marlowe