Anna Lee

Deceased · Born: Jan 2, 1913 · Died: May 14, 2004

Personal Details

Born Jan 2, 1913 Igtham, Kent, England, UK

Spouse

Robert Nathan
( Apr 5, 1970 to May 25, 1985 )
George Stafford
( Jun 8, 1944 to Dec 31, 1969 )
Robert Stevenson
( Dec 6, 1934 to Mar 9, 1944 )

Parents

Bertram Winnifrith
Edith Maude Digby-Roper

Biography

Anna Lee, MBE (born Joan Boniface Winnifrith; 2 January 1913 – 14 May 2004) was a British actress. Lee married her first husband, the director Robert Stevenson, in 1933 and moved to Hollywood in 1939. She became a naturalised US citizen in 1945. In 1981, a car accident left her paralysed from the waist down. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]

Career

acting

1980

Scruples as Aunt Wilhelmina

1978

The Beasts Are on the Streets

The Beasts Are on the Streets as Mrs. Jackson

Legend of the Northwest

Legend of the Northwest as Mrs. Baxter

1976

Eleanor and Franklin

Eleanor and Franklin as Laura Delano

1973

My Darling Daughters' Anniversary

My Darling Daughters' Anniversary as Judge Barbara Hanline

1972

The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie

The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie as Mrs. Grunch and Mistress Dreadly and Farmer's Wife and The Old Crone

1967

In Like Flint as Elisabeth

Gunsmoke as Amy Bassett

1966

Picture Mommy Dead

Picture Mommy Dead as Elsie Kornwald

7 Women as Mrs. Russell

1965

1964

Daniel Boone as Clara Merivale

1962

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? as Mrs. Bates

Jack the Giant Killer

Jack the Giant Killer as Lady Constance

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Roberta Saunders

1960

The Big Night as Mrs. Turner

Maverick as Helene Ferguson

Wagon Train as Mrs. Allyris Craven

1959

The Crimson Kimono

The Crimson Kimono as Mac

Jet Over the Atlantic

Jet Over the Atlantic as Ursula Leverett

This Earth Is Mine

This Earth Is Mine as Charlotte Rambeau

1958

Gideon of Scotland Yard

Gideon of Scotland Yard as Mrs. Kate Gideon

1950

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre as Julia

1948

Fort Apache as Mrs. Emily Collingwood

Best Man Wins as Nancy Smiley

1947

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir as Mrs. Fairley

1946

Bedlam as Nell Bowen

1944

Summer Storm as Nadina Kalenin

1943

Flesh and Fantasy

Flesh and Fantasy as Rowena (segment 2)

Hangmen Also Die!

Hangmen Also Die! as Masha Novotny

1942

Flying Tigers as Brooke Elliott

Commandos Strike at Dawn

Commandos Strike at Dawn as Judith Bowen

1941

How Green Was My Valley

How Green Was My Valley as Bronwyn

My Life with Caroline

My Life with Caroline as Caroline Mason

1940

Seven Sinners as Dorothy

Return to Yesterday

Return to Yesterday as Carol Sands

1939

The Secret Four

The Secret Four as Ann Lodge

Young Man's Fancy

Young Man's Fancy as Ada

1937

King Solomon's Mines

King Solomon's Mines as Kathleen 'Kathy' O'Brien

Non-Stop New York

Non-Stop New York as Jennie Carr

You're in the Army Now

You're in the Army Now as Sally Briggs

1936

The Man Who Lived Again

The Man Who Lived Again as Dr. Clare Wyatt

1935

First a Girl as Princess Mironoff

The Passing of the Third Floor Back

The Passing of the Third Floor Back as Vivian Tomkin

1934

The Camels Are Coming

The Camels Are Coming as Anita Rodgers