Anna Quayle

Anna Quayle

Deceased · Born: Oct 6, 1932 · Died: Aug 16, 2019

Personal Details

Born Oct 6, 1932 Birmingham, England, UK
Relatives
  • John Quayle (Sibling)

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?

Career

1990
Grange Hill
Grange Hill as Mrs. Monroe
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1981
Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead Revisited as Nancy Tallboys
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1979
Henry V
Henry V as Alice
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1978
The Light Princess
The Light Princess as Makemnoit
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Adventures of a Plumber's Mate
Adventures of a Plumber's Mate as Loretta Proudfoot
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1977
Adventures of a Private Eye
Adventures of a Private Eye as Medea Dotrice
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1974
Mistress Pamela
Mistress Pamela as Mrs.Jelks
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1972
The Chastity Belt
The Chastity Belt as Lady Ashfodel
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1968
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as Baroness Bomburst
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1967
Smashing Time
Smashing Time as Charlotte Brillig
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1966
Arrivederci, Baby!
Arrivederci, Baby! as Aunt Miriam
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1964
A Hard Day's Night
A Hard Day's Night as Millie
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2002
Things They Said Today