Anna Quayle

Anna Quayle

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

1982

Rolling Home
Rolling Home
as Pam
Movie - Released: 12/3/1982
TV
Father Charlie
as Reverend Mother Joseph
TV - Released: 2/28/1982
Objects of Affection
Objects of Affection
as Pam
TV - Released: 11/12/1982

1981

Movie
Towers of Babel
as Ruby
Movie - Released: 7/9/1981
Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead Revisited
as Nancy Tallboys
TV - Released: 10/12/1981

1980

S.O.S. Titanic
S.O.S. Titanic
as Maude Slocombe, Turkish Bath Attendant
Movie - Released: 2/29/1980

1979

Henry V
Henry V
as Alice
Movie - Released: 12/23/1979

1978

Adventures of a Plumber's Mate
Adventures of a Plumber's Mate
as Loretta Proudfoot
Movie - Released: 7/1/1978
The Light Princess
The Light Princess
as Makemnoit
Movie - Released: 12/24/1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare
The BBC Television Shakespeare
as Alice
TV - Released: 12/3/1978
Grange Hill
Grange Hill
as Mrs. Monroe
TV - Released: 2/8/1978

1977

Adventures of a Private Eye
Adventures of a Private Eye
as Medea Dotrice
Movie - Released: 3/4/1977

1976

James and the Giant Peach
James and the Giant Peach
as Aunt Spiker
Movie - Released: 12/28/1976
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
as Freda
Movie - Released: 10/24/1976

1975

Three for All
Three for All
as La Pulle
Movie - Released: 5/1/1975

1974

Mistress Pamela
Mistress Pamela
as Mrs.Jelks
Movie - Released: 1/1/1974

1972

Up the Chastity Belt
Up the Chastity Belt
as Lady Ashfodel
Movie - Released: 1/14/1972

1968

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
as Baroness Bomburst
Movie - Released: 12/17/1968

1967

Casino Royale
Casino Royale
as Frau Hoffner
Movie - Released: 4/13/1967
Smashing Time
Smashing Time
as Charlotte Brillig
Movie - Released: 12/20/1967

1966

Arrivederci, Baby!
Arrivederci, Baby!
as Aunt Miriam
Movie - Released: 12/28/1966
The Sandwich Man
The Sandwich Man
as Second Billingsgate Woman
Movie - Released: 7/1/1966

1964

A Hard Day's Night
A Hard Day's Night
as Millie
Movie - Released: 7/7/1964

1962

The Merv Griffin Show
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
TV - Released: 10/1/1962

1961

The Avengers
The Avengers
as Olga
TV - Released: 1/7/1961