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Anna Quayle Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1932-10-06

Birthplace:
Birmingham, England, UK

Credits:
29 Total Roles

Anna Quayle

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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?

Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
1985 Mapp & Lucia TV Olga Braceley
1985 Lytton's Diary TV Bertha
1982 Rolling Home MOVIE Pam
1982 Objects of Affection TV Pam
1982 Father Charlie TV Reverend Mother Joseph
1981 Never the Twain TV Isadora Beecham
1981 Towers of Babel MOVIE Ruby
1981 The Best of the Adventures MOVIE Medea Dotrice / Loretta Proudfoot (archive footage) (uncredited)
1980 S.O.S. Titanic MOVIE Maude Slocombe, Turkish Bath Attendant
1979 Henry V MOVIE Alice

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