Anna Massey

Acting

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Biography

Anna Raymond Massey CBE (11 August 1937 - 3 July 2011) was an English stage, screen, and television actress. She was the daughter of Hollywood actor Raymond Massey.

Known For

The Machinist

Mrs. Shike

Frenzy

Barbara Jane "Babs" Milligan

Peeping Tom

Helen Stephens

The Oxford Murders

Julia Eagleton

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Miss Pebmarsh

The Importance of Being Earnest

Miss Laetitia Prism

Midsomer Murders

Honoria Lyddiard

Midsomer Murders

Brenda Packard

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2009	Moving On TV	Bella
2008	Affinity MOVIE	Miss Haxby
2008	Tess of the D'Urbervilles TV	Mrs D'Urberville
2008	The Oxford Murders MOVIE	Julia Eagleton
2007	Oliver Twist TV	Mrs Bedwin
2007	Kingdom TV	Winifred
2007	Lewis TV	Prof. Margaret Gold
2006	The Gigolos MOVIE	Edwina
2006	Pinochet in Suburbia MOVIE	Baroness Thatcher
2006	A Good Murder MOVIE	Phyllis
2006	A Good Murder TV	Self
2005	Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont MOVIE	Mrs. Arbuthnot
2005	The Robinsons TV	Self
2004	The Machinist MOVIE	Mrs. Shike
2004	Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures MOVIE	Old Agatha Christie
2004	Belonging MOVIE	Brenda
2004	He Knew He Was Right TV	Miss Stanbury
2003	Strange TV	Miss Emily Hawthorne
2002	Possession MOVIE	Lady Bailey
2002	An Angel for May MOVIE	Rosie
2002	The Importance of Being Earnest MOVIE	Miss Laetitia Prism
2001	Room to Rent MOVIE	Sarah Stevenson
2001	Dark Blue World MOVIE	English Teacher
2001	The Story of 'Frenzy' MOVIE	Self
2001	Elizabeth's Pirates MOVIE	Narrator
2000	The Sleeper MOVIE	Lillian
2000	The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change MOVIE	Gertrude Bell
2000	Come and Go MOVIE	Vi
1999	Mad Cows MOVIE	Dwina Phelps
1999	Captain Jack MOVIE	Phoebe
1998	Déjà Vu MOVIE	Fern Stoner
1998	A Respectable Trade TV	Self
1998	A Respectable Trade TV	Sarah Cole
1998	Animated World Faiths TV	Marie (voice)
1997	Arthouse TV	Self
1997	The Slab Boys MOVIE	Miss Elsie Walkinshaw
1997	Ruby TV	Self
1997	Midsomer Murders TV	Honoria Lyddiard
1997	Midsomer Murders TV	Brenda Packard
1997	Driftwood MOVIE	Mother
1997	A Very British Psycho MOVIE	Self
1996	The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse MOVIE	Mrs. Tittlemouse (voice)
1996	Sweet Angel Mine MOVIE	Megan's Mother
1996	Nash Bridges TV	Cindy
1995	Haunted MOVIE	Nanny Tess Webb
1995	Angels and Insects MOVIE	Miss Mead
1995	The Grotesque MOVIE	Mrs. Giblet
1995	The War Within: A Portrait of Virginia Woolf MOVIE	Virginia Woolf (voice)
1994	Murder in Mind MOVIE	Rosemary
1994	Nice Day at the Office TV	Self
1993	The Return of the Psammead TV	Aunt Marchmont
1992	The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends TV	Mrs. Tittlemouse (voice)
1992	Emily's Ghost MOVIE	Miss Rabstock
1991	Impromptu MOVIE	George Sand's Mother
1991	The Darling Buds of May TV	Mlle. Antoinette Dupont
1990	The Man from the Pru MOVIE	Julia Wallace
1990	Mountains of the Moon MOVIE	Mrs. Arundell
1990	Chillers TV	Kate Greeves
1990	Autism - A World Apart MOVIE	Narrator
1989	Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother) MOVIE	Edith
1989	A Tale of Two Cities TV	Miss Pross
1989	Around the World in 80 Days TV	Queen Victoria
1989	The Tall Guy MOVIE	Mary
1989	Agatha Christie's Poirot TV	Miss Pebmarsh
1988	The Color of the Wind MOVIE	Norma
1988	Sun Child MOVIE	Self
1988	Tears in the Rain MOVIE	Lady Emily
1987	A Hazard of Hearts MOVIE	Eudora
1987	Daytime Live TV	Self
1987	Inspector Morse TV	Lady Emily Balcombe
1986	Season's Greetings MOVIE	Rachel
1986	The Christmas Tree MOVIE	Constance
1986	Foreign Body MOVIE	Miss Furze
1986	Hotel du Lac MOVIE	Edith Hope
1986	The McGuffin MOVIE	Nina
1986	The Day After the Fair MOVIE	Letty
1985	Sacred Hearts MOVIE	Sister Thomas
1985	Pity in History MOVIE	Venables
1985	Anna Karenina MOVIE	Betsy
1985	Screen Two TV	Nina
1984	The Chain MOVIE	Betty
1984	The Little Drummer Girl MOVIE	Chairlady
1984	Sakharov MOVIE	Klavdia
1984	Another Country MOVIE	Imogen Bennett
1984	Moving on the Edge MOVIE	Radio voice
1984	Journey into the Shadows: Portrait of Gwen John 1876-1939 MOVIE	Gwen John
1983	Mansfield Park TV	Mrs Norris
1982	Five Days One Summer MOVIE	Jennifer Pierce
1982	The Critic MOVIE	Tilburina
1982	I Remember Nelson MOVIE	Lady Frances Nelson
1981	The Potting Shed MOVIE	Sara Califer
1981	Virginia Fly is Drowning MOVIE	Virginia Fly
1981	The Cherry Orchard MOVIE	Charlotte
1981	Little Girls Don't MOVIE	Mummy
1980	The Mystery of the Disappearing Schoolgirls MOVIE	Miss Fitzroy Robinson
1980	Sweet William MOVIE	Edna McClusky
1979	A Little Romance MOVIE	Ms. Siegel
1979	Tales of the Unexpected TV	Irene Wrzaszcyzk
1979	Afternoon Off MOVIE	Coffee Shop Owner
1979	The Corn Is Green MOVIE	Miss Ronberry
1979	Rebecca TV	Mrs Danvers
1979	You're Not Watching Me, Mummy MOVIE	Jemima
1978	The Mayor of Casterbridge TV	Lucetta Farfrae (née Templeman)
1976	The Love of a Good Woman MOVIE	Isabella Ridout
1974	Churchill's People TV	Queen Ealhswith
1974	Playhouse TV	Isabella Ridout
1974	Playhouse TV	Virginia Fly
1974	The Pallisers TV	Laura Standish
1974	The Pallisers TV	Laura Kennedy
1973	A Doll's House MOVIE	Kristine Linde
1973	Relics MOVIE	Rachel
1973	The Vault of Horror MOVIE	Donna Rogers (segment 1 "Midnight Mess")
1972	Dead of Night TV	Jane Pullar
1972	Frenzy MOVIE	Barbara Jane "Babs" Milligan
1972	Third Party MOVIE	Rosemary
1970	The Looking Glass War MOVIE	Avery's Wife
1969	David Copperfield MOVIE	Jane Murdstone
1969	De Sade MOVIE	Renée de Montreuil
1969	Remember the Germans MOVIE	Edwina
1967	Omnibus TV	Self
1967	ITV Playhouse TV	Jemima
1967	ITV Playhouse TV	Edwina
1966	Light the Blue Touch Paper MOVIE	June Elliott
1965	BBC Play of the Month TV	Caroline
1965	BBC Play of the Month TV	Myra Arundel
1965	BBC Play of the Month TV	Tilburina
1965	Bunny Lake Is Missing MOVIE	Elvira
1964	A Midsummer Night's Dream MOVIE	Titania
1960	Peeping Tom MOVIE	Helen Stephens
1958	Gideon's Day MOVIE	Sally Gideon
1957	Theatre Night TV	Penelope Shawn
1956	Armchair Theatre TV	June Elliott

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