Anna Lee

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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]

Known For

The Sound of Music

Sister Margaretta

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Mrs. Prescott - Widow in Stage Holdup (uncredited)

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Mrs. Bates

How Green Was My Valley

Bronwyn

Fort Apache

Mrs. Emily Collingwood

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

Mrs. Fairley

Mission: Impossible

Maria Malik

The Horse Soldiers

Mrs. Buford

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2002	Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star MOVIE	Self - Actress
2000	Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley' MOVIE	Self
1993	What Can I Do? MOVIE	Self
1989	Beverly Hills Brats MOVIE	Gertie
1989	Listen to Me MOVIE	Self
1980	Scruples TV	Aunt Wilhelmina
1979	The Night Rider MOVIE	Lady Earl
1979	B. J. and the Bear TV	Self
1978	The Beasts Are on the Streets MOVIE	Mrs. Jackson
1978	Legend of the Northwest MOVIE	Self
1977	Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years MOVIE	Laura Delano
1976	Eleanor and Franklin TV	Laura Delano
1973	My Darling Daughters' Anniversary MOVIE	Judge Barbara Hanline
1972	Oliver and the Artful Dodger MOVIE	Mrs. Grunch / Mistress Deadly / Farmer's Wife / The Old Crone (voice)
1972	The Streets of San Francisco TV	Self
1967	Mannix TV	Self
1967	In Like Flint MOVIE	Elisabeth
1966	Picture Mommy Dead MOVIE	Elsie Kornwald
1966	Mission: Impossible TV	Maria Malik
1966	Family Affair TV	Self
1966	Felony Squad TV	Self
1965	7 Women MOVIE	Mrs. Russell
1965	The F.B.I. TV	Eileen Crane
1965	The F.B.I. TV	Susan Harper
1965	The Sound of Music MOVIE	Sister Margaretta
1964	Daniel Boone TV	Clara Merivale
1964	The Unsinkable Molly Brown MOVIE	Titanic Passenger in Lifeboat
1964	For Those Who Think Young MOVIE	Laura Pruitt
1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre TV	Self
1963	Mr. Novak TV	Mrs. Woodridge
1962	What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? MOVIE	Mrs. Bates
1962	Combat! TV	Sister Lescaut
1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour TV	Roberta Saunders
1962	Jack the Giant Killer MOVIE	Lady Constance
1962	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance MOVIE	Mrs. Prescott - Widow in Stage Holdup (uncredited)
1961	Dr. Kildare TV	Mrs. Frances Alland
1961	Two Rode Together MOVIE	Mrs. Malaprop
1960	My Three Sons TV	Self
1960	The Barbara Stanwyck Show TV	Self
1960	The Big Night MOVIE	Mrs. Turner
1959	Jet Over The Atlantic MOVIE	Ursula Leverett
1959	The Crimson Kimono MOVIE	Mac
1959	Hawaiian Eye TV	Self
1959	Lock-Up TV	Self
1959	This Earth Is Mine MOVIE	Charlotte Rambeau
1959	The Horse Soldiers MOVIE	Mrs. Buford
1959	One Step Beyond TV	Helen Mason
1958	The Last Hurrah MOVIE	Gert Minihan
1958	77 Sunset Strip TV	Self
1958	Peter Gunn TV	Self
1958	Gideon's Day MOVIE	Mrs. Kate Gideon
1958	Shirley Temple's Storybook TV	Fairy Godmother
1957	Maverick TV	Helene Ferguson
1957	Perry Mason TV	Crystal Durham
1957	Wagon Train TV	Mrs. Allyris Craven
1955	Gunsmoke TV	Amy Bassett
1954	Studio 57 TV	Self
1953	Letter to Loretta TV	Anne Tracy
1950	Lux Video Theatre TV	Julia
1950	Robert Montgomery Presents TV	Frances Lawrence
1950	Robert Montgomery Presents TV	Self
1950	Robert Montgomery Presents TV	Ann Hammond
1949	Prison Warden MOVIE	Elisa Pennington Burnell
1948	Fort Apache MOVIE	Mrs. Emily Collingwood
1948	Best Man Wins MOVIE	Nancy Smiley
1947	High Conquest MOVIE	Marie Correl
1947	The Ghost and Mrs. Muir MOVIE	Mrs. Fairley
1946	G.I. War Brides MOVIE	Linda Powell
1946	Bedlam MOVIE	Nell Bowen
1944	Summer Storm MOVIE	Nadina Kalenin
1943	Flesh and Fantasy MOVIE	Rowena (segment 2)
1943	Hangmen Also Die! MOVIE	Masha Novotny
1943	Forever and a Day MOVIE	Cornelia Trimble-Pomfret
1942	Commandos Strike at Dawn MOVIE	Judith Bowen
1942	Flying Tigers MOVIE	Brooke Elliott
1941	How Green Was My Valley MOVIE	Bronwyn
1941	My Life with Caroline MOVIE	Caroline Mason
1940	Seven Sinners MOVIE	Dorothy
1940	Return to Yesterday MOVIE	Carol Sands
1939	Young Man's Fancy MOVIE	Ada
1939	The Four Just Men MOVIE	Ann Lodge
1937	Non-Stop New York MOVIE	Jennie Carr
1937	King Solomon's Mines MOVIE	Kathleen 'Kathy' O'Brien
1937	O.H.M.S. MOVIE	Sally Briggs
1936	The Man Who Changed His Mind MOVIE	Dr. Clare Wyatt
1935	First a Girl MOVIE	Princess Mironoff
1935	The Passing of the Third Floor Back MOVIE	Vivian Tomkin
1935	Heat Wave MOVIE	Jane Allison
1934	The Camels Are Coming MOVIE	Anita Rodgers
1934	Rolling in Money MOVIE	Lady Eggleby
1934	Lucky Loser MOVIE	Ursula Hamilton
1934	Faces MOVIE	Madeleine Pelham
1933	Mannequin MOVIE	Babette
1933	The King's Cup MOVIE	Self
1932	His Lordship MOVIE	Scrub Girl Chorine (uncredited)
1932	Ebb Tide MOVIE	(uncredited)

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