Anna Neagle

Born: 1904-10-20

Dame Florence Marjorie Wilcox (October 20, 1904 - June 3, 1986), DBE, known professionally as Anna Neagle, was an English stage and film actress, singer and dancer. Neagle was a successful box-office draw in the British cinema for 20 years and was voted the most popular star in Britain in 1949.


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Forever and a Day

as Susan Trenchard
Released: 1943-01-21

In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the...

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Nurse Edith Cavell

as Nurse Edith Cavell
Released: 1939-08-31

British nurse Edith Cavell is stationed at a hospital in Brussels during World War I. When the...

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Irene

as Irene O'Dare
Released: 1940-04-23

Upholsterer's assistant Irene O'Dare meets wealthy Don Marshall while she is measuring chairs...

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Yellow Canary

as Sally Maitland
Released: 1943-12-13

A socialite poses as a Nazi spy to mask her activities as a British agent.

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Elizabeth of Ladymead

as Beth in 1854 / Elizabeth in 1903 / Betty in 1919 / Liz in 1946
Released: 1948-12-22

Four generations of a British family live through their experiences in the Crimean War, Boer...

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Nell Gwyn

as Nell Gwyn
Released: 1934-08-01

King Charles II first meets Nell Gwyn after seeing her do a turn at Drury Lane. They soon become...

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The Lady with a Lamp

as Florence Nightingale
Released: 1951-09-22

Based on the Reginald Berkeley stage play, this compelling historical drama offers a depiction...

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Sixty Glorious Years

as Queen Victoria
Released: 1938-11-18

Continuing the story of 'Victoria the Great'.

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Maytime in Mayfair

as Eileen Grahame
Released: 1949-05-24

Penniless man-about-town Michael Gore-Brown is delighted to hear he has been left a high-class...

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I Live in Grosvenor Square

as Lady Patricia Fairfax
Released: 1945-07-20

The WW II romance set in Grosvenor square aka Eisenhower's home where the GIs stayed in London....

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Odette

as Odette
Released: 1950-10-02

The film is based on the true story of Special Operations Executive French-born agent Odette...

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No, No, Nanette

as Nanette
Released: 1940-12-19

Perky young Nanette attempts to save the marriage of her uncle and aunt by untangling Uncle...

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Victoria the Great

as Queen Victoria
Released: 1937-09-01

The film biography of Queen Victoria focussing initially on the early years of her reign with...

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Derby Day

as Lady Helen Forbes
Released: 1952-06-09

Entertaining ensemble piece dealing with several characters who are on the way to the races on...

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The School for Scandal

as Woman (uncredited)
Released: 1930-09-05

Charles, Joseph and Sir Benjamin are in love with Maria and Lady Sneerwell is in love with Charles.

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Sunny

as Sunny O'Sullivan
Released: 1941-05-30

Sunny is a 1941 film American film directed by Herbert Wilcox. It was adapted by Sig Herzig from...

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No Time for Tears

as Matron Eleanor Hammond
Released: 1957-10-04

No Time for Tears is a moving, sympathetic portrayal of the challenges faced by all those who...

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Piccadilly Incident

as Diana Fraser
Released: 1946-08-24

A newly married WREN, presumed drowned when her ship is torpedoed, spends three years on a...

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The Lady is a Square

as Frances Baring
Released: 1959-02-03

Neagle stars as Frances Baring, a socialite widow attempting to keep her late husband's symphony...

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They Flew Alone

as Amy Johnson
Released: 1942-06-29

The story of flyer Amy Johnson the girl from Yorkshire who won the hearts of the British public...

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Lilacs in the Spring

as Carole Beaumont
Released: 1954-12-21

A young actress must decide which of two lovers will be her husband. She daydreams about each...

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The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

as Mary Randall, Q.C.
Released: 1958-01-21

American scientist Dr. Frank Smith is brought to Britain to help the C.I.A. There is a defecting...

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The Courtneys of Curzon Street

as Kate O'Halloran
Released: 1947-04-11

On New Years Eve, 1899, baronet's son Edward Courtney becomes engaged to Kate, his mother's...

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The Queen's Affair

as Queen Nadina
Released: 1934-03-01

'Ruritania. Incognito president falls in love with incognito queen he deposed.' (British Film...

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King's Rhapsody

as Marta Karillos
Released: 1955-06-07

Flynn plays the exciled Ruritanian king who leaves his mistress to return home to a political...

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The Volunteer

as Self
Released: 1944-01-10

World War II propaganda film.

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Peg of Old Drury

as Peg Woffington
Released: 1935-08-27

a biopic of eighteenth-century Irish actress Peg Woffington. It was based on the play Masks and...

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My Teenage Daughter

as Valerie Carr
Released: 1956-06-20

Magazine editor Valerie Carr lives in London with her two daughters Jan, aged seventeen, and...

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Spring in Park Lane

as Judy Howard
Released: 1948-03-17

Life in the normally tranquil high society home of Joshua Howard is disrupted by the arrival of...

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The Three Maxims

as Pat
Released: 1936-01-01

The Three Maxims are trapeze artists Pat (Anna Neagle), Toni (Tuilio Carminati) and Mac (Leslie...

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Good Night, Vienna

as Viki
Released: 1932-03-28

Max is an Austrian officer in the army and son of a highly placed general. His father wants him...

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Bitter Sweet

as Sari Linden
Released: 1933-08-21

A young girl falls in love with a young conductor in Vienna, and they marry. However, their...

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Those Who Love

as uncredited
Released: 1929-11-26

'An author marries an already-married prostitute because she resembles his dead fiancée.'...

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Limelight

as Marjorie Kay
Released: 1936-05-29

A chorus girl (Anna Neagle) discovers a singer (Arthur Tracy) in the streets and asks her...

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Should a Doctor Tell?

as Muriel Ashton
Released: 1930-09-26

A doctor agonises over whether to tell his son that the woman he is marrying is pregnant by...

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Tales of the Unexpected

as Fanny Soane
First aired: 1979-03-24

A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and...

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