Anna Quayle

Born: 1932-10-06

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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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

as Baroness Bomburst
Released: 1968-12-17

A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign...

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Casino Royale

as Frau Hoffner
Released: 1967-04-13

Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James...

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A Hard Day's Night

as Millie
Released: 1964-07-07

Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying...

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S.O.S. Titanic

as Maude Slocombe, Turkish Bath Attendant
Released: 1980-02-29

The Titanic disaster as seen through the eyes of one couple in each of the three classes on board.

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The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

as Freda
Released: 1976-10-24

Concerned about his friend's cocaine use, Dr. Watson tricks Sherlock Holmes into travelling to...

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Arrivederci, Baby!

as Aunt Miriam
Released: 1966-12-28

Nick tries to kill his wife to get her money, but when learning of this, she plans the same for him!

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Adventures of a Private Eye

as Medea Dotrice
Released: 1977-03-04

While a private detective is away on vacation, his not particularly bright assistant takes it...

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Adventures of a Plumber's Mate

as Loretta Proudfoot
Released: 1978-07-01

Randy plumber Sid South enjoys a profession which offers him ample opportunity to bed sexy...

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Smashing Time

as Charlotte Brillig
Released: 1967-12-20

Two young women arrive in London to make it big in show business, and become corrupted by money...

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Up the Chastity Belt

as Lady Ashfodel
Released: 1972-01-14

A funny thing happened to Lurkalot, serf to Sir Coward de Custard, on the way to Custard Castle....

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Henry V

as Alice
Released: 1979-12-23

The life of King Henry the Fifth.

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Rolling Home

as Pam
Released: 1982-12-03

Mr Wyman is an elderly man whose increasingly unreliable memory has landed him in a geriatric...

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Three for All

as La Pulle
Released: 1975-05-01

A pop band and their girlfriends have fun in Spain

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The Sandwich Man

as Second Billingsgate Woman
Released: 1966-07-01

A man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters.

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James and the Giant Peach

as Aunt Spiker
Released: 1976-12-28

A TV adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic book.

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Mistress Pamela

as Mrs.Jelks
Released: 1974-01-01

Loosely bases on Samuel Richardson's novel Pamela or Virtue Rewarded, this is the story of...

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The Light Princess

as Makemnoit
Released: 1978-12-24

Based on a short story by George MacDonald, a princess experiences constant weightlessness.

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The Avengers

as Olga
First aired: 1961-01-07

The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr....

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Grange Hill

as Mrs. Monroe
First aired: 1978-02-08

Children's drama series following the lives of students and teachers at Grange Hill...

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The Merv Griffin Show

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran...

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Brideshead Revisited

as Nancy Tallboys
First aired: 1981-10-12

Charles Ryder, an agnostic man, becomes involved with members of the Flytes, a Catholic family...

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BBC Television Shakespeare

as uncredited
First aired: 1978-12-03

The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of...

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Objects of Affection

as Pam
First aired: 1982-11-12

A series of plays written by Alan Bennett.

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