Anna Quayle
| Anna Quayle | |
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| Born | 6 October 1936 London, England, U.K. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse | Don Baker |
Anna Quayle (born London 6 October 1936) is an English actress. Her father was the stage actor Douglas Quayle.[1]
She has appeared on film, on stage, and on television. Her film appearances include Smashing Time (1967), a short but notable 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.
Quayle's other TV 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 teacher, Mrs Monroe from 1990 to 1994. In 1973, she appeared as a regular panellist on the popular BBC2 panel game show What's My Line?
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[edit] TV
- Grange Hill as Mrs. Monroe (85 episodes, 1990–1994)
- S.O.S. Titanic (1979) as Maude Slocomb
- The Sooty Show (Sooty's Restaurant) as Guest Diner
[edit] Film
- A Hard Day's Night (1964) as Millie
- The Sandwich Man (1966) as Second Billingsgate Lady
- Drop Dead Darling (1966) as Aunt Miriam
- Casino Royale (1967) as Frau Hoffner
- Smashing Time (1967) as Charlotte Brillig
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) as Baroness Bomburst
- Up the Chastity Belt (1971) as Lady Ashfodel
[edit] References
- ^ Playbill Magazine [New York, Sam S. Shubert Theatre], vol. 1, no. 23, June 3, 1963 - Miss Quayle's "Who's Who in the Cast" for Stop the World - I Want to Get Off
[edit] External links
- Anna Quayle at the Internet Broadway Database
- Anna Quayle at the Internet Movie Database
- photo of Anna Quayle on the "What's My Line?" panel
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