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Anna Quayle

Anna Quayle

Born: 1932-10-06 • Birmingham, England, UK

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?

Filmography
Rolling Home poster
Rolling Home
1982 • Pam
No Image
Towers of Babel
1981 • Ruby
The Best of the Adventures poster
The Best of the Adventures
1981 • Medea Dotrice / Loretta Proudfoot (archive footage) (uncredited)
S.O.S. Titanic poster
S.O.S. Titanic
1980 • Maude Slocombe, Turkish Bath Attendant
Henry V poster
Henry V
1979 • Alice
The Light Princess poster
The Light Princess
1978 • Makemnoit
Adventures of a Plumber's Mate poster
Adventures of a Plumber's Mate
1978 • Loretta Proudfoot
Adventures of a Private Eye poster
Adventures of a Private Eye
1977 • Medea Dotrice
James and the Giant Peach poster
James and the Giant Peach
1976 • Aunt Spiker
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution poster
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
1976 • Freda
Three for All poster
Three for All
1975 • La Pulle
Eskimo Nell poster
Eskimo Nell
1975 • Reverend Mother
Mistress Pamela poster
Mistress Pamela
1974 • Mrs.Jelks
Up the Chastity Belt poster
Up the Chastity Belt
1972 • Lady Ashfodel
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang poster
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
1968 • Baroness Bomburst
Smashing Time poster
Smashing Time
1967 • Charlotte Brillig
Casino Royale poster
Casino Royale
1967 • Frau Hoffner
Arrivederci, Baby! poster
Arrivederci, Baby!
1966 • Aunt Miriam
The Sandwich Man poster
The Sandwich Man
1966 • Second Billingsgate Woman
A Hard Day's Night poster
A Hard Day's Night
1964 • Millie