Anna Quayle
Born: 1932-10-06 in Birmingham, England, UK
Died: 2019-08-16
Known For: Acting
Biography
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
1985
- Lytton's Diary as Bertha
- Mapp & Lucia as Olga Braceley
1982
- Objects of Affection as Pam
- Father Charlie as Reverend Mother Joseph
- Rolling Home as Pam
1981
- Never the Twain as Isadora Beecham
- The Best of the Adventures as Medea Dotrice / Loretta Proudfoot (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Towers of Babel as Ruby
1980
- S.O.S. Titanic as Maude Slocombe, Turkish Bath Attendant
1979
- Henry V as Alice
1978
- Grange Hill as Mrs. Monroe
- Adventures of a Plumber's Mate as Loretta Proudfoot
- The Light Princess as Makemnoit
1977
- Adventures of a Private Eye as Medea Dotrice
1976
- The Seven-Per-Cent Solution as Freda
- The Georgian House as Miss Humphreys
- James and the Giant Peach as Aunt Spiker
1975
- Eskimo Nell as Reverend Mother
- Three for All as La Pulle
1974
- Mistress Pamela as Mrs.Jelks
1972
- Up the Chastity Belt as Lady Ashfodel
1968
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as Baroness Bomburst
1967
- Casino Royale as Frau Hoffner
- Smashing Time as Charlotte Brillig
1966
- Arrivederci, Baby! as Aunt Miriam
- The Sandwich Man as Second Billingsgate Woman
1964
- A Hard Day's Night as Millie
1962
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1961
- The Avengers as Olga