Anna Massey

Born: 1937-08-11 in Thakeham, West Sussex, England, UK

Died: 2011-07-03

Known For: Acting

Biography

Anna Raymond Massey CBE (11 August 1937 - 3 July 2011) was an English stage, screen, and television actress. She was the daughter of Hollywood actor Raymond Massey.

Filmography

2009

Moving On as Bella

2008

Tess of the D'Urbervilles as Mrs D'Urberville
The Oxford Murders as Julia Eagleton
Affinity as Miss Haxby

2007

Lewis as Prof. Margaret Gold
Kingdom as Winifred
Oliver Twist as Mrs Bedwin

2006

A Good Murder
Pinochet in Suburbia as Baroness Thatcher
The Gigolos as Edwina
A Good Murder as Phyllis

2005

The Robinsons
Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont as Mrs. Arbuthnot

2004

The Machinist as Mrs. Shike
He Knew He Was Right as Miss Stanbury
Belonging as Brenda
Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures as Old Agatha Christie

2003

Strange as Miss Emily Hawthorne
Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film as Self - From "Come and Go"(archive footage)

2002

Possession as Lady Bailey
The Importance of Being Earnest as Miss Laetitia Prism
An Angel for May as Rosie

2001

Dark Blue World as English Teacher
Room to Rent as Sarah Stevenson
The Story of 'Frenzy' as Self
Elizabeth's Pirates as Narrator

2000

The Sleeper as Lillian
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change as Gertrude Bell
Come and Go as Vi

1999

Captain Jack as Phoebe
Mad Cows as Dwina Phelps

1998

Animated World Faiths as Marie (voice)
A Respectable Trade
Déjà Vu as Fern Stoner

1997

Midsomer Murders as Honoria Lyddiard
Ruby as Self
Arthouse as Self
Driftwood as Mother
The Slab Boys as Miss Elsie Walkinshaw
A Very British Psycho as Self

1996

Nash Bridges as Cindy
Sweet Angel Mine as Megan's Mother
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse as Mrs. Tittlemouse (voice)

1995

Angels and Insects as Miss Mead
Haunted as Nanny Tess Webb
The Grotesque as Mrs. Giblet
The War Within: A Portrait of Virginia Woolf as Virginia Woolf (voice)

1994

Nice Day at the Office
Murder in Mind as Rosemary

1993

The Return of the Psammead as Aunt Marchmont

1992

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends as Mrs. Tittlemouse (voice)
Emily's Ghost as Miss Rabstock

1991

The Darling Buds of May as Mlle. Antoinette Dupont
Impromptu as George Sand's Mother

1990

Chillers as Kate Greeves
Mountains of the Moon as Mrs. Arundell
The Man from the Pru as Julia Wallace
Autism - A World Apart as Narrator

1989

Agatha Christie's Poirot as Miss Pebmarsh
Around the World in 80 Days as Queen Victoria
The Tall Guy as Mary
A Tale of Two Cities as Miss Pross
Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother) as Edith

1988

1987

Inspector Morse as Lady Emily Balcombe
Daytime Live
A Hazard of Hearts as Eudora

1986

The McGuffin as Nina
Foreign Body as Miss Furze
Hotel du Lac as Edith Hope
The Day After the Fair as Letty
Season's Greetings as Rachel
The Christmas Tree as Constance

1985

Screen Two as Nina
Sacred Hearts as Sister Thomas
Anna Karenina as Betsy
Pity in History as Venables

1984

Another Country as Imogen Bennett
The Little Drummer Girl as Chairlady
The Chain as Betty
Journey into the Shadows: Portrait of Gwen John 1876-1939 as Gwen John
Sakharov as Klavdia
Moving on the Edge as Radio voice

1983

Mansfield Park as Mrs Norris

1982

The Critic as Tilburina
Five Days One Summer as Jennifer Pierce
I Remember Nelson as Lady Frances Nelson

1981

Celebrity Playhouse as Sara Callifer
The Cherry Orchard as Charlotte
Little Girls Don't as Mummy
The Potting Shed as Sara Califer
Virginia Fly is Drowning as Virginia Fly

1980

Sweet William as Edna McClusky
The Mystery of the Disappearing Schoolgirls as Miss Fitzroy Robinson

1979

Tales of the Unexpected as Irene Wrzaszcyzk
Rebecca as Mrs Danvers
A Little Romance as Ms. Siegel
Afternoon Off as Coffee Shop Owner
The Corn Is Green as Miss Ronberry
You're Not Watching Me, Mummy as Jemima

1978

The Mayor of Casterbridge as Lucetta Farfrae (née Templeman)

1976

The Love of a Good Woman as Isabella Ridout

1974

Playhouse as Isabella Ridout
Churchill's People as Queen Ealhswith
The Pallisers as Laura Standish

1973

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries as Kate Daubernoon
The Vault of Horror as Donna Rogers (segment 1 "Midnight Mess")
A Doll's House as Kristine Linde
Relics as Rachel

1972

Frenzy as Barbara Jane "Babs" Milligan
Dead of Night as Jane Pullar
Third Party as Rosemary

1970

The Looking Glass War as Avery's Wife

1969

ITV Saturday Night Theatre as Sarah
W. Somerset Maugham as Millicent Bannon
De Sade as Renée de Montreuil
David Copperfield as Jane Murdstone
Remember the Germans as Edwina

1967

Omnibus as Self
ITV Playhouse as Jemima

1960

Peeping Tom as Helen Stephens

1958

Gideon's Day as Sally Gideon

1957

Theatre Night as Penelope Shawn

1956

Armchair Theatre as June Elliott