Anna Quayle
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 6, 1932
- Died
- August 16, 2019
- Birthplace
- 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 1982
as Pam
- Towers of Babel
Towers of Babel 1981
as Ruby
The Best of the Adventures 1981
as Medea Dotrice / Loretta Proudfoot (archive footage) (uncredited)
S.O.S. Titanic 1980
as Maude Slocombe, Turkish Bath Attendant
Henry V 1979
as Alice
The Light Princess 1978
as Makemnoit
Adventures of a Plumber's Mate 1978
as Loretta Proudfoot
Adventures of a Private Eye 1977
as Medea Dotrice
James and the Giant Peach 1976
as Aunt Spiker
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution 1976
as Freda
Three for All 1975
as La Pulle
Eskimo Nell 1975
as Reverend Mother
Mistress Pamela 1974
as Mrs.Jelks
Up the Chastity Belt 1972
as Lady Ashfodel
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 1968
as Baroness Bomburst
Smashing Time 1967
as Charlotte Brillig
Casino Royale 1967
as Frau Hoffner
Arrivederci, Baby! 1966
as Aunt Miriam
The Sandwich Man 1966
as Second Billingsgate Woman
A Hard Day's Night 1964
as Millie
Credits from TMDB.