Anna Quayle

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 Movies

Acting

MOVIE

A Hard Day's Night

7.3(0.7K)

Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element, 'A Hard Day's Night' is a wildly irreverent journey through this pastiche of a day in the life of The Beatles during 1964. The band have to use all their guile and wit to avoid the pursuing fans and press to reach their scheduled television performance, in spite of Paul's troublemaking grandfather and Ringo's arrest.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

6.8(0.7K)

A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign government sets out to take for himself.

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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Baroness Bomburst

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Casino Royale

5.2(0.8K)

Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be named 'James Bond'. One of the Bonds, whose real name is Evelyn Tremble is sent to take on Le Chiffre in a game of baccarat, but all the Bonds get more than they can handle.

James and the Giant Peach

6.0(0.0K)

A TV adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic book.

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James and the Giant Peach

Aunt Spiker

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Adventures of a Plumber's Mate

4.2(0.0K)

Randy plumber Sid South enjoys a profession which offers him ample opportunity to bed sexy housewives.

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Adventures of a Plumber's Mate

Loretta Proudfoot

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Henry V

6.2(0.0K)

Insulted by the Dauphin, the newly-crowned King Henry V gathers his troops for war. But Henry must convince his men that he has left his wild days behind, and prove himself as a leader.

Towers of Babel

7.0(0.0K)

A BAFTA award nominated black comedy about life and death in a London tower block.

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

6.2(0.1K)

Concerned about his friend's cocaine use, Dr. Watson tricks Sherlock Holmes into travelling to Vienna, where Holmes enters the care of Sigmund Freud. Freud attempts to solve the mysteries of Holmes' subconscious, while Holmes devotes himself to solving a mystery involving the kidnapping of Lola Deveraux.

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The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

Freda

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Arrivederci, Baby!

5.8(0.0K)

Nick Johnson has wed several times, but all his rich wives were 'accidentally' killed after some time. Now he's married a young Italian widow, but she's not so easy to get rid of, especially when she learns of his plans and tries to turn the tables.

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Arrivederci, Baby!

Aunt Miriam