Anna Quayle

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?

Known For

Lytton's Diary 1985 ★ 7.3
Mapp & Lucia 1985 ★ 6.3
Objects of Affection 1982 ★ 8.0
Never the Twain 1981 ★ 7.0
The Best of the Adventures 1981 ★ 6.3
S.O.S. Titanic 1980 ★ 6.0
Henry V 1979 ★ 6.2
Grange Hill 1978 ★ 6.7
The Light Princess 1978 ★ 7.0
Adventures of a Plumber's Mate 1978 ★ 4.2
Adventures of a Private Eye 1977 ★ 4.3
The Georgian House 1976 ★ 7.5
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution 1976 ★ 6.2
James and the Giant Peach 1976 ★ 6.0
Three for All 1975 ★ 3.3
Eskimo Nell 1975 ★ 4.0
Mistress Pamela 1974 ★ 7.0
Up the Chastity Belt 1972 ★ 4.1
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 1968 ★ 6.8
Casino Royale 1967 ★ 5.3
Arrivederci, Baby! 1966 ★ 5.9
The Sandwich Man 1966 ★ 6.5
A Hard Day's Night 1964 ★ 7.3
The Avengers 1961 ★ 7.8