Anna Quayle
Known For
Acting
Born
1932-10-06 in Birmingham, England, UK
Died
2019-08-16
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?
Most Known For
The Avengers
as Olga
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
Grange Hill
as Mrs. Monroe
Casino Royale
as Frau Hoffner
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
as Baroness Bomburst
Never the Twain
as Isadora Beecham
A Hard Day's Night
as Millie
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
as Freda
Mapp & Lucia
as Olga Braceley
Mistress Pamela
as Mrs.Jelks
Father Charlie
as Reverend Mother Joseph
Objects of Affection
as Pam
Adventures of a Plumber's Mate
as Loretta Proudfoot
S.O.S. Titanic
as Maude Slocombe, Turkish Bath Attendant
Adventures of a Private Eye
as Medea Dotrice
The Georgian House
as Miss Humphreys
Arrivederci, Baby!
as Aunt Miriam
The Sandwich Man
as Second Billingsgate Woman
Up the Chastity Belt
as Lady Ashfodel
Three for All
as La Pulle