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Anna Quayle

Oct 06, 1932 - Aug 16, 2019 (86 years old) in 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?

Known For

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Grange Hill
Mrs. Monroe
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The Avengers
Olga
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The BBC Television Shakespeare
Alice
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Brideshead Revisited
Nancy Tallboys
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Never the Twain
Isadora Beecham
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Father Charlie
Reverend Mother Joseph
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Casino Royale
Frau Hoffner
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Baroness Bomburst
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Objects of Affection
Pam
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A Hard Day's Night
Millie

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