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Anna Quayle

Anna Quayle

October 6, 1932 — 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?

A Hard Day's Night

A Hard Day's Night

1964

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

1968

Grange Hill

Grange Hill

1978

Adventures of a Plumber's Mate

Adventures of a Plumber's Mate

1978

Arrivederci, Baby!

Arrivederci, Baby!

1966

Up the Chastity Belt

Up the Chastity Belt

1972

Smashing Time

Smashing Time

1967

Towers of Babel

1981