
Anna Quayle
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?
19
Films
7
TV Shows
Known For
26 Credits
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962

Grange Hill
as Mrs. Monroe
1978

The Avengers
as Olga
1961

Casino Royale
as Frau Hoffner
1967

Never the Twain
as Isadora Beecham
1981

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
as Baroness Bomburst
1968

A Hard Day's Night
as Millie
1964

Lytton's Diary
as Bertha
1985

Mapp & Lucia
as Olga Braceley
1985

Objects of Affection
as Pam
1982

Mistress Pamela
as Mrs.Jelks
1974

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
as Freda
1976