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

Grange Hill

Mrs. Monroe

The Merv Griffin Show

Self

The Avengers

Olga

The BBC Television Shakespeare

Alice

Brideshead Revisited

Nancy Tallboys

Never the Twain

Isadora Beecham

Objects of Affection

Pam

Casino Royale

Frau Hoffner

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
1982	Rolling Home	Pam
1981	Towers of Babel	Ruby
1980	S.O.S. Titanic	Maude Slocombe, Turkish Bath Attendant
1979	Henry V	Alice
1978	Adventures of a Plumber's Mate	Loretta Proudfoot
1978	The Light Princess	Makemnoit
1977	Adventures of a Private Eye	Medea Dotrice
1976	James and the Giant Peach	Aunt Spiker
1976	The Seven-Per-Cent Solution	Freda
1975	Three for All	La Pulle
1974	Mistress Pamela	Mrs.Jelks
1972	Up the Chastity Belt	Lady Ashfodel
1968	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang	Baroness Bomburst
1967	Casino Royale	Frau Hoffner
1967	Smashing Time	Charlotte Brillig
1966	Arrivederci, Baby!	Aunt Miriam
1966	The Sandwich Man	Second Billingsgate Woman
1964	A Hard Day's Night	Millie

Year	TV Show	Role
1982	Father Charlie	Reverend Mother Joseph
1982	Objects of Affection	Pam
1981	Brideshead Revisited	Nancy Tallboys
1981	Never the Twain	Isadora Beecham
1978	The BBC Television Shakespeare	Alice
1978	Grange Hill	Mrs. Monroe
1962	The Merv Griffin Show	Self
1961	The Avengers	Olga