Ann Beach
Biography
Ann Beach was a British actress whose work in theater, film, television and radio lasted more than five decades. Born in Wolverhampton and raised in Cardiff, she trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art on a scholarship and won the Anmer Hall Memorial Prize before making her professional stage debut in 1957. She joined Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop and appeared in the musical Oh! What a Lovely War, and she also worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Court. On television she broke through in the BBC sitcom The Rag Trade in 1961 and became best known as Sonia Barrett in Fresh Fields from 1984 to 1986, a role she later reprised in French Fields. Her films included Hotel Paradiso (1966) and Under Milk Wood (1972), and she was a prolific radio performer. In later years she worked as a voice coach and drama teacher.
78years old at death
- Born Wolverhampton
- Died London
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 31 years1960 to 1991
Every film, newest first
- 1991King RalphIMDb rating 5.4
- 1972Under Milk WoodIMDb rating 5.8
- 1966Hotel ParadisoIMDb rating 6.1
- 1960The City of the DeadIMDb rating 6.7
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Early training
Beach picked drama rather than opera and won a scholarship to RADA, then at 16 moved to London alone. She graduated in 1957, winning the Anmer Hall Memorial Prize.
Big break
Beach's screen breakthrough came in 1961 as Brenda in the BBC sitcom The Rag Trade, playing one of the all-female garment factory workers alongside Barbara Windsor, Toni Palmer, Sheila Hancock and Miriam Karlin.
First role
Beach played the title part in Emlyn Williams's Beth at the Apollo Theatre, which was her West End debut. In the play she was a 16-year-old whose mental age was eight.
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Worked with
Ann Beach shares two films with Peter O'Toole, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Elizabeth Taylor's page
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David S. WardDirector, 1 film, 1991
All films by David S. Ward
John Llewellyn MoxeyDirector, 1 film, 1960
All films by John Llewellyn Moxey
All films by Peter Glenville
Online
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