Anna Quayle

Anna Quayle, born in Birmingham in 1932 and died in 2019, was an English actress who worked in film, theater, and television. Following her RADA graduation, her early work included a role in Better Late at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1956. Her film credits included A Hard Day's Night (1964), with a short scene alongside John Lennon, Smashing Time (1967), Casino Royale (1967) in its German expressionist sequence, and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968). She won a Tony Award in 1963 for her performance in the musical Stop the World, I Want to Get Off, and she also appeared in that show in London and South Africa. On television, she was in the comedy drama Mapp and Lucia, the science fiction children's series The Georgian House, and Grange Hill, playing Mrs Monroe from 1990 to 1994. She was also a regular panelist on the BBC2 game show What's My Line? in 1973.