Rona Anderson

Rona Anderson was a Scottish actress whose career spanned stage, film, and television. Born in Edinburgh, she trained at the Glover Turner-Robertson School there before making her first stage appearance in 1945. She spent several years with the Glasgow Citizens company and later played Venus at the 1950 Edinburgh Festival. Her London debut came in 1951, and she toured in productions including Sabrina Fair and All for Mary. On screen, her first major film was Sleeping Car to Trieste (1948). She played Alice in Scrooge (1951) and appeared in Man with a Gun (1958). She ended her major film work with The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969). On television she worked on Dr. Finlay's Casebook, Dixon of Dock Green, The Human Jungle, Bachelor Father, and The Professionals. She continued stage work into the 1970s and 1980s. Film historians Steve Chibnall and Brian McFarlane praised her 1950s B film roles, calling her crisp, wholesome, and resourceful. She died in 2013.