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?

Casino Royale (1967)

Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be named 'James Bond'. One of the Bonds, whose real name is Evelyn Tremble is sent to take on Le Chiffre in a game of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Huston  •  Joseph McGrath  •  Ken Hughes  •  Val Guest  •  Robert Parrish
CAST:  David Niven  •  Peter Sellers  •  Ursula Andress  •  Orson Welles

Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be named 'James Bond'. One of the Bonds, whose real name is Evelyn Tremble is sent to take on Le Chiffre in a game of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Huston  •  Joseph McGrath  •  Ken Hughes  •  Val Guest  •  Robert Parrish
CAST:  David Niven  •  Peter Sellers  •  Ursula Andress  •  Orson Welles

A Hard Day's Night (1964)

Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element, 'A Hard Day's Night' is a wildly irreverent journey through this pastiche of a day in the life of The Beatles during 1964. The band have to use all their guile and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Lester
CAST:  John Lennon  •  Paul McCartney  •  George Harrison  •  Ringo Starr

Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element, 'A Hard Day's Night' is a wildly irreverent journey through this pastiche of a day in the life of The Beatles during 1964. The band have to use all their guile and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Lester
CAST:  John Lennon  •  Paul McCartney  •  George Harrison  •  Ringo Starr

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)

ClassicMusical

A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign government sets out to take for himself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Hughes
CAST:  Dick Van Dyke  •  Sally Ann Howes  •  Lionel Jeffries  •  Gert Fröbe

A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign government sets out to take for himself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Hughes
CAST:  Dick Van Dyke  •  Sally Ann Howes  •  Lionel Jeffries  •  Gert Fröbe

S.O.S. Titanic (1980)

The Titanic disaster as seen through the eyes of one couple in each of the three classes on board.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Hale
CAST:  David Janssen  •  Cloris Leachman  •  Susan Saint James  •  David Warner

The Titanic disaster as seen through the eyes of one couple in each of the three classes on board.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Hale
CAST:  David Janssen  •  Cloris Leachman  •  Susan Saint James  •  David Warner

Mistress Pamela (1974)

Loosely bases on Samuel Richardson's novel Pamela or Virtue Rewarded, this is the story of Pamela who goes to work in the kitchen of Lord Devenish who is determined to rape her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim O'Connolly
CAST:  Ann Michelle  •  Julian Barnes  •  Anna Quayle  •  Dudley Foster

Loosely bases on Samuel Richardson's novel Pamela or Virtue Rewarded, this is the story of Pamela who goes to work in the kitchen of Lord Devenish who is determined to rape her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim O'Connolly
CAST:  Ann Michelle  •  Julian Barnes  •  Anna Quayle  •  Dudley Foster

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)

Concerned about his friend's cocaine use, Dr. Watson tricks Sherlock Holmes into travelling to Vienna, where Holmes enters the care of Sigmund Freud. Freud attempts to solve the mysteries of Holmes' subconscious, while Holmes devotes himself to solving a mystery ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Ross
CAST:  Alan Arkin  •  Vanessa Redgrave  •  Robert Duvall  •  Nicol Williamson

Concerned about his friend's cocaine use, Dr. Watson tricks Sherlock Holmes into travelling to Vienna, where Holmes enters the care of Sigmund Freud. Freud attempts to solve the mysteries of Holmes' subconscious, while Holmes devotes himself to solving a mystery ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Ross
CAST:  Alan Arkin  •  Vanessa Redgrave  •  Robert Duvall  •  Nicol Williamson

Henry V (1979)

The life of King Henry the Fifth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Giles
CAST:  John Abineri  •  Robert Ashby  •  Trevor Baxter  •  Jocelyne Boisseau

The life of King Henry the Fifth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Giles
CAST:  John Abineri  •  Robert Ashby  •  Trevor Baxter  •  Jocelyne Boisseau

Adventures of a Plumber's Mate (1978)

Randy plumber Sid South enjoys a profession which offers him ample opportunity to bed sexy housewives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stanley A. Long
CAST:  Christopher Neil  •  Arthur Mullard  •  Stephen Lewis  •  Anna Quayle

Randy plumber Sid South enjoys a profession which offers him ample opportunity to bed sexy housewives.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stanley A. Long
CAST:  Christopher Neil  •  Arthur Mullard  •  Stephen Lewis  •  Anna Quayle

Arrivederci, Baby! (1966)

Nick tries to kill his wife to get her money, but when learning of this, she plans the same for him!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Hughes
CAST:  Tony Curtis  •  Rosanna Schiaffino  •  Lionel Jeffries  •  Zsa Zsa Gabor

Nick tries to kill his wife to get her money, but when learning of this, she plans the same for him!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Hughes
CAST:  Tony Curtis  •  Rosanna Schiaffino  •  Lionel Jeffries  •  Zsa Zsa Gabor

Three for All (1975)

A pop band and their girlfriends have fun in Spain  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Campbell
CAST:  Adrienne Posta  •  Lesley North  •  Cheryl Hall  •  Graham Bonnet

A pop band and their girlfriends have fun in Spain  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Campbell
CAST:  Adrienne Posta  •  Lesley North  •  Cheryl Hall  •  Graham Bonnet

Adventures of a Private Eye (1977)

While a private detective is away on vacation, his not particularly bright assistant takes it upon himself to "solve" a case that comes in. Complications ensue.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stanley A. Long
CAST:  Christopher Neil  •  Suzy Kendall  •  Adrienne Posta  •  Harry H. Corbett

While a private detective is away on vacation, his not particularly bright assistant takes it upon himself to "solve" a case that comes in. Complications ensue.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stanley A. Long
CAST:  Christopher Neil  •  Suzy Kendall  •  Adrienne Posta  •  Harry H. Corbett

Smashing Time (1967)

Two young women arrive in London to make it big in show business, and become corrupted by money and fame in the process.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Desmond Davis
CAST:  Rita Tushingham  •  Lynn Redgrave  •  Michael York  •  Anna Quayle

Two young women arrive in London to make it big in show business, and become corrupted by money and fame in the process.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Desmond Davis
CAST:  Rita Tushingham  •  Lynn Redgrave  •  Michael York  •  Anna Quayle

The Sandwich Man (1966)

A man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Hartford-Davis
CAST:  Michael Bentine  •  Dora Bryan  •  Harry H. Corbett  •  Bernard Cribbins

A man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Hartford-Davis
CAST:  Michael Bentine  •  Dora Bryan  •  Harry H. Corbett  •  Bernard Cribbins

Up the Chastity Belt (1972)

A funny thing happened to Lurkalot, serf to Sir Coward de Custard, on the way to Custard Castle. Lurkalot sells lusty love potions and rusty chastity belts in the market place, but on this day Sir Graggart de Bombast arrives to sack the castle, and to get the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bob Kellett
CAST:  Frankie Howerd  •  Graham Crowden  •  Bill Fraser  •  Roy Hudd

A funny thing happened to Lurkalot, serf to Sir Coward de Custard, on the way to Custard Castle. Lurkalot sells lusty love potions and rusty chastity belts in the market place, but on this day Sir Graggart de Bombast arrives to sack the castle, and to get the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bob Kellett
CAST:  Frankie Howerd  •  Graham Crowden  •  Bill Fraser  •  Roy Hudd

The Light Princess (1978)

Based on a short story by George MacDonald, a princess experiences constant weightlessness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Gosling
CAST:  Stacy Dorning  •  John Fortune  •  Irene Handl  •  George A. Cooper

Based on a short story by George MacDonald, a princess experiences constant weightlessness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Gosling
CAST:  Stacy Dorning  •  John Fortune  •  Irene Handl  •  George A. Cooper

Towers of Babel (1981)

A BAFTA award nominated black comedy about life and death in a London tower block.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonathan Lewis
CAST:  Ken Campbell  •  Bryan Pringle  •  Gwen Nelson  •  Sheila Steafel

A BAFTA award nominated black comedy about life and death in a London tower block.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonathan Lewis
CAST:  Ken Campbell  •  Bryan Pringle  •  Gwen Nelson  •  Sheila Steafel