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Anna Massey (1937–2011)

Actress

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At the height of her affliction with depression and stage fright, she also suffered from anorexia, her hair consequently turning from chestnut to white. See more trivia »

Born:

Anna Raymond Massey
in Thakeham, West Sussex, England, UK

Died:

(age 73) in London, England, UK
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2011 Act of Memory: A Christmas Story (short)
Older Maria
 
2010 Moving On (TV series)
Bella
– Sauce for the Goose (2010) … Bella
 
2009 Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV series)
Miss Pebmarsh
– The Clocks (2009) … Miss Pebmarsh
 
1998-2009 Midsomer Murders (TV series)
Brenda Packard / Honoria Lyddiard
– Secrets and Spies (2009) … Brenda Packard
– Written in Blood (1998) … Honoria Lyddiard
 
2009 Kingdom (TV series)
Winifred
– Episode #3.3 (2009) … Winifred
 
2008 Tess of the D'Urbervilles (TV mini-series)
Mrs. D'Urberville
– Episode #1.1 (2008) … Mrs. D'Urberville
 
2008/I Affinity
Miss Haxby
 
2008 The Oxford Murders
Mrs. Eagleton
 
2007 Oliver Twist (TV series)
Mrs. Bedwin
– Episode #1.1 (2007) … Mrs. Bedwin
 
2007 Inspector Lewis (TV series)
Prof. Margaret Gold
– Whom the Gods Would Destroy (2007) … Prof. Margaret Gold
 
2006 The Gigolos
Edwina
 
2006 Pinochet's Last Stand (TV movie)
Baroness Thatcher
 
2006 A Good Murder (TV movie)
Phyllis
 
2005 The Worst Week of My Life (TV series)
Aunt Yvonne
– Sunday (2005) … Aunt Yvonne
– Saturday (2005) … Aunt Yvonne
 
2005 Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
Mrs. Arbuthnot
 
2005 The Robinsons (TV series)
Pam Robinson
– Episode #1.6 (2005) … Pam Robinson
– Episode #1.5 (2005) … Pam Robinson
– Episode #1.4 (2005) … Pam Robinson
– Episode #1.3 (2005) … Pam Robinson
– Episode #1.2 (2005) … Pam Robinson
See all 6 episodes »
 
2004 Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures (TV movie)
Older Agatha
 
2004 Belonging (TV movie)
Brenda
 
2004 He Knew He Was Right (TV mini-series)
Miss Stanbury
– Part 4 (2004) … Miss Stanbury
– Part 3 (2004) … Miss Stanbury
– Part 2 (2004) … Miss Stanbury
– Part 1 (2004) … Miss Stanbury
 
2004 The Machinist
Mrs. Shrike
 
2003 Strange (TV series)
Miss Emily Hawthorne
– Zoxim (2003) … Miss Emily Hawthorne
 
2002 Possession
Lady Bailey
 
2002 An Angel for May (TV movie)
Rosie
 
2002 The Importance of Being Earnest
Miss Laetitia Prism
 
2001 Dark Blue World
English Teacher
 
2001 Nash Bridges (TV series)
Cindy
– Slam Dunk (2001) … Cindy
 
2000 The Sleeper (TV movie)
Lillian
 
2000 Room to Rent
Sarah Stevenson
 
2000 Come and Go (TV short)
Vi
 
1999 Mad Cows
Dwina Phelps
 
1999 Captain Jack
Phoebe
 
1998 A Respectable Trade (TV mini-series)
Sarah Cole
 
1997 Déjà Vu
Fern Stoner
 
1997 The Slab Boys
Miss Elsie Walkinshaw
 
1997 Driftwood
Mother
 
1996 Sweet Angel Mine
Mother
 
1995 Haunted
Nanny Tess Webb
 
1995 Angels and Insects
Miss Mead
 
1995 Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets
Mrs. Giblet
 
1995 The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (TV series)
Mrs. Tittlemouse
– The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse (1995) … Mrs. Tittlemouse (voice)
 
1994 Nice Day at the Office (TV series)
Janice Troutbeck
– Dressing to the Right (1994) … Janice Troutbeck
– Stupid Cupid (1994) … Janice Troutbeck
– Acting Up (1994) … Janice Troutbeck
– The Enemy Within (1994) … Janice Troutbeck
– Petty Little Things (1994) … Janice Troutbeck
See all 6 episodes »
 
1994 A Skirt Through History (TV series)
Dr. James Barrie
– The Experiment (1994) … Dr. James Barrie
 
1994 Murder in Mind (TV movie)
Rosemary
 
1993 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (TV series)
Gertrude Bell
– Paris, May 1919 (1993) … Gertrude Bell
 
1993 Alleyn Mysteries (TV series)
Ruth O'Callaghan
– The Nursing Home Murder (1993) … Ruth O'Callaghan
 
1993 The Return of the Psammead (TV series)
Aunt Marchmont
– Episode #1.6 (1993) … Aunt Marchmont
– Episode #1.5 (1993) … Aunt Marchmont
– Episode #1.4 (1993) … Aunt Marchmont
– Episode #1.3 (1993) … Aunt Marchmont
– Episode #1.2 (1993) … Aunt Marchmont
 
1992 Bookmark (TV series)
Imogen Smallwood
– Sunny Stories (1992) … Imogen Smallwood
 
1992 Noblesse Oblige (video short)
Religious Sister
 
1992 Chillers (TV series)
Kate Greeves
– Under a Dark Angel's Eye (1992) … Kate Greeves
 
1992 Inspector Morse (TV series)
Lady Emily Balcombe
– Happy Families (1992) … Lady Emily Balcombe
 
1991-1992 The Darling Buds of May (TV series)
Mlle. Antoinette Dupont
– Oh! To Be in England: Part 2 (1992) … Mlle. Antoinette Dupont
– A Breath of French Air: Part 2 (1991) … Mlle. Antoinette Dupont
– A Breath of French Air: Part 1 (1991) … Mlle. Antoinette Dupont
 
1992 Emily's Ghost
Miss Rabstock
 
1991 The Diamond Brothers (TV series)
Mrs. Bodega
– The Tsar's Feast (1991) … Mrs. Bodega
– The Winter House (1991) … Mrs. Bodega
– Eightysix (1991) … Mrs. Bodega
– Strangers on a Chain (1991) … Mrs. Bodega
– Secret Intelligence (1991) … Mrs. Bodega
See all 6 episodes »
 
1991 Impromptu
George Sand's Mother
 
1990 Killing Dad or How to Love Your Mother
Edith
 
1990 Mountains of the Moon
Mrs. Arundell
 
1986-1990 Screen Two (TV series)
Edith Hope / Julia Wallace / Nina
– The Man from the Pru (1990) … Julia Wallace
– Hotel du Lac (1986) … Edith Hope
– The McGuffin (1986) … Nina
 
1990 Sea Dragon (TV movie)
Prioress
 
1989 4 Play (TV series)
Mamma
– Shalom Joan Collins (1989) … Mamma
 
1989 A Tale of Two Cities (TV mini-series)
Miss Pross
– Episode #1.2 (1989) … Miss Pross
– Episode #1.1 (1989) … Miss Pross
 
1989 Around the World in 80 Days (TV mini-series)
Queen Victoria
– Episode #1.2 (1989) … Queen Victoria
– Episode #1.1 (1989) … Queen Victoria
– Episode #1.3 … Queen Victoria
 
1989 The Tall Guy
Mary
 
1988 Tears in the Rain (TV movie)
Lady Emily
 
1988 La couleur du vent
Norma
 
1988 Sun Child (TV movie)
Marcia Burrows
 
1987 A Hazard of Hearts (TV movie)
Eudora
 
1986 Season's Greetings (TV movie)
Rachel
 
1986 Foreign Body
Miss Furze
 
1986 The Christmas Tree (TV movie)
Constance
 
1986 The Day After the Fair (TV movie)
Letty
 
1985 Thunder Rock (TV movie)
 
1985 Summer Season (TV series)
Venables
– Pity in History (1985) … Venables
 
1985 Sacred Hearts
Sister Thomas
 
1985 Anna Karenina (TV movie)
Betsy
 
1984 The Chain
Betty
 
1984 The Little Drummer Girl
Chairlady
 
1984 Sakharov (TV movie)
Klavdia
 
1984 Another Country
Imogen Bennett
 
1984 Play for Today (TV series)
Radio Voice
– Moving on the Edge (1984) … Radio Voice (voice)
 
1983 Mansfield Park (TV mini-series)
Aunt Norris
– Episode #1.6 (1983) … Aunt Norris
– Episode #1.5 (1983) … Aunt Norris
– Episode #1.4 (1983) … Aunt Norris
– Episode #1.3 (1983) … Aunt Norris
– Episode #1.2 (1983) … Aunt Norris
See all 6 episodes »
 
1982 Five Days One Summer
Jennifer Pierce
 
1966-1982 BBC Play of the Month (TV series)
Caroline / Myra Arundel / Tiburina
– The Critic (1982) … Tiburina
– Hay Fever (1968) … Myra Arundel
– Where Angels Fear to Tread (1966) … Caroline
 
1982 I Remember Nelson (TV series)
Lady Frances Nelson
– Love (1982) … Lady Frances Nelson
 
1976-1981 BBC2 Playhouse (TV series)
Isabella Ridout / Virginia Fly
– Virginia Fly Is Drowning (1981) … Virginia Fly
– The Mind Beyond: The Love of a Good Woman (1976) … Isabella Ridout
 
1981 The Cherry Orchard (TV movie)
Charlotte
 
1969-1981 ITV Playhouse (TV series)
Cynthia Randolph / Edwina / Jemima / …
– Little Girls Don't (1981) … Mummy
– You're Not Watching Me, Mummy (1979) … Jemima
– Dear Octopus (1972) … Cynthia Randolph
– Remember the Germans (1969) … Edwina
 
1980 Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)
Irene Wrzaszcyzk
– Mr Botibol's First Love (1980) … Irene Wrzaszcyzk
 
1980 Sweet William
Edna McClusky
 
1979 Hazell (TV series)
Helen Bryers
– Hazell and the Happy Couple (1979) … Helen Bryers
 
1979 A Little Romance
Ms. Siegel
 
1979 Rebecca (TV series)
Mrs. Danvers
– Episode #1.4 (1979) … Mrs. Danvers
– Episode #1.3 (1979) … Mrs. Danvers
– Episode #1.2 (1979) … Mrs. Danvers
– Episode #1.1 (1979) … Mrs. Danvers
 
1979 Afternoon Off (TV movie)
Jane
 
1979 The Corn Is Green (TV movie)
Miss Ronberry
 
1978 The Mayor of Casterbridge (TV mini-series)
Lucetta Farfrae / Lucetta Templeman
– Episode #1.6 (1978) … Lucetta Farfrae
– Episode #1.5 (1978) … Lucetta Farfrae
– Episode #1.4 (1978) … Lucetta Templeman
– Episode #1.3 (1978) … Lucetta Templeman
 
1976 Couples (TV series)
Paula Bagnold
– Episode #1.78 (1976) … Paula Bagnold
– Episode #1.77 (1976) … Paula Bagnold
– Episode #1.76 (1976) … Paula Bagnold
– Episode #1.75 (1976) … Paula Bagnold
– Episode #1.74 (1976) … Paula Bagnold
See all 6 episodes »
 
1975 Churchill's People (TV series)
Queen Ealhswith
– King Alfred (1975) … Queen Ealhswith
 
1974 The Pallisers (TV series)
Laura Kennedy / Laura Standish
– Episode #1.19 (1974) … Laura Kennedy
– Episode #1.18 (1974) … Laura Kennedy
– Episode #1.16 (1974) … Laura Kennedy
– Episode #1.15 (1974) … Laura Kennedy
– Episode #1.11 (1974) … Laura Kennedy
See all 10 episodes »
 
1970-1973 ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV series)
Christiana Edmunds / Jane / Nora Helmer
– Young Guy Seeks Part-Time Work (1973) … Jane
– Willy (1973)
– Wicked Women: Christiana Edmunds (1970) … Christiana Edmunds
– A Doll's House (1970) … Nora Helmer
 
1973/I A Doll's House
Kristine Linde
 
1973 The Vault of Horror
Donna (segment 1 "Midnight Mess")
 
1972 Dead of Night (TV series)
Jane Pullar
– A Woman Sobbing (1972) … Jane Pullar
 
1972 The Man Outside (TV series)
Sally
– Doubts Are Traitors (1972) … Sally
 
1972 Frenzy
Babs Milligan
 
1966-1972 Love Story (TV series)
Ellen Dolan / Rosemary
– Third Party (1972) … Rosemary
– The Vegetable Man (1966) … Ellen Dolan
 
1970 Wicked Women (TV series)
Christiana Edmund
– Christiana Edmund (1970) … Christiana Edmund
 
1969 David Copperfield (TV movie)
Jane Murdstone
 
1969 The Looking Glass War
Avery's Wife
 
1969 De Sade
Renée de Montreuil
 
1969 W. Somerset Maugham (TV series)
Millicent Bannon
– Before the Party (1969) … Millicent Bannon
 
1968 The Sunday Play (TV series)
Audrey Robertson
 
1966-1967 Jackanory (TV series)
Storyteller
– The Christmas Rocket (1967) … Storyteller
– The Toy Princess (1966) … Storyteller
– The Potted Princess (1966) … Storyteller
– The Princess and the Vagabone (1966) … Storyteller
– Princess September (1966) … Storyteller
See all 6 episodes »
 
1966 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
– Light the Blue Touch Paper (1966)
 
1965 Bunny Lake Is Missing
Elvira
 
1955-1964 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
Jacqueline / Titania
– A Midsummer Night's Dream (1964) … Titania
– The Green of the Year (1955) … Jacqueline
 
1963 The Trip to Biarritz
Marjorie Robertson
 
1960 Peeping Tom
Helen Stephens
 
1958 Gideon of Scotland Yard
Sally Gideon
 
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2009 Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV series) (in memory of: 1937-2011 - 1 episode)
– The Clocks (2009) (in memory of: 1937-2011 - as Anna Massey CBE)
 
1999 Reputations (TV series documentary) (thanks - 1 episode)
– Alfred Hitchcock (1999) (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (15 titles)
2009 Paul Merton Looks at Alfred Hitchcock (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2007 British Film Forever (TV mini-series documentary)
Herself
– Magic, Murder and Monsters: The Story of British Horror and Fantasy (2007) … Herself
– Corsets, Cleavage and Country Houses: The Story of British Costume Drama (2007) … Herself (as Anna Massey CBE)
– Longing, Loving and Leg-Overs: The Story of British Romance (2007) … Herself (as Anna Massey OBE)
 
2006 Breakfast (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 20 April 2006 (2006) … Herself
 
2002 Christmas Under Fire (TV documentary)
Herself - Reader (voice)
 
2002 Manor House (TV mini-series documentary)
Voice of the Rule Book
 
2001 The Story of 'Frenzy' (video documentary)
Herself
 
2001 Elizabeth's Pirates (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
1997-1998 Ruby (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #2.11 (1998) … Herself
– Episode #1.12 (1997) … Herself
 
1997 A Very British Psycho (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1996 The War Within: A Portrait of Virginia Woolf (documentary)
Virginia Woolf (voice)
 
1989 BAFTA British Academy Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 
1989 Coral Browne: Caviar for the General (TV special)
Herself
 
1988 Omnibus (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Gwen: A Juliet Remembered (1988) … Herself
 
1981 The Theatre Quiz (TV series)
Herself - Panellist
– Episode #1.9 (1981) … Herself - Panellist
 
1964 Don't Say a Word (TV series)
Herself - Guest
– Episode #2.12 (1964) … Herself - Guest
– Episode #2.5 (1964) … Herself - Guest
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (4 titles)
2009 23 premios Goya (TV special)
Mrs. Eagleton (uncredited)
 
2008 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change (video)
Gertrude Bell
 
2006 Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film (documentary)
Herself
 
2003 Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film (video documentary)
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1993) She acted in Harold Pinter's play, "Moonlight," at the Almeida Theatre in London, England and Comedy Theatre in London, England with Ian Holm, Douglas Hodge, and Michael Sheen in the cast. Harold Pinter was also director. See more »

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2 Print Biographies  | 2 Interviews  | 1 Article  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Anna Massey CBE | Anna Massey OBE

Height:

5' 6" (1.68 m)
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Personal Quote:

I think however old and blind and prune-like one may look, the spirit that goes on inside you stays young and flirtatious. See more »

Trivia:

At the height of her affliction with depression and stage fright, she also suffered from anorexia, her hair consequently turning from chestnut to white. See more »

Star Sign:

Leo