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Anneke Wills

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Anneke Wills
Strange Report
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Strange Report (1969–1971)
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Anneke Wills made her acting debut at age eleven in a film called Child's Play (1954). She then studied at a drama school, the Arts Educational, for about four years, winning many children's TV and theatre roles. Subsequently, she enrolled at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, but did not complete the course. More TV work followed, including roles in Armchair Theatre (1956), The Saint (1962) and The Avengers (1961). In 1962, she starred in Some People (1962) alongside Kenneth More, David Hemmings, Ray Brooks & Angela Douglas, a film inspired by the Duke of Edinburgh's Award scheme. Four years later, she became famous on TV as "Polly Wright", the Doctor's companion in Doctor Who (1963) (her then-husband, Michael Gough, having recently played the "Celestial Toymaker"). Later, she won another regular TV role in the crime drama Strange Report (1969) which also starred Anthony Quayle and Kaz Garas. After the cast turned down the opportunity to make a second series in America, she gave up acting and moved to Norfolk, where she ran a craft shop. In 1977, she left England and lived at various times in Belgium, India - where she stayed in a religious retreat and returned to the stage in some Shakespeare productions - and in the USA. She settled in Canada, where she directed a production of the play "Rashomon", but worked mainly as an interior decorator. Recently, she returned to the UK and settled in Devon.
BornOctober 20, 1941
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Paul Whitsun-Jones and Anneke Wills in Doctor Who (1963)
Colin Baker, Katy Manning, and Anneke Wills in Whovention Two Thousand and One (2001)
Kaz Garas, Anthony Quayle, and Anneke Wills in Strange Report (1969)

Known for

The Avengers (1961)
The Avengers
8.3
TV Series
  • Judy
  • Pussy Cat
Jon Pertwee in Doctor Who: Devious (2018)
Doctor Who: Devious
7.0
TV Series
  • Polly Wright
Paul McGann, Colin Baker, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, William Hartnell, Sylvester McCoy, Jon Pertwee, and Patrick Troughton in Doctor Who (1963)
Doctor Who
8.4
TV Series
  • Polly
Nothing But the Best (1964)
Nothing But the Best
6.7
  • Girl(as Annika Wills)
  • 1964

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Actress

  • Jon Pertwee in Doctor Who: Devious (2018)
    Doctor Who: Devious
    • Polly Wright
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Sean Carlson in Anoraks (2016)
    Anoraks
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Paul McGann, Colin Baker, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, and Sylvester McCoy in The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot (2013)
    The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
    • Anneke Wills
    • TV Movie
    • 2013
  • An Adventure in Space and Time (2013)
    An Adventure in Space and Time
    • Party Guest (uncredited)
    • TV Movie
    • 2013
  • Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures (1999)
    Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures
    • Louisa Pollard
    • Director Nrosha
    • TV Series
    • 2002–2004
  • Kaz Garas, Anthony Quayle, and Anneke Wills in Strange Report (1969)
    Strange Report
    • Evelyn McLean
    • TV Series
    • 1969
  • The Avengers (1961)
    The Avengers
    • Judy
    • Pussy Cat
    • TV Series
    • 1963–1967
  • Pat Coombs and Reg Varney in Beggar My Neighbour (1966)
    Beggar My Neighbour
    • TV Series
    • 1967
  • Paul McGann, Colin Baker, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, William Hartnell, Sylvester McCoy, Jon Pertwee, and Patrick Troughton in Doctor Who (1963)
    Doctor Who
    • Polly
    • TV Series
    • 1966–1967
  • Roger Moore in The Saint (1962)
    The Saint
    • Fran Roeding
    • TV Series
    • 1966
  • The Wednesday Play (1964)
    The Wednesday Play
    • Leda
    • TV Series
    • 1966
  • Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
    Thirty-Minute Theatre
    • Julia
    • TV Series
    • 1966
  • The Pleasure Girls (1965)
    The Pleasure Girls
    • Angela
    • 1965
  • ITV Play of the Week (1955)
    ITV Play of the Week
    • Chris Durley
    • Kathleen Short
    • TV Series
    • 1961–1965
  • Rodney Bewes, James Bolam, and Bartlett Mullins in The Likely Lads (1964)
    The Likely Lads
    • Judith Francis
    • TV Series
    • 1965

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Some People
Trailer 2:36
Some People
Strange Report
Trailer 0:56
Strange Report

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    • Annika Wills
  • Height
    • 5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
  • Born
    • October 20, 1941
    • Fulmer Chase, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
  • Spouses
      ?1993 - ? (divorced)
  • Other works
    1998: Portrays Dr. Kitzinger in the made-for-CD audio dramatization of the novel "Beyond the Sun", part of Big Finish Productions' Adventures of Bernice Summerfield series, an audio spin-off of "Doctor Who" (1963) on which Wills co-starred in the 1960s.
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    Living in Devon, in the south-west of England, happily retired from acting but attending occasional Doctor Who events.
  • Quotes
    I'm going to betray Patrick Troughton because I have to say David Tennant was my favourite Doctor, after Patrick Troughton.
  • Salary
    • Doctor Who
      (1963)
      £68 per episode (1966)

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