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name: "Anna Lee"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/anna-lee"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "2 January 1913"
died: "14 May 2004"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:20:07.961272+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Anna Lee

Actor. Born 2 January 1913 in Igtham, Kent, England, UK. Died 14 May 2004.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 January 1913, Igtham, Kent, England, UK
- **Died:** 14 May 2004
- **Also known as:** Joan Boniface Winnifrith, The British Bombshell, Joanna Boniface Stafford

## Biography

Anna Lee (born Joan Boniface Winnifrith) was a British-American actress. She trained at the Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art at the Royal Albert Hall and began her career in British films in the early 1930s.

She appeared in several John Ford films, including *How Green Was My Valley* (1941) and *Fort Apache* (1948). Other notable roles include Mrs Bates in *What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?* (1962) and Sister Margaretta in *The Sound of Music* (1965). From 1978 she played Lila Quartermaine in the soap opera *General Hospital*.

Lee was appointed MBE in 1982 for services to drama. She died in Beverly Hills, California, in 2004.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Sound of Music* (1965), Fi1m 86, as Sister Margaretta — [page](https://film.one/film/the-sound-of-music.md)

## Also known for

- *The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance* (1962), Mrs. Prescott (uncredited)
- *What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?* (1962), Mrs. Bates
- *How Green Was My Valley* (1941), Bronwyn
- *Fort Apache* (1948), Mrs. Emily Collingwood
- *The Ghost and Mrs. Muir* (1947), Mrs. Fairley
- *The Horse Soldiers* (1959), Mrs. Buford
- *Two Rode Together* (1961), Mrs. Malaprop
- *Hangmen Also Die!* (1943), Masha Novotny

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