---
name: "Anna Quayle"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/anna-quayle"
fi1m_id: "anna-quayle"
imdb_id: "nm0703032"
tmdb_id: 10599
wikidata_id: "Q2850589"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "6 October 1932"
died: "16 August 2019"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 60
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T02:18:49.536761+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."
---

# Anna Quayle

## Identity

Anna Quayle

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/anna-quayle
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** anna-quayle
- **IMDb ID:** nm0703032
- **TMDB ID:** 10599
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2850589
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Quayle, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2850589, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0703032/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10599

Actor. Born 6 October 1932 in Birmingham, England, UK. Died 16 August 2019.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 6 October 1932, Birmingham, England, UK
- **Died:** 16 August 2019
- **Active:** 1967–1968
- **Also known as:** Anne Veronica Maria Quayle
- **Average Fi1m score:** 60, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Quayle, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2850589, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0703032/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10599

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Chitty Chitty Bang Bang*](https://film.one/film/chitty-chitty-bang-bang.md) (70)

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## Biography

Anna Quayle (born Anne Veronica Maria Quayle) was an English actor. Born in Birmingham on 6 October 1932, she died on 16 August 2019. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1956, and began her career in revues before appearing on stage and screen.

She won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical in 1963 for her Broadway performance in *Stop the World – I Want to Get Off*. Her film roles include Millie in *A Hard Day's Night* (1964), Frau Hoffner in *Casino Royale* (1967) and Baroness Bomburst in *Chitty Chitty Bang Bang* (1968). On television she appeared in *The Avengers* and played Mrs Monroe in *Grange Hill* from 1990 to 1994.

*Sources: theguardian.com, nytimes.com, telegraph.co.uk, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Chitty Chitty Bang Bang* (1968), Fi1m 70, as Baroness Bomburst — [page](https://film.one/film/chitty-chitty-bang-bang.md)
- *Casino Royale* (1967), Fi1m 50, as Frau Hoffner — [page](https://film.one/film/casino-royale-1967.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Mapp & Lucia* (1985), series, as Olga Braceley
- *Lytton's Diary* (1985), series, as Bertha
- *Rolling Home* (1982), as Pam
- *Objects of Affection* (1982), series, as Pam
- *Father Charlie* (1982), series, as Reverend Mother Joseph
- *Never the Twain* (1981), series, as Isadora Beecham
- *Towers of Babel* (1981), as Ruby
- *The Best of the Adventures* (1981), as Medea Dotrice / Loretta Proudfoot (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *S.O.S. Titanic* (1980), as Maude Slocombe, Turkish Bath Attendant
- *Henry V* (1979), as Alice
- *The Light Princess* (1978), as Makemnoit
- *Adventures of a Plumber's Mate* (1978), as Loretta Proudfoot
- *Grange Hill* (1978), series, as Mrs. Monroe
- *The Sound of Laughter* (1977), series, as Vera
- *Adventures of a Private Eye* (1977), as Medea Dotrice
- *James and the Giant Peach* (1976), as Aunt Spiker
- *The Seven-Per-Cent Solution* (1976), as Freda
- *The Georgian House* (1976), series, as Miss Humphreys
- *Three for All* (1975), as La Pulle
- *Eskimo Nell* (1975), as Reverend Mother
- *Mistress Pamela* (1974), as Mrs.Jelks
- *Up the Chastity Belt* (1972), as Lady Ashfodel
- *Chitty Chitty Bang Bang* (1968), as Baroness Bomburst — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/chitty-chitty-bang-bang.md)
- *Smashing Time* (1967), as Charlotte Brillig
- *Casino Royale* (1967), as Frau Hoffner — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/casino-royale-1967.md)
- *Arrivederci, Baby!* (1966), as Aunt Miriam
- *The Sandwich Man* (1966), as Second Billingsgate Woman
- *A Hard Day's Night* (1964), as Millie
- *The Avengers* (1961), series, as Olga — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-avengers-1961.md)

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