Acting · Birmingham, England, UK · Born October 6, 1932
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?
TVMapp & Lucia
1985
as Olga Braceley
TVLytton's Diary
1985
as Bertha
MovieRolling Home
1982
as Pam
TVObjects of Affection
1982
as Pam
Father Charlie
1982
as Reverend Mother Joseph
TVNever the Twain
1981
as Isadora Beecham
Towers of Babel
1981
as Ruby
MovieThe Best of the Adventures
1981
as Medea Dotrice / Loretta Proudfoot (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieS.O.S. Titanic
1980
as Maude Slocombe, Turkish Bath Attendant
MovieHenry V
1979
as Alice
MovieThe Light Princess
1978
as Makemnoit
MovieAdventures of a Plumber's Mate
1978
as Loretta Proudfoot
TVGrange Hill
1978
as Mrs. Monroe
MovieAdventures of a Private Eye
1977
as Medea Dotrice
MovieJames and the Giant Peach
1976
as Aunt Spiker
MovieThe Seven-Per-Cent Solution
1976
as Freda
TVThe Georgian House
1976
as Miss Humphreys
MovieThree for All
1975
as La Pulle
MovieEskimo Nell
1975
as Reverend Mother
MovieMistress Pamela
1974
as Mrs.Jelks
MovieUp the Chastity Belt
1972
as Lady Ashfodel
MovieChitty Chitty Bang Bang
1968
as Baroness Bomburst
MovieSmashing Time
1967
as Charlotte Brillig
MovieCasino Royale
1967
as Frau Hoffner
MovieArrivederci, Baby!
1966
as Aunt Miriam
MovieThe Sandwich Man
1966
as Second Billingsgate Woman
MovieA Hard Day's Night
1964
as Millie
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
TVThe Avengers
1961
as Olga
