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Anna Lee

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Anna Lee

Born January 2, 1913 in Igtham, Kent, England, UKDied May 14, 200460 films

Anna Lee, MBE (born Joan Boniface Winnifrith; 2 January 1913 – 14 May 2004) was a British actress. Lee married her first husband, the director Robert Stevenson, in 1933 and moved to Hollywood in 1939. She became a naturalised US citizen in 1945. In 1981, a car accident left her paralysed from the waist down.

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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? posterFirst watchWhat Ever Happened to Baby Jane?19627.9as Mrs. BatesA former vaudeville child star viciously torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Sound of Music poster7.7The Sound of Music1965The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance poster7.8The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance1962How Green Was My Valley poster7.3How Green Was My Valley1941The Ghost and Mrs. Muir poster7.5The Ghost and Mrs. Muir1947Fort Apache poster7.0Fort Apache1948The Horse Soldiers poster6.9The Horse Soldiers1959Hangmen Also Die! poster6.9Hangmen Also Die!1943Two Rode Together poster6.4Two Rode Together1961

Filmography

60 films as actor
  1. 1993What Can I Do?
  2. 1989Beverly Hills BratsGertie
  3. 1989Listen to Me
  4. 1979The Night RiderLady Earl
  5. 1978The Beasts Are on the StreetsMrs. Jackson
  6. 1978Legend of the NorthwestMrs. Baxter
  7. 1977Eleanor and Franklin: The White House YearsLaura Delano
  8. 1973My Darling Daughters' AnniversaryJudge Barbara Hanline
  9. 1972Oliver and the Artful DodgerMrs. Grunch / Mistress Deadly / Farmer's Wife / The Old Crone (voice)
  10. 1967In Like FlintElisabeth
  11. 1966Picture Mommy DeadElsie Kornwald
  12. 19657 WomenMrs. Russell
  13. 1965The Sound of MusicSister Margaretta
  14. 1964The Unsinkable Molly BrownTitanic Passenger in Lifeboat (uncredited)
  15. 1964For Those Who Think YoungLaura Pruitt
  16. 1962What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?Mrs. Bates
  17. 1962Jack the Giant KillerLady Constance
  18. 1962The Man Who Shot Liberty ValanceMrs. Prescott (uncredited)
  19. 1961Two Rode TogetherMrs. Malaprop
  20. 1960The Big NightMrs. Turner
  21. 1959Jet Over The AtlanticUrsula Leverett
  22. 1959The Crimson KimonoMac
  23. 1959This Earth Is MineCharlotte Rambeau
  24. 1959The Horse SoldiersMrs. Buford
  25. 1958The Last HurrahGert Minihan
  26. 1958Gideon's DayMrs. Kate Gideon
  27. 1949Prison WardenElisa Pennington Burnell
  28. 1948Fort ApacheMrs. Emily Collingwood
  29. 1948Best Man WinsNancy Smiley
  30. 1947High ConquestMarie Correl
  31. 1947The Ghost and Mrs. MuirMrs. Fairley
  32. 1946G.I. War BridesLinda Powell
  33. 1946BedlamNell Bowen
  34. 1944Summer StormNadina Kalenin
  35. 1943Flesh and FantasyRowena (segment 2)
  36. 1943Hangmen Also Die!Masha Novotny
  37. 1943Forever and a DayCornelia Trimble-Pomfret
  38. 1942Commandos Strike at DawnJudith Bowen
  39. 1942Flying TigersBrooke Elliott
  40. 1941How Green Was My ValleyBronwyn
  41. 1941My Life with CarolineCaroline Mason
  42. 1940Seven SinnersDorothy
  43. 1940Return to YesterdayCarol Sands
  44. 1939Young Man's FancyAda
  45. 1939The Four Just MenAnn Lodge
  46. 1937Non-Stop New YorkJennie Carr
  47. 1937King Solomon's MinesKathleen 'Kathy' O'Brien
  48. 1937O.H.M.S.Sally Briggs
  49. 1936The Man Who Changed His MindDr. Clare Wyatt
  50. 1935First a GirlPrincess Mironoff
  51. 1935The Passing of the Third Floor BackVivian Tomkin
  52. 1935Heat WaveJane Allison
  53. 1934The Camels Are ComingAnita Rodgers
  54. 1934Rolling in MoneyLady Eggleby
  55. 1934Lucky LoserUrsula Hamilton
  56. 1934FacesMadeleine Pelham
  57. 1933MannequinBabette
  58. 1933The King's Cup
  59. 1932His LordshipScrub Girl Chorine (uncredited)
  60. 1932Ebb Tide(uncredited)