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Anna Neagle

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Born: October 20, 1904
Died: June 3, 1986
From: Forest Gate, Essex, England, UK

Also known as

Florence Marjorie Wilcox

Biography

Dame Florence Marjorie Wilcox (October 20, 1904 - June 3, 1986), DBE, known professionally as Anna Neagle, was an English stage and film actress, singer and dancer. Neagle was a successful box-office draw in the British cinema for 20 years and was voted the most popular star in Britain in 1949.

Known for

Yellow Canary

Nurse Edith Cavell

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

I Live in Grosvenor Square

Victoria the Great

Filmography

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1991

Alma Cogan: The Girl With The Giggle In Her Voice

Acting (Self (archive footage))

1979

Tales of the Unexpected

Acting (Fanny Soane) 1 EP

1959

The Heart of a Man

Production (Producer)

The Lady is a Square

Acting (Frances Baring) Production (Producer)

1958

Wonderful Things

Production (Producer)

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

Acting (Mary Randall, Q.C.)

1957

No Time for Tears

Acting (Matron Eleanor Hammond)

These Dangerous Years

Production (Producer)

1956

My Teenage Daughter

Acting (Valerie Carr)

1955

King's Rhapsody

Acting (Marta Karillos)

1954

Lilacs in the Spring

Acting (Carole Beaumont)

1952

Acting (Lady Helen Forbes)

1951

The Lady with a Lamp

Acting (Florence Nightingale) Production (Co-Producer)

1950

Acting (Odette) Production (Producer)

1949

Maytime in Mayfair

Acting (Eileen Grahame) Production (Producer)

1948

Elizabeth of Ladymead

Acting (Beth in 1854 / Elizabeth in 1903 / Betty in 1919 / Liz in 1946)

Spring in Park Lane

Acting (Judy Howard)

1947

The Courtneys of Curzon Street

Acting (Kate O'Halloran)

1946

Piccadilly Incident

Acting (Diana Fraser)

1945

I Live in Grosvenor Square

Acting (Lady Patricia Fairfax)

1944

The Volunteer

Acting (Self)

1943

Yellow Canary

Acting (Sally Maitland)

Forever and a Day

Acting (Susan Trenchard)

1942

They Flew Alone

Acting (Amy Johnson)

1941

Acting (Sunny O'Sullivan)

1940

No, No, Nanette

Acting (Nanette)

Acting (Irene O'Dare)

1939

Nurse Edith Cavell

Acting (Nurse Edith Cavell)

1938

Sixty Glorious Years

Acting (Queen Victoria)

1937

Victoria the Great

Acting (Queen Victoria)

London Melody

Acting (Jacqueline)

1936

Acting (Marjorie Kay)