Anneke Wills
Known for Acting · 44 credits
- Born
- 1941-10-20 (age 84)
- Place of birth
- Berkshire, England, UK
Biography
Anneke Wills is a British actress famous for playing Polly, the swinging sixties companion to the first and second Doctor in Doctor Who from 1966 to 1967. Other roles include Evelyn in the ITC drama The Strange Report (1969-1970) and guest appearances in The Avengers and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased). Film roles include Anne in Some People (1962) and Angela in The Pleasure Girls (1965). From 1962 to 1979 she was married to Michael Gough but has subsequently twice remarried. The father of her first child was Anthony Newley, who left her for Joan Collins. In 1970 Wills effectively gave up acting to be a full time mum. Following her divorce from Gough, she left the UK in 1980 and lived in various places in the 16 years afterwards, including in Laos, Vietnam and India in the early 1980s, in the USA from 1983–1986, and in Canada from 1986–1996. She returned to live in the UK in 1996 and is a popular figure on the Doctor Who convention circuit. She has returned sporadically to acting for Doctor Who themed productions and has published three volumes of her memoirs: Self Portrait (2007), Naked (2009), and In Focus (2012).
Known For
TV Shows (10)
Doctor Who
1963
as Polly Wright
The Avengers
1961
as Judy
The Saint
1962
as Fran Roeding
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Leda
No Hiding Place
1959
The Likely Lads
1964
as Judith Francis
Strange Report
1969
as Evelyn McLean
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
2018
as Self
The Sentimental Agent
1963
as Sarah
The Strange World of Gurney Slade
1960
as Girl on Airfield (as Annika Wills)
Movies (34)
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
2013
as Self
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
2017
as Polly (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
2010
as Polly Wright (archive footage)
The Ties That Bind Us
2008
as Polly Wright (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
1984
as Polly Wright (archive footage) (uncredited)
Candidate for Murder
1962
as Jacqueline
Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace
1967
as Polly
Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks
1966
as Polly
Child's Play
1954
as Alice Nightingale
The Pleasure Girls
1965
as Angela
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
1996
as Self
Nothing But the Best
1964
as Young Wife
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
1967
as Polly
Doctor Who: The Moonbase
1967
as Polly
Second Time Around: The Troughton Years
2012
Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace
2023
as Polly Wright (voice)
Doctor Who: The Smugglers
1966
as Polly
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
2020
as Polly (voice)
Some People
1962
as Anne
Doctor Who: The Macra Terror
2019
as Polly Wright (voice)
The Dalek Tapes
2006
as Self
Doctor Who: The Macra Terror
1967
as Polly
Doctor Who: The Highlanders
1967
as Polly
Doctor Who: The War Machines
1966
as Polly
Lust in Space
1998
as Self
The Story of Doctor Who
2003
The Light Fantastic
1960
as Girl in Flamenco Club
Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet
1966
as Polly
Carnival of Monsters
1999
Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks
2016
as Polly (Voice)
The End of the Line?
2011
The Doctors: The Pat Troughton Years
2017
Now, Get Out of That
2008
Remembering Deborah Watling
2018
as Self
About Anneke Wills
Anneke Wills is a British actress famous for playing Polly, the swinging sixties companion to the first and second Doctor in Doctor Who from 1966 to 1967. Other roles include Evelyn in the ITC drama The Strange Report (1969-1970) and guest appearances in The Avengers and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased). Film roles include Anne in Some People (1962) and Angela in The Pleasure Girls (1965). From 1962 to 1979 she was married to Michael Gough but has subsequently twice remarried. The father of her first child was Anthony Newley, who left her for Jo… With 44 credits spanning from 1954 to 2023, Anneke Wills has appeared in 34 films and 10 TV shows.
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Most Popular Anneke Wills Movies
- The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot (2013) — as Self
- Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time (2017) — as Polly (archive footage)
- Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2 (2010) — as Polly Wright (archive footage)
- The Ties That Bind Us (2008) — as Polly Wright (archive footage)
- Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks (1984) — as Polly Wright (archive footage) (uncredited)
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