Anna Lee
Known for Acting · 94 credits
- Born
- 1913-01-02
- Died
- 2004-05-14
- Place of birth
- Igtham, Kent, England, UK
- Also known as
- Joan Boniface Winnifrith · The British Bombshell · Joanna Boniface Stafford
Biography
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.
[biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
Known For
TV Shows (32)
Perry Mason
1957
as Crystal Durham
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Frances Lawrence / Ann Hammond
My Three Sons
1960
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Wagon Train
1957
as Mrs. Allyris Craven
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Roberta Saunders
Mission: Impossible
1966
as Maria Malik
Peter Gunn
1958
Maverick
1957
as Helene Ferguson
Mannix
1967
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Mrs. Frances Alland
Daniel Boone
1964
as Clara Merivale
The F.B.I.
1965
as Eileen Crane / Susan Harper
Gunsmoke
1955
as Amy Bassett
Combat!
1962
as Sister Lescaut
One Step Beyond
1959
as Helen Mason
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Hawaiian Eye
1959
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Studio 57
1954
Lock-Up
1959
Mr. Novak
1963
as Mrs. Woodridge
Felony Squad
1966
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958
as Fairy Godmother
Family Affair
1966
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Julia
B. J. and the Bear
1979
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Anne Tracy
Scruples
1980
as Aunt Wilhelmina
Eleanor and Franklin
1976
as Laura Delano
A Date with Judy
1951
as Dora Foster
Movies (62)
The Sound of Music
1965
as Sister Margaretta
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
as Mrs. Prescott (uncredited)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962
as Mrs. Bates
How Green Was My Valley
1941
as Bronwyn
The Horse Soldiers
1959
as Mrs. Buford
Fort Apache
1948
as Mrs. Emily Collingwood
7 Women
1965
as Mrs. Russell
Prison Warden
1949
as Elisa Pennington Burnell
Two Rode Together
1961
as Mrs. Malaprop
Flesh and Fantasy
1943
as Rowena (segment 2)
Ebb Tide
1932
as (uncredited)
This Earth Is Mine
1959
as Charlotte Rambeau
Picture Mommy Dead
1966
as Elsie Kornwald
Listen to Me
1989
Hangmen Also Die!
1943
as Masha Novotny
Jack the Giant Killer
1962
as Lady Constance
The Last Hurrah
1958
as Gert Minihan
Commandos Strike at Dawn
1942
as Judith Bowen
For Those Who Think Young
1964
as Laura Pruitt
Bedlam
1946
as Nell Bowen
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
1947
as Mrs. Fairley
In Like Flint
1967
as Elisabeth
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
1973
as Judge Barbara Hanline
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
1964
as Titanic Passenger in Lifeboat
Seven Sinners
1940
as Dorothy
Forever and a Day
1943
as Cornelia Trimble-Pomfret
The Crimson Kimono
1959
as Mac
Gideon's Day
1958
as Mrs. Kate Gideon
Flying Tigers
1942
as Brooke Elliott
Summer Storm
1944
as Nadina Kalenin
King Solomon's Mines
1937
as Kathleen 'Kathy' O'Brien
Jet Over The Atlantic
1959
as Ursula Leverett
Beverly Hills Brats
1989
as Gertie
The Four Just Men
1939
as Ann Lodge
My Life with Caroline
1941
as Caroline Mason
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
1977
as Laura Delano
The Passing of the Third Floor Back
1935
as Vivian Tomkin
Oliver and the Artful Dodger
1972
as Mrs. Grunch / Mistress Deadly / Farmer's Wife / The Old Crone (voice)
The Night Rider
1979
as Lady Earl
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
2002
as Self - Actress
The Beasts Are on the Streets
1978
as Mrs. Jackson
The Big Night
1960
as Mrs. Turner
O.H.M.S.
1937
as Sally Briggs
Return to Yesterday
1940
as Carol Sands
Lucky Loser
1934
as Ursula Hamilton
First a Girl
1935
as Princess Mironoff
Non-Stop New York
1937
as Jennie Carr
The Man Who Changed His Mind
1936
as Dr. Clare Wyatt
G.I. War Brides
1946
as Linda Powell
High Conquest
1947
as Marie Correl
Young Man's Fancy
1939
as Ada
Legend of the Northwest
1978
as Mrs. Baxter
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
2000
as Self
Best Man Wins
1948
as Nancy Smiley
The Camels Are Coming
1934
as Anita Rodgers
His Lordship
1932
as Scrub Girl Chorine (uncredited)
Heat Wave
1935
as Jane Allison
Rolling in Money
1934
as Lady Eggleby
The King's Cup
1933
Faces
1934
as Madeleine Pelham
Mannequin
1933
as Babette
What Can I Do?
1993
About Anna Lee
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. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia] With 94 credits spanning from 1932 to 2002, Anna Lee has appeared in 62 films and 32 TV shows.
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Most Popular Anna Lee Movies
- The Sound of Music (1965) — as Sister Margaretta
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) — as Mrs. Prescott (uncredited)
- What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) — as Mrs. Bates
- How Green Was My Valley (1941) — as Bronwyn
- The Horse Soldiers (1959) — as Mrs. Buford
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