Anna Lee
Known for Acting · 93 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 (31)
Perry Mason
1957
as Crystal Durham
Mannix
1967
Maverick
1957
as Helene Ferguson
Wagon Train
1957
as Mrs. Allyris Craven
Mission: Impossible
1966
as Maria Malik
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Roberta Saunders
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Mrs. Frances Alland
My Three Sons
1960
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Frances Lawrence / Ann Hammond
Combat!
1962
as Sister Lescaut
The F.B.I.
1965
as Eileen Crane / Susan Harper
Daniel Boone
1964
as Clara Merivale
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Hawaiian Eye
1959
Gunsmoke
1955
as Amy Bassett
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Peter Gunn
1958
One Step Beyond
1959
as Helen Mason
Family Affair
1966
Studio 57
1954
Felony Squad
1966
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958
as Fairy Godmother
Mr. Novak
1963
as Mrs. Woodridge
Lock-Up
1959
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Julia
B. J. and the Bear
1979
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Anne Tracy
Eleanor and Franklin
1976
as Laura Delano
Scruples
1980
as Aunt Wilhelmina
Movies (62)
The Sound of Music
1965
as Sister Margaretta
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
as Mrs. Prescott (uncredited)
Fort Apache
1948
as Mrs. Emily Collingwood
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962
as Mrs. Bates
The Horse Soldiers
1959
as Mrs. Buford
In Like Flint
1967
as Elisabeth
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
1947
as Mrs. Fairley
Jack the Giant Killer
1962
as Lady Constance
How Green Was My Valley
1941
as Bronwyn
Listen to Me
1989
Two Rode Together
1961
as Mrs. Malaprop
7 Women
1965
as Mrs. Russell
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
1977
as Laura Delano
The Last Hurrah
1958
as Gert Minihan
King Solomon's Mines
1937
as Kathleen 'Kathy' O'Brien
Flying Tigers
1942
as Brooke Elliott
Seven Sinners
1940
as Dorothy
Bedlam
1946
as Nell Bowen
G.I. War Brides
1946
as Linda Powell
The Man Who Changed His Mind
1936
as Dr. Clare Wyatt
Forever and a Day
1943
as Cornelia Trimble-Pomfret
Gideon's Day
1958
as Mrs. Kate Gideon
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
1964
as Titanic Passenger in Lifeboat
Hangmen Also Die!
1943
as Masha Novotny
The Crimson Kimono
1959
as Mac
Summer Storm
1944
as Nadina Kalenin
For Those Who Think Young
1964
as Laura Pruitt
O.H.M.S.
1937
as Sally Briggs
Flesh and Fantasy
1943
as Rowena (segment 2)
Commandos Strike at Dawn
1942
as Judith Bowen
This Earth Is Mine
1959
as Charlotte Rambeau
Beverly Hills Brats
1989
as Gertie
Best Man Wins
1948
as Nancy Smiley
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
Picture Mommy Dead
1966
as Elsie Kornwald
Non-Stop New York
1937
as Jennie Carr
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
2002
as Self - Actress
Return to Yesterday
1940
as Carol Sands
High Conquest
1947
as Marie Correl
The Four Just Men
1939
as Ann Lodge
My Life with Caroline
1941
as Caroline Mason
The Camels Are Coming
1934
as Anita Rodgers
Heat Wave
1935
as Jane Allison
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
2000
as Self
Rolling in Money
1934
as Lady Eggleby
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
1973
as Judge Barbara Hanline
The Beasts Are on the Streets
1978
as Mrs. Jackson
First a Girl
1935
as Princess Mironoff
Jet Over The Atlantic
1959
as Ursula Leverett
Legend of the Northwest
1978
The Big Night
1960
as Mrs. Turner
Mannequin
1933
as Babette
Prison Warden
1949
as Elisa Pennington Burnell
Ebb Tide
1932
as (uncredited)
Lucky Loser
1934
as Ursula Hamilton
His Lordship
1932
as Scrub Girl Chorine (uncredited)
Young Man's Fancy
1939
as Ada
Faces
1934
as Madeleine Pelham
The King's Cup
1933
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 93 credits spanning from 1932 to 2002, Anna Lee has appeared in 62 films and 31 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)
- Fort Apache (1948) — as Mrs. Emily Collingwood
- What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) — as Mrs. Bates
- The Horse Soldiers (1959) — as Mrs. Buford
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