Anna Massey | |
---|---|
Born | Anna Raymond Massey 11 August 1937 |
Died | 3 July 2011 Kensington, London, England | (aged 73)
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1955–2011 |
Spouses | |
Parent(s) | Raymond Massey Adrianne Allen |
Relatives | Daniel Massey (brother) Vincent Massey (uncle) Alice Massey (aunt) |
Anna Raymond Massey CBE (11 August 1937 – 3 July 2011)[2][3] was an English actress.[4] She won a BAFTA Best Actress Award for the role of Edith Hope in the 1986 TV adaptation of Anita Brookner's novel Hotel du Lac,[5] a role that one of her co-stars, Julia McKenzie, has said "could have been written for her".[6] Massey is also well known for her role in Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy (1972) as a barmaid who becomes involved with a suspected killer. She performed over one hundred character roles in British film and television. [7]