Anna Massey

Anna Massey
CBE
Massey in Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
Born
Anna Raymond Massey

(1937-08-11)11 August 1937
Thakeham, Sussex, England
Died3 July 2011(2011-07-03) (aged 73)
Kensington, London, England
OccupationActress
Years active1955–2011
Spouses
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(m. 1958; div. 1962)​
Dr Uri Andres
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(m. 1988)​
Parent(s)Raymond Massey
Adrianne Allen
RelativesDaniel Massey (brother)
Vincent Massey (uncle)
Alice Massey (aunt)
Anna Massey's voice
from the BBC programme The Film Programme, 17 August 2007[1]

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]

  1. ^ "Anna Massey". The Film Programme. 17 August 2007. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Anna Massey dies at 73". The Guardian. 4 July 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  3. ^ The Sunday Times Magazine, The Sunday Times, 18 December 2011, page 64
  4. ^ Maitland, Peter (23 November 1956). "Anna Massey Recalls Sudden Leap to Stardom on Stage". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix. p. 10. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  5. ^ "Anna Massey, TV and Film Actress, Dies at 73". The New York Times. Associated Press. 6 July 2011.
  6. ^ Presented by John Wilson (8 July 2011). "BBC Radio 4, "Last Word"". Last Word. BBC. Radio 4.
  7. ^ *Anna Massey at IMDb