Ann Way
Ann Way (14 November 1915 – 13 March 1993) was an English film and television character actress. Born in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, she began her career in repertory in Birmingham in the 1950s moving from there to the Dundee Rep. Her petite build and deep-set eyes saw her frequently typecast as a stereotypically dotty or timid and mouse-like spinster. She nonetheless appeared in a wide range of roles, including the television series Dr Finlay's Casebook, Emmerdale Farm where she played an aunt of publican and newspaper correspondent Amos Brearly, Fawlty Towers (where she memorably played the Colonel's wife inadvertently served the raw red mullet in "Gourmet Night") and Rumpole of the Bailey as Dodo Mackintosh. She played the vicar's wife in Last of the Summer Wine. She also read the Mrs. Pepperpot books on the children's series Jackanory. Film roles included Carry On Loving (1970), Endless Night (1972) and Clockwise (1986) (in which she sang the Vivian Ellis standard This is my Lovely Day on the soundtrack and made comic use of the repeated line "Aren't we all such lucky people") and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) (where she played the headmistress's secretary, Miss Gaunt). A more unusual role was the 1987 short film Unusual Ground Floor Conversion in which she played an old lady gradually driving her downstairs neighbour mad by throwing water out of her window every few minutes. Way died in London, England on 13 March 1993.
Known For
Credits
- 1993 · Anchoress as Alice
- 1992 · Once Upon a Crime as Housekeeper
- 1991 · How's Business as Miss Jolly
- 1989 · Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother) as Margot
- 1988 · The Dawning as George Brabazon
- 1988 · Dead Lucky as Lena Finn
- 1988 · The Modern World: Ten Great Writers as Old Woman
- 1987 · Crystalstone as Housekeeper
- 1986 · Haunted Honeymoon as Rachel
- 1986 · Lovejoy as Mrs Thomas
- 1985 · Brazil as Old Lady with Dog
- 1984 · The Bill as
- 1983 · The Dresser as Miss White
- 1982 · The Pigman's Protege as Gregoria Windy
- 1981 · Bread or Blood as Mrs Tucker
- 1980 · Little Lord Fauntleroy as Miss Smith
- 1979 · Whinfrey's Last Case as Old Lady (Lotte)
- 1979 · Shoestring as
- 1978 · The Sailor's Return as Mrs Clall
- 1978 · The Clifton House Mystery as
- 1978 · All Creatures Great and Small as Matilda Dunn
- 1977 · Mind Your Language as
- 1975 · Rumpole of the Bailey as
- 1975 · Fawlty Towers as Mrs. Hall
- 1974 · Within These Walls as
- 1972 · Endless Night as Mrs. Philpott
- 1970 · The Goodies as
- 1970 · Carry On Loving as Aunt Victoria Grubb
- 1970 · Shadows of Fear as Miss Wills
- 1969 · Castle Haven as
- 1969 · The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie as Miss Gaunt