Anne Heywood
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Anne Heywood (born 11 December 1932) is a retired English film actress. Born as Violet Pretty in Handsworth, Birmingham, England, she won the Miss Great Britain title under her real name in 1950, At one time she was the personal assistant of Radio's Talent Spotter Carroll Levis, a show which toured the countries main Theatres throughout Great Britain. later she also attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. She began acting in films in the early 1950s, first in supporting roles but gradually evolving into a leading lady. One of her more prominent film roles was in a film adaptation of a D. H. Lawrence novel, The Fox, co-starring Sandy Dennis, made in 1967, which caused controversy at the time due to its lesbian themes. In the 1970s, she appeared in several giallo-type thrillers made in Italy. Her career declined in the 1980s. Her penultimate role was on the United States television series The Equalizer, which starred actor Edward Woodward, in 1988 as Manon Brevard Marcel. The following year she appeared in a television movie, Memories of Manon, based on this same character. After this role she retired. She resides in California. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anne Heywood, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Credits
- 1989 · Memories of Manon as Manon Brevard Marcel
- 1985 · The Equalizer as Manon Brevard Marcel
- 1984 · What Waits Below as Frieda Shelley
- 1979 · Ring of Darkness as Carlotta Rhodes
- 1979 · Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff as Evelyn Wyckoff
- 1975 · Love Under the Elms as
- 1973 · Trader Horn as Nicole Mercer
- 1973 · The Nun and the Devil as Mother Giulia
- 1972 · The Killer Is on the Phone as Eleanor Loraine
- 1972 · I Want What I Want as Roy / Wendy
- 1969 · The Chairman as Kay Hanna
- 1969 · Midas Run as Sylvia Giroux
- 1969 · The Lady of Monza as Virginia de Leyva
- 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- 1967 · The Fox as Ellen March
- 1965 · 90° in the Shade as Alena Burdová
- 1963 · The Very Edge as Tracey Lawrence
- 1962 · Stork Talk as
- 1962 · The Brain as Anna Holt
- 1961 · Petticoat Pirates as Chief Oficer Anne Stevens
- 1960 · A Terrible Beauty as Neeve Donnelly
- 1960 · Carthage in Flames as Fulvia
- 1959 · Upstairs and Downstairs as Kate Barry
- 1959 · The Heart of a Man as Julie
- 1958 · Floods of Fear as Elizabeth Matthews
- 1958 · Violent Playground as Cathie Murphy
- 1957 · Dangerous Exile as Glynis
- 1957 · The Depraved as Laura Wilton
- 1957 · Doctor at Large as Emerald
- 1956 · Checkpoint as Gabriela
- 1956 · Find the Lady as Receptionist
- 1951 · Lady Godiva Rides Again as Dorothy Marlowe