Anna Massey: movies and TV shows
Anna Massey has 145 credits in the archive: 87 films and 58 TV series, from 1956 to 2009. Highest rated: Agatha Christie's Poirot (8.2/10).
Career timeline
1956 – 2009 · busiest year: 1997 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Moving On | Bella | TV | 7.4 | 71 |
| 2008 | Tess of the D'Urbervilles | Mrs D'Urberville | TV | 7.5 | 70 |
| 2008 | The Oxford Murders | Julia Eagleton | Film | 6.0 | 70 |
| 2008 | Affinity | Miss Haxby | Film | 5.8 | 70 |
| 2007 | Lewis | Prof. Margaret Gold | TV | 7.6 | 69 |
| 2007 | Kingdom | Winifred | TV | 7.1 | 69 |
| 2007 | Oliver Twist | Mrs Bedwin | TV | 6.5 | 69 |
| 2006 | The Gigolos | Edwina | Film | 5.0 | 68 |
| 2006 | A Good Murder | Phyllis | Film | 7.5 | 68 |
| 2006 | A Good Murder | TV | 5.5 | 68 | |
| 2006 | Pinochet in Suburbia | Baroness Thatcher | Film | 5.3 | 68 |
| 2005 | The Robinsons | TV | 6.4 | 67 | |
| 2005 | Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont | Mrs. Arbuthnot | Film | 6.7 | 67 |
| 2004 | The Machinist | Mrs. Shike | Film | 7.5 | 66 |
| 2004 | He Knew He Was Right | Miss Stanbury | TV | 7.6 | 66 |
| 2004 | The Worst Week of My Life | Aunt Yvonne | TV | 8.2 | 66 |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures | Old Agatha Christie | Film | 8.0 | 66 |
| 2004 | Belonging | Brenda | Film | 5.9 | 66 |
| 2003 | Strange | Miss Emily Hawthorne | TV | 7.8 | 65 |
| 2003 | Check the Gate: Putting Beckett on Film | Self - From "Come and Go"(archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 65 |
| 2002 | The Importance of Being Earnest | Miss Laetitia Prism | Film | 6.8 | 64 |
| 2002 | Possession | Lady Bailey | Film | 6.0 | 64 |
| 2002 | An Angel for May | Rosie | Film | 6.3 | 64 |
| 2001 | Dark Blue World | English Teacher | Film | 6.9 | 63 |
| 2001 | Room to Rent | Sarah Stevenson | Film | 6.0 | 63 |
| 2001 | The Story of 'Frenzy' | Self | Film | 6.0 | 63 |
| 2001 | Elizabeth's Pirates | Narrator | Film | 8.0 | 63 |
| 2000 | The Sleeper | Lillian | Film | 6.5 | 62 |
| 2000 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change | Gertrude Bell | Film | 5.8 | 62 |
| 2000 | Come and Go | Vi | Film | 6.0 | 62 |
| 1999 | Captain Jack | Phoebe | Film | 5.5 | 61 |
| 1999 | Mad Cows | Dwina Phelps | Film | 4.4 | 61 |
| 1998 | A Respectable Trade | TV | 7.0 | 60 | |
| 1998 | A Respectable Trade | Sarah Cole | TV | 7.0 | 60 |
| 1998 | Animated World Faiths | Marie (voice) | TV | 10.0 | 60 |
| 1998 | Déjà Vu | Fern Stoner | Film | 5.5 | 60 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Honoria Lyddiard | TV | 7.5 | 59 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Brenda Packard | TV | 7.5 | 59 |
| 1997 | Ruby | Self | TV | 9.0 | 59 |
| 1997 | Arthouse | Self | TV | — | 59 |
| 1997 | A Very British Psycho | Self | Film | 8.0 | 59 |
| 1997 | Driftwood | Mother | Film | 5.8 | 59 |
| 1997 | The Slab Boys | Miss Elsie Walkinshaw | Film | 8.5 | 59 |
| 1996 | Nash Bridges | Cindy | TV | 6.6 | 58 |
| 1996 | Sweet Angel Mine | Megan's Mother | Film | 5.0 | 58 |
| 1996 | The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse | Mrs. Tittlemouse (voice) | Film | — | 58 |
| 1995 | Haunted | Nanny Tess Webb | Film | 6.1 | 57 |
| 1995 | Angels and Insects | Miss Mead | Film | 6.2 | 57 |
| 1995 | The Grotesque | Mrs. Giblet | Film | 5.4 | 57 |
| 1995 | The War Within: A Portrait of Virginia Woolf | Virginia Woolf (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1994 | Nice Day at the Office | TV | 9.0 | 56 | |
| 1994 | Murder in Mind | Rosemary | Film | 4.0 | 56 |
| 1993 | The Return of the Psammead | Aunt Marchmont | TV | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1992 | The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends | Mrs. Tittlemouse (voice) | TV | 6.2 | 54 |
| 1992 | Emily's Ghost | Miss Rabstock | Film | 6.0 | 54 |
| 1991 | The Darling Buds of May | Mlle. Antoinette Dupont | TV | 7.9 | 53 |
| 1991 | Impromptu | George Sand's Mother | Film | 6.1 | 53 |
| 1990 | Chillers | Kate Greeves | TV | 6.7 | 52 |
| 1990 | Mountains of the Moon | Mrs. Arundell | Film | 6.5 | 52 |
| 1990 | The Man from the Pru | Julia Wallace | Film | 9.0 | 52 |
| 1990 | Autism - A World Apart | Narrator | Film | — | 52 |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Miss Pebmarsh | TV | 8.2 | 51 |
| 1989 | Around the World in 80 Days | Queen Victoria | TV | 6.8 | 51 |
| 1989 | 4 Play | Mamma | TV | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1989 | A Tale of Two Cities | Miss Pross | TV | 5.7 | 51 |
| 1989 | The Tall Guy | Mary | Film | 5.7 | 51 |
| 1989 | Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother) | Edith | Film | 4.6 | 51 |
| 1988 | Sun Child | Film | 8.5 | 50 | |
| 1988 | Tears in the Rain | Lady Emily | Film | 4.9 | 50 |
| 1988 | The Color of the Wind | Norma | Film | 5.8 | 50 |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse | Lady Emily Balcombe | TV | 7.9 | 49 |
| 1987 | Daytime Live | TV | 3.5 | 49 | |
| 1987 | A Hazard of Hearts | Eudora | Film | 7.9 | 49 |
| 1986 | Foreign Body | Miss Furze | Film | 4.6 | 48 |
| 1986 | The Day After the Fair | Letty | Film | 9.0 | 48 |
| 1986 | Hotel du Lac | Edith Hope | Film | 4.3 | 48 |
| 1986 | Season's Greetings | Rachel | Film | 9.0 | 48 |
| 1986 | The McGuffin | Nina | Film | 6.5 | 48 |
| 1986 | The Christmas Tree | Constance | Film | 9.0 | 48 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Nina | TV | 7.1 | 47 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Edith Hope | TV | 7.1 | 47 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Julia Wallace | TV | 7.1 | 47 |
| 1985 | Sacred Hearts | Sister Thomas | Film | 4.8 | 47 |
| 1985 | Anna Karenina | Betsy | Film | 5.6 | 47 |
| 1985 | Pity in History | Venables | Film | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1984 | The Little Drummer Girl | Chairlady | Film | 5.6 | 46 |
| 1984 | Another Country | Imogen Bennett | Film | 6.5 | 46 |
| 1984 | The Chain | Betty | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1984 | Sakharov | Klavdia | Film | 7.5 | 46 |
| 1984 | Moving on the Edge | Radio voice | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1984 | Journey into the Shadows: Portrait of Gwen John 1876-1939 | Gwen John | Film | — | 46 |
| 1983 | Mansfield Park | Mrs Norris | TV | 6.1 | 45 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Miss Mead | TV | 6.6 | 44 |
| 1982 | Five Days One Summer | Jennifer Pierce | Film | 5.7 | 44 |
| 1982 | The Critic | Tilburina | Film | — | 44 |
| 1982 | I Remember Nelson | Lady Frances Nelson | Film | — | 44 |
| 1981 | Celebrity Playhouse | Sara Callifer | TV | — | 43 |
| 1981 | Little Girls Don't | Mummy | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1981 | The Cherry Orchard | Charlotte | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1981 | The Potting Shed | Sara Califer | Film | — | 43 |
| 1981 | Virginia Fly is Drowning | Virginia Fly | Film | — | 43 |
| 1980 | Sweet William | Edna McClusky | Film | 4.3 | 42 |
| 1980 | The Mystery of the Disappearing Schoolgirls | Miss Fitzroy Robinson | Film | — | 42 |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Irene Wrzaszcyzk | TV | 6.8 | 41 |
| 1979 | A Little Romance | Ms. Siegel | Film | 6.8 | 41 |
| 1979 | Rebecca | Mrs Danvers | TV | 7.5 | 41 |
| 1979 | The Corn Is Green | Miss Ronberry | Film | 7.4 | 41 |
| 1979 | Afternoon Off | Coffee Shop Owner | Film | — | 41 |
| 1979 | You're Not Watching Me, Mummy | Jemima | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1978 | The Mayor of Casterbridge | Lucetta Farfrae (née Templeman) | TV | 6.8 | 40 |
| 1976 | The Love of a Good Woman | Isabella Ridout | Film | 9.0 | 38 |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Isabella Ridout | TV | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Virginia Fly | TV | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1974 | The Pallisers | Laura Standish | TV | 6.4 | 36 |
| 1974 | The Pallisers | Laura Kennedy | TV | 6.4 | 36 |
| 1974 | Churchill's People | Queen Ealhswith | TV | 5.0 | 36 |
| 1973 | Orson Welles' Great Mysteries | Kate Daubernoon | TV | 6.8 | 35 |
| 1973 | Relics | Rachel | Film | — | 35 |
| 1973 | The Vault of Horror | Donna Rogers (segment 1 "Midnight Mess") | Film | 6.3 | 35 |
| 1973 | A Doll's House | Kristine Linde | Film | 5.4 | 35 |
| 1972 | Third Party | Rosemary | Film | — | 34 |
| 1972 | Frenzy | Barbara Jane "Babs" Milligan | Film | 7.1 | 34 |
| 1972 | Dead of Night | Jane Pullar | TV | 8.0 | 34 |
| 1970 | The Looking Glass War | Avery's Wife | Film | 5.6 | 32 |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Sarah | TV | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Jane | TV | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1969 | W. Somerset Maugham | Millicent Bannon | TV | — | 31 |
| 1969 | Remember the Germans | Edwina | Film | — | 31 |
| 1969 | David Copperfield | Jane Murdstone | Film | 5.6 | 31 |
| 1969 | De Sade | Renée de Montreuil | Film | 3.4 | 31 |
| 1967 | Omnibus | Self | TV | 7.2 | 29 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Jemima | TV | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Edwina | TV | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Cynthia Randolph | TV | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Mummy | TV | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1966 | Light the Blue Touch Paper | June Elliott | Film | — | 28 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Caroline | TV | 5.3 | 27 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Myra Arundel | TV | 5.3 | 27 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Tilburina | TV | 5.3 | 27 |
| 1965 | Bunny Lake Is Missing | Elvira | Film | 7.2 | 27 |
| 1964 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Titania | Film | 7.0 | 26 |
| 1960 | Peeping Tom | Helen Stephens | Film | 7.5 | 22 |
| 1958 | Gideon's Day | Sally Gideon | Film | 6.4 | 20 |
| 1957 | Theatre Night | Penelope Shawn | TV | — | 19 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | June Elliott | TV | 6.0 | 18 |