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Anna Neagle

Acting Born Oct 20, 1904 Forest Gate, Essex, England, UK 24 credits

Biography

Dame Florence Marjorie Wilcox (October 20, 1904 - June 3, 1986), DBE, known professionally as Anna Neagle, was an English stage and film actress, singer and dancer. Neagle was a successful box-office draw in the British cinema for 20 years and was voted the most popular star in Britain in 1949.

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Known for

Tales of the Unexpected

as Fanny Soane
Film

Odette

as Odette

Full filmography

  • Tales of the Unexpected (1979) as Fanny Soane
  • Odette (1950) as Odette
  • Nell Gwyn (1934) as Nell Gwyn
  • No, No, Nanette (1940) as Nanette
  • Forever and a Day (1943) as Susan Trenchard
  • My Teenage Daughter (1956) as Valerie Carr
  • They Flew Alone (1942) as Amy Johnson
  • No Time for Tears (1957) as Matron Eleanor Hammond
  • Irene (1940) as Irene O'Dare
  • Alma Cogan: The Girl With The Giggle In Her Voice (1991) as Self (archive footage)
  • Nurse Edith Cavell (1939) as Nurse Edith Cavell
  • Victoria the Great (1937) as Queen Victoria
  • Yellow Canary (1943) as Sally Maitland
  • Derby Day (1952) as Lady Helen Forbes
  • Sixty Glorious Years (1938) as Queen Victoria
  • Sunny (1941) as Sunny O'Sullivan
  • The Three Maxims (1936) as Pat
  • The Courtneys of Curzon Street (1947) as Kate O'Halloran
  • Lilacs in the Spring (1954) as Carole Beaumont
  • The Lady with a Lamp (1951) as Florence Nightingale
  • I Live in Grosvenor Square (1945) as Lady Patricia Fairfax
  • The Queen's Affair (1934) as Queen Nadina
  • The Volunteer (1944) as Self
  • The Little Damozel (1933) as Julie Alardy