Anna Massey – Wikipedia

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Anna Massey in Bunny Lake has disappeared (1965)
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Anna Raymond Massey (Thakeham, 11 August 1937 – London, 3 July 2011) was a British actress, active in theater, cinema and television [first] [2] .

Grandson of the Governor General of Canada Vincent Massey, sister of the actor Daniel Massey, daughter of art – his parents were the actors Adrianne Allen and Raymond Massey, who divorced when she was two years old – was married to the actor Jeremy Brett, famous Television interpreter of the character of Sherlock Holmes, from whom he had a son, David in 1959, and from whom he divorced in 1962. In 1988 he remarried with Uri Andres, with whom he remained until his death.

He made his debut in the theater at the age of seventeen in 1955, at the Theater Royal in Brighton, even without having attended any acting school, holding the role of Jane in The Reluctant Debutante (Pièce from which the film was taken How to marry a daughter ). The interpretation of the same role a few weeks later at London’s Cambridge Theater assured her a first notoriety. [3] So the actress left the London cast to repeat her performance in New York in October 1956. [4]

He made his debut in cinema in 1958 in the film 24 ore a Scotland Yard , playing the role of Sally, daughter of the inspector of Scotland Yard Jack Hawkins. Gotus John Ford headed on the big screen debut on the big screen. [3] Was later directed by other great directors, such as Michael Powell in The eye that kills (1960), Alfred Hitchcock in Frenzy (1972) e Oliver Parker in The importance of being called Ernest (2002).

Massey continued throughout her career to act in the theater, however favoring interpretations on television and cinema. For the little Schermo he worked since 1955, playing the role of Jacqueline in Green of the Year . [4] Then appeared in The Pallisers (1974) and in the script Rebecca , in which she recited next to ex -husband Jeremy Brett.
It appeared in numerous British television police among which Inspector Morse , The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries , The inspector Barnaby , Strange , Lewis And Poirot, from Agatha Christie.

In 1987 the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress was conferred on her for the interpretation in Hotel du Lac .

He died of cancer in 2011, at 73 years old.

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Cinema [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

  • 24 ore a Scotland Yard ( Gideon’s Day ) Directed by John Ford (1958)
  • The eye that kills ( Peeping Tom ), directed by Michael Powell (1960)
  • Bunny Lake has disappeared ( Bunny Lake Is Missing ), directed by Otto Preminger (1965)
  • They said , directed by Cy Endfield and, not credited, Roger Corman (1969)
  • The mirror of the spies ( The Looking Glass War ) Directed by Frank Pierson (1969)
  • Frenzy , Regia at Alfred Hitchcock (1972)
  • Doll house ( A Doll’s House ), directed by Patrick Garland (1972)
  • Wheat is green ( The Corn Is Green ) Directed by George Cukor (1979)
  • A little love story ( A Little Romance ) Directed by George Roy Hill (1979)
  • An adorable rogue ( Sweet William ) Directed by Claude Whatham (1980)
  • Five days a summer ( Five Days One Summer ) Directed by Fred Zinnemann (1982)
  • Another Country – The choice ( Another Country ), Regia di Marek Kanievska (1984)
  • Doctor ( Foreign Body ), Regia Di Ronald Neame (1986)
  • Two meters of allergy ( The Tall Guy ) Directed by Mel Smith (1989)
  • The mountains of the moon ( Mountains of the Moon ), Regia di Bob Rafelson (1990)
  • Chopin my love ( Impromptu ) Directed by James Lapine (1991)
  • Angels and insects ( Angels and Insects ) Directed by Philip Haas (1995)
  • Driftwood – Fatal obsession ( Driftwood ), Regia Diren O’Leary (1997)
  • The importance of being called Ernest ( The Importance of Being Earnest ) Directed by Oliver Parker (2002)
  • Possession – a romantic story ( Possession ), regia di neil swan (2002)
  • Sleepless man ( The Machinist ) Directed by Brad Anderson (2004)

Television [ change | Modifica Wikitesto ]

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