Anna Neagle, British actress, in a publicity photo wears a pearl necklace and a black dress

Anna Neagle

(1904–86)

British actress, (died aged 81) | Spring in Park Lane (1948), Nell Gwyn (1934), The Courtneys of Curzon Street (1947)

British leading lady, a former chorus dancer who, in partnership with producer and, later, her husband Herbert Wilcox, built up a formidable film gallery of historical heroines

Mini Biography

Born in Forest Gate, Dame Anna Neagle was on stage from 1925, and also worked as a dancer in the late 1920s. Her success dated from the film of Goodnight Vienna, starring Jack Buchanan. After Evelyn Laye turned down the role opposite Buchanan, Wilcox went to call on him, saw Neagle performing with him on stage, and signed her for the film. When film roles grew hard to find, she returned successfully to the stage. She was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1969.

Latest Anna Neagle Pictures

Anna Neagle (as Matron Eleanor Hammond) and Sylvia Syms (as Nurse Margaret Collier) in a lobby card from No Time for Tears (1957) (1)
  • 9th March, 2016
Anna Neagle, Sylvia Syms
No Time for Tears (1957) lobby card (1) | Anna Neagle, Sylvia Syms
Anna Neagle (as Judy Howard) and Michael Wilding (as Lord Richard) in a photograph from Spring in Park Lane (1948) (1)
  • 20th October, 2015
Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding
Spring in Park Lane (1948) photograph (1) | Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding
Anna Neagle, British actress, in a publicity photo wears a pearl necklace and a black dress
  • 5th April, 2015
Anna Neagle
Anna Neagle, British actress, in a pearl necklace and a black dress
My Teenage Daughter DVD from Network and The British Film
  • 5th December, 2014
Anna Neagle, Sylvia Syms
My Teenage Daughter DVD – Network – The British Film

Select Anna Neagle Filmography

Goodnight, Vienna (1932) opening credits
Good Night, Vienna (1932)
Viki
Nell Gwyn (1934) opening credits (2)
Nell Gwyn (1934)
Nell Gwyn
Peg of Old Drury (1935) opening credits (2)
Peg of Old Drury (1936)
Peg Woffington
Nurse Edith Cavell (1939) opening credits (5)
Nurse Edith Cavell (1939)
Nurse Edith Cavell
They Flew Alone (1942) opening credits
They Flew Alone (1942)
Amy Johnson
Yellow Canary (1943) opening credits
Yellow Canary (1943)
Sally Maitland
I Live in Grosvenor Square (1945) opening credits
I Live in Grosvenor Square (1945)
Lady Patricia Fairfax
Piccadilly Incident (1946) opening credits (4)
Piccadilly Incident (1946)
Diana Fraser
The Courtneys of Curzon Street (1947) opening credits (4)
The Courtneys of Curzon Street (1947)
Kate O’Halloran
Elizabeth of Ladymead (1948) [as The Affairs of a Rogue] opening credits (4)
Elizabeth of Ladymead (1948)
Beth in 1854 / Elizabeth in 1903 / Betty in 1919 / Liz in 1946
Spring in Park Lane (1948) opening credits (4)
Spring in Park Lane (1948)
Judy
Maytime in Mayfair (1949) opening credits
Maytime in Mayfair (1949)
Eileen Grahame
Odette (1950) opening credits (4)
Odette (1950)
Odette Sanson / Marie / Lise
The Lady with a Lamp (1951) opening credits (2)
The Lady with a Lamp (1951)
Florence Nightingale
Derby Day (1952) opening credits (7)
Derby Day (1952)
Lady Helen Forbes
My Teenage Daughter (1956) opening credits (5)
My Teenage Daughter (1956)
Valerie Carr
My Teenage Daughter (1956) opening credits (5)
No Time for Tears (1957)
Matron Eleanor Hammond
The Man Who Wouldn’t Talk (1958) opening credits (7)
The Man Who Wouldn’t Talk (1958)
Mary Randall, QC
The Lady Is a Square (1959) opening credits (4)
The Lady Is a Square (1959)
Frances Baring
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Personal Details

Born
Died
Herbert Wilcox
Husband  m. 1943–1977 (his death)

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