Anna Neagle
Know for: Acting
Born: 1904-10-20
Place of birth: Forest Gate, Essex, England, UK
Also know as:
The Queen's Affair (1934)
'Ruritania. Incognito president falls in love with incognito queen he deposed.' (British Film Catalogue)
Yellow Canary (1943)
A socialite poses as a Nazi spy to mask her activities as a British agent.
Odette (1950)
The film is based on the true story of Special Operations Executive French-born agent Odette Sansom, who was captured by the Germans in 1943,...
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1958)
American scientist Dr. Frank Smith is brought to Britain to help the C.I.A. There is a defecting East block scientist they want him to debrief. The...
They Flew Alone (1942)
The story of flyer Amy Johnson the girl from Yorkshire who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights...
I Live in Grosvenor Square (1945)
The WW II romance set in Grosvenor square aka Eisenhower's home where the GIs stayed in London. Neagle loves Harrison. There arrives patriot GI Dean...
Elizabeth of Ladymead (1948)
Four generations of a British family live through their experiences in the Crimean War, Boer War, WWI and WWII.
Irene (1940)
Upholsterer's assistant Irene O'Dare meets wealthy Don Marshall while she is measuring chairs for Mrs. Herman Vincent at her Long Island estate....
Sunny (1941)
Sunny is a 1941 film American film directed by Herbert Wilcox. It was adapted by Sig Herzig from the Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II musical play...
Piccadilly Incident (1946)
A newly married WREN, presumed drowned when her ship is torpedoed, spends three years on a tropical island before returning to England to find her...
Spring in Park Lane (1948)
Life in the normally tranquil high society home of Joshua Howard is disrupted by the arrival of a mysterious footman in this sparkling British...
The Three Maxims (1936)
The Three Maxims are trapeze artists Pat (Anna Neagle), Toni (Tuilio Carminati) and Mac (Leslie Banks). After spending most of their careers in the...
The Courtneys of Curzon Street (1947)
On New Years Eve, 1899, baronet's son Edward Courtney becomes engaged to Kate, his mother's maid, much to the scandal of London society. The film...
London Melody (1937)
Jacqueline intrigues a diplomat, so unbeknown to her he finds her an apartment and finances her musical training. She ends up falling in love with...
Peg of Old Drury (1935)
a biopic of eighteenth-century Irish actress Peg Woffington. It was based on the play Masks and Faces.
Nurse Edith Cavell (1939)
British nurse Edith Cavell is stationed at a hospital in Brussels during World War I. When the son of a former patient escapes from a German...
Bitter Sweet (1933)
The first film adaptation, and most faithful, of Noel Coward's 1929 operetta Bitter Sweet. This tells the story of Sarah Linden's romance, the tale...
Victoria the Great (1937)
The film biography of Queen Victoria focussing initially on the early years of her reign with her marriage to Prince Albert and her subsequent rule...
Sixty Glorious Years (1938)
Continuing the story of 'Victoria the Great'.
Lilacs in the Spring (1954)
A young actress must decide which of two lovers will be her husband. She daydreams about each one to help her decide.
The Lady with a Lamp (1951)
Based on the Reginald Berkeley stage play, this compelling historical drama offers a depiction of the life story of Florence Nightingale, the young...
Nell Gwyn (1934)
King Charles II first meets Nell Gwyn after seeing her do a turn at Drury Lane. They soon become close, the King preferring her feisty irreverent...
My Teenage Daughter (1956)
Magazine editor Valerie Carr lives in London with her two daughters Jan, aged seventeen, and Poppet, thirteen. When Jan is invited to a party at the...
King's Rhapsody (1955)
Flynn plays the exciled Ruritanian king who leaves his mistress to return home to a political marriage. Love versus duty in this enjoyable romantic...
Those Who Love (1929)
'An author marries an already-married prostitute because she resembles his dead fiancée.' (British Film Institute)
The Lady is a Square (1959)
Neagle stars as Frances Baring, a socialite widow attempting to keep her late husband's symphony orchestra going. Reluctantly she enlists the help of...
Derby Day (1952)
Entertaining ensemble piece dealing with several characters who are on the way to the races on Derby day. It cleverly blends dramatic, romantic and...
No Time for Tears (1957)
The interwoven dramas of staff and patients in Mayfield Children's Hospital, where the doctors and nurses are in the business of restoring children's...
Maytime in Mayfair (1949)
Penniless man-about-town Michael Gore-Brown is delighted to hear he has been left a high-class Mayfair fashion salon. His intention is to sell it as...
The Little Damozel (1933)
A captain pays one of his sailors to marry a woman who works in a nightclub.
The Chinese Bungalow (1930)
A young British woman marries a Chinese mandarin then falls in love with an Englishman. The mandarin plots his revenge.
No, No, Nanette (1940)
Perky young Nanette attempts to save the marriage of her uncle and aunt by untangling Uncle Jimmy from several innocent but ensnaring flirtations....
Forever and a Day (1943)
In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble,...
The Volunteer (1944)
World War II propaganda film.
The School for Scandal (1930)
Charles, Joseph and Sir Benjamin are in love with Maria and Lady Sneerwell is in love with Charles.
Should a Doctor Tell? (1930)
A doctor agonises over whether to tell his son that the woman he is marrying is pregnant by another man, although this would mean breaking the...
The Flag Lieutenant (1932)
A Lieutenant is wrongly accused of cowardice
Good Night, Vienna (1932)
Max is an Austrian officer in the army and son of a highly placed general. His father wants him to marry a Countess but he has fallen in love with...
Limelight (1936)
A chorus girl (Anna Neagle) discovers a singer (Arthur Tracy) in the streets and asks her producer to give him a shot at stardom.
Odette (1950)
The film is based on the true story of Special Operations Executive French-born agent Odette Sansom, who was captured by the Germans in 1943,...
The Heart of a Man (1959)
Sailor Frankie Martin is offered a thousand pounds by a millionaire in disguise if he can earn a hundred pounds in a week by honest means. Frankie...
Wonderful Things (1958)
Set in a beautiful fishing village in Gibraltar, Wonderful Things! stars Frankie Vaughan as Carmello, a young fisherman who, unable to earn enough...
The Lady is a Square (1959)
Neagle stars as Frances Baring, a socialite widow attempting to keep her late husband's symphony orchestra going. Reluctantly she enlists the help of...
Maytime in Mayfair (1949)
Penniless man-about-town Michael Gore-Brown is delighted to hear he has been left a high-class Mayfair fashion salon. His intention is to sell it as...
The Lady with a Lamp (1951)
Based on the Reginald Berkeley stage play, this compelling historical drama offers a depiction of the life story of Florence Nightingale, the young...
These Dangerous Years (1957)
A Liverpool gang member wins a singing contest is then called up for National Service where he clashes with another soldier.