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Ann Way (14 November 1915 – 13 March 1993) was an English film and television character actress. Born in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, she began her career in repertory in Birmingham in the 1950s moving from there to the Dundee Rep.
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Ann Way (14 November 1915 – 13 March 1993) was an English film and television character actress. Born in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, she began her career in repertory in Birmingham in the 1950s moving from there to the Dundee Rep.
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Ann Way (14 November 1915 – 13 March 1993) was an English film and television character actress. Born in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, she began her career in repertory in Birmingham in the 1950s moving from there to the Dundee Rep.
Her petite build and deep-set eyes saw her frequently typecast as a stereotypically dotty or timid and mouse-like spinster. She nonetheless appeared in a wide range of roles, including the television series Dr Finlay's Casebook, Emmerdale Farm where she played an aunt of publican and newspaper correspondent Amos Brearly, Fawlty Towers (where she memorably played the Colonel's wife inadvertently served the raw red mullet in "Gourmet Night") and Rumpole of the Bailey as Dodo Mackintosh. She played the vicar's wife in Last of the Summer Wine. She also read the Mrs. Pepperpot books on the children's series Jackanory.
Film roles included Carry On Loving (1970), Endless Night (1972) and Clockwise (1986) (in which she sang the Vivian Ellis standard This is my Lovely Day on the soundtrack and made comic use of the repeated line "Aren't we all such lucky people") and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) (where she played the headmistress's secretary, Miss Gaunt). A more unusual role was the 1987 short film Unusual Ground Floor Conversion in which she played an old lady gradually driving her downstairs neighbour mad by throwing water out of her window every few minutes.
Way died in London, England on 13 March 1993.
Gender
Female
Birthday
November 14, 1915
Died
March 13, 1993
Birthplace
Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England, UK
Brazil
1985
Anchoress
1993
Once Upon a Crime
1992
Endless Night
1972
Haunted Honeymoon
1986
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1980
Clockwise
1986
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1969
The Dresser
1983
Carry On Loving
1970
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
The Sailor's Return
1978
Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)
1989
Crystalstone
1987
Bread or Blood
1981
The Dawning
1988
Dead Lucky
1988
Whinfrey's Last Case
1979
The Pigman's Protege
1982
How's Business
1991
The Bill
1984
All Creatures Great and Small
1978
Playhouse
1974
Theatre 625
1964
Theatre 625
1964
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
Lovejoy
1986
The Goodies
1970
Fawlty Towers
1975
Mind Your Language
1977
Shoestring
1979
Castle Haven
1969
The Jazz Age
1968
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
Shadows of Fear
1970
King of the River
1966
Close to Home
1989
David Copperfield
1986
All Gas and Gaiters
1967
Thundercloud
1979
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