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Ann Way
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Ann Way
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1915-11-14,Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England, UK
Gender
Female
Biography
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.

Filmography

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Bread or Blood
1981-04-05

5.4

The Dawning
1988-06-08

Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)

3.5

Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)
1989-09-01

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

6.832

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1969-02-24

6

Anchoress
1993-09-10

6.2

Endless Night
1972-10-05

The Sailor's Return

6

The Sailor's Return
1978-11-15

1

Dead Lucky
1988-01-17

Once Upon a Crime

5.712

Once Upon a Crime
1992-03-06

Little Lord Fauntleroy

7.373

Little Lord Fauntleroy
1980-12-01

6.7

The Dresser
1983-12-06

Haunted Honeymoon

5.378

Haunted Honeymoon
1986-07-25

Whinfrey's Last Case

0

Whinfrey's Last Case
1979-10-10

6

Crystalstone
1987-04-01

0

How's Business
1991-01-12

7.665

Brazil
1985-02-20

The Pigman's Protege

0

The Pigman's Protege
1982-03-05

Carry On Loving

5.6

Carry On Loving
1970-09-20

6.7

The Bill
1984-10-16

6.8

Shoestring
1979-09-30

8.258

Fawlty Towers
1975-09-19

Mind Your Language

8.2

Mind Your Language
1977-12-30

7.5

The Goodies
1970-11-08

Rumpole of the Bailey

7.1

Rumpole of the Bailey
1975-12-17

7.3

Lovejoy
1986-01-10

Within These Walls

5.3

Within These Walls
1974-01-04

Shadows of Fear

6

Shadows of Fear
1970-06-17

0

Castle Haven
1969-04-04

The Clifton House Mystery

6

The Clifton House Mystery
1978-10-08

All Creatures Great and Small

7.7

All Creatures Great and Small
1978-01-08

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

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The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988-01-10