Anne Heywood

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1931-12-11 (92 years old)

Deathday

2023-10-27

Place of Birth

Birmingham, England, UK

Anne Heywood

Biography

Anne Heywood (born Violet Joan Pretty) was a British actress, best known for her Golden Globe-nominated performance in The Fox (1967). She was born on December 11, 1931, in Handsworth, Birmingham, England, and passed away on October 27, 2023, in Houston, Texas, USA. Heywood started her career as a beauty queen, winning the Miss Great Britain title in 1950. She later trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and signed a contract with the Rank Organisation, which launched her film career. She starred in notable films such as Violent Playground (1958), Floods of Fear (1958), The Chairman (1969), and Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979)...

Acting

1979

Ring of Darkness

as Carlotta Rhodes

1984

What Waits Below

as Frieda Shelley

1967

The Fox

as Ellen March

1965

90° in the Shade

as Alena Burdová

1957

The Depraved

as Laura Wilton

1958

Violent Playground

as Cathie Murphy

1958

Floods of Fear

as Elizabeth Matthews

1973

The Nun and the Devil

as Mother Giulia

1969

The Chairman

as Kay Hanna

1972

The Killer Is on the Phone

as Eleanor Loraine

1969

The Lady of Monza

as Virginia de Leyva

1972

I Want What I Want

as Roy / Wendy

1979

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

as Evelyn Wyckoff

1960

A Terrible Beauty

as Neeve Donnelly

1960

1969

Midas Run

as Sylvia Giroux

1961

Petticoat Pirates

as Chief Oficer Anne Stevens

1962

The Brain

as Anna Holt

1963

The Very Edge

as Tracey Lawrence

1959

1973

Trader Horn

as Nicole Mercer

1957

1957

Doctor at Large

as Emerald

1956

Find the Lady

as Receptionist

1959

1951

Lady Godiva Rides Again

as Dorothy Marlowe

1956

Checkpoint

as Gabriela

1989

Memories of Manon

as Manon Brevard Marcel

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