The Resume

(February 10, 1897-January 3, 1992)
Birth name was Frances Margaret Anderson-Anderson
Resettled in Santa Barbara, California
Acted in 'Rebecca (1940),' 'Laura (1944),' 'And Then There Were None (1945),' 'The Ten Commandments (1956),' 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958),' 'A Man Called Horse (1970),' 'Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)' and 'Santa Barbara (1984-1987)'
Made a Dame of the British Empire in 1959

Why she might be annoying:

Her given last name was 'Anderson-Anderson.'
She had a deep, husky voice.
She was typecast as lesbians and sinister, manly women.
She never achieved the same success in films that she had onstage.

Why she might not be annoying:

She wisely dropped the second 'Anderson' from her name (or was it the first?).
She was unpretentious.
She was a good conversationalist and storyteller.
She was the first Australian-born actress to become a Dame.
She received Emmy awards for playing Lady Macbeth in two separate TV movies.
She agreed to act on 'Santa Barbara' because she was a big fan of the show.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 10 Commandments [1956]
• Actresses Appearing in Hallmark Movies
• AFI's 50 Greatest Movie Villains (Ranked: 31)
• Agatha Christie Films
• Alfred Hitchcock Films
• Appeared in Red Face
• Aussie Soap Stars
• Cecil B. Demille Films
• Dames
• Ed Sullivan Show Guests
• Edith Head Models
• Entertainers Loved by Lesbians
• I Come from Oz
• I Died in 1992 (Ranked: 94)
• I Portrayed 1 of the 100 Greatest Female Movie Characters of All Time [Movieline - April 1997] (Ranked: 28)
• I Portrayed a Lesbian
• I Portrayed a Maid
• I Portrayed a Psycho-Biddy
• I Portrayed a Queen
• I Portrayed Hamlet
• I Portrayed Lady Macbeth
• I Portrayed Queen Elizabeth I
• Norman Rockwell Portraits
• Profiles 11501-11750 (Ranked: 11561)
• Santa Barbara [TV Series]
• Stage Door Canteen [1943]
• Star Trek
• Tony Award: Best Actress in a Play (Ranked: 1948)
• Vicki Lawrence Impersonations
• Wannabe Brits
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 2]
• Women With Deep Voices

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 19 Votes: 42.11% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 46 Votes: 54.35% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 100 Votes: 52.00% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 52 Votes: 63.46% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 24 Votes: 45.83% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 25 Votes: 36.00% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 39 Votes: 56.41% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 67 Votes: 55.22% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 85 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 199 Votes: 49.75% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 127 Votes: 52.76% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 229 Votes: 44.10% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 415 Votes: 43.61% Annoying