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Anna Neagle

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Actress

The Resume

    (October 20, 1904-June 3, 1986)
    Born in Forest Gate, Essex, England, United Kingdom
    Birth name was Florence Marjorie Roberts
    Appeared on the London stage in ‘Stand Up and Sing’ (1931), ‘Peter Pan’ (1932), ‘Emma’ (1945), ‘The Glorious Days’ (1953), ‘Charlie Girl’ (1965-71), ‘The Dame of Sark’ (1975), ‘Most Gracious Lady’ (1978), ‘My Fair Lady’ (1979), and ‘Cinderella’ (1985)
    Appeared in the films ‘Goodnight Vienna’ (1932), ‘Bitter Sweet’ (1933), ‘Nell Gwynn’ (1934), ‘Peg of Old Drury’ (1935), ‘Victoria the Great’ (1937), ‘Sixty Glorious Years’ (1938), ‘Nurse Edith Cavell’ (1939), ‘No, No Nanette’ (1940), ‘They Flew Alone’ (1942), ‘Forever and a Day’ (1943), ‘Piccadilly Incident’ (1946), ‘The Courtneys of Courzon Street’ (1947), ‘Spring in Park Lane’ (1948), ‘Maytime in Mayfair’ (1949), ‘Odette’ (1950), ‘The Lady with the Lamp’ (1951), ‘King’s Rhapsody’ (1955), and ‘The Lady Is a Square’ (1959)
    Great-aunt of actor Nicholas Hoult
    Named a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1969)

Why she might be annoying:

    According to rumor, she had more in common with Queen Victoria than portraying her on screen: her great-grandmother was allegedly the out-of-wedlock daughter of Prince Frederick Augustus, one of Victoria’s uncles.
    Almost all her films were produced and directed by her husband, Herbert Wilcox.
    The New York Times summary of critical opinion: ‘Some found her acting wooden, her voice reedy, and her dancing only adequate.’

Why she might not be annoying:

    She was nicknamed ‘regal Neagle’ for her royal bearing.
    Reviewing ‘Nell Gwynn,’ Graham Greene wrote, ‘I have seen few things more attractive than Miss Neagle in breeches.’
    For the circus film ‘Three Maxims,’ she performed her own high-wire acrobatics.
    She topped the Motion Picture Herald poll as most popular British star twice (1948-49) and as most popular female British star six consecutive years (1947-52).

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 18 Votes: 5.56% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 77.78% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying