City of London Cemetery, Manor Park, London, England
Occupation(s)
Actress, singer
Years active
1917–1986
Spouse
Herbert Wilcox
(m. 1943; died 1977)
Relatives
Nicholas Hoult (grand-nephew)
Dame Florence Marjorie WilcoxDBE OStJ (néeRobertson; 20 October 1904 – 3 June 1986), known professionally as Anna Neagle, was an English stage and film actress, singer, and dancer.
Neagle with Paul Hartman and Ray Bolger in the film Sunny
She was a successful box-office draw in British cinema for 20 years and was voted the most popular star in Britain in 1949. She was known for providing glamour and sophistication to war-torn London audiences with her lightweight musicals, comedies, and historical dramas. Almost all of her films were produced and directed by Herbert Wilcox, whom she married in 1943.
In her historical dramas, Neagle was renowned for her portrayals of British historical figures, including Nell Gwyn (Nell Gwyn, 1934), Queen Victoria (Victoria the Great, 1937 and Sixty Glorious Years, 1938), Edith Cavell (Nurse Edith Cavell, 1939), and Florence Nightingale (The Lady with a Lamp, 1951).
(née Robertson; 20 October 1904 – 3 June 1986), known professionally as AnnaNeagle, was an English stage and film actress, singer, and dancer. She was a...
and film actor. He is best known for a series of films he made with AnnaNeagle; he also made two films with Alfred Hitchcock, Under Capricorn (1949)...
the 1950s. He is best known for the films he made with his third wife AnnaNeagle. Wilcox's mother was from County Cork, Ireland, and Wilcox considered...
a 1954 British musical film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring AnnaNeagle, Errol Flynn and David Farrar. The film was made at Elstree Studios with...
British historical drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring AnnaNeagle, Michael Wilding and Felix Aylmer. The film depicts the life of Florence...
British musical romance film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring AnnaNeagle, Michael Wilding, Nicholas Phipps, and Tom Walls. It was a follow-up...
Wilcox's The Courtneys of Curzon Street (1947), playing a colonel alongside AnnaNeagle, Michael Wilding and Daphne Slater; the film was a major success and...
programme attracted many special guests, including Harry Secombe, Dame AnnaNeagle, and Gracie Fields. He was quoted as wanting stars to appear on the programme...
Broadway musical Irene. The musical was made into a film in 1940 starring AnnaNeagle and Ray Milland. The color is specified by the United States Navy for...
is a 1946 British drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring AnnaNeagle, Michael Wilding, Coral Browne, Edward Rigby and Leslie Dwyer. During...
Neagle is a surname AnnaNeagle (1904–1986), born Florence Marjorie Robertson, English actress and singer Denny Neagle (born 1968), baseball player Jack...
Welsh and translates as "The Beloved One". His paternal grand-aunt was AnnaNeagle, a stage and film actress who was well-known in the 1930s and 1940s....
Ventham's first film role was in My Teenage Daughter (1956), with Dame AnnaNeagle and Sylvia Syms. She also appeared as a debutante in 1962 with a ten-second...
one of the most popular British female actress in the country (after AnnaNeagle, Jean Simmons, Jean Kent, Glynis Johns, Greer Garson, Petula Clark, Margaret...
best paid actress in British films. Lockwood said Wilcox and his wife AnnaNeagle promised from signing the contract "I was never allowed to forget that...
is a 1956 British drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring AnnaNeagle, Sylvia Syms and Norman Wooland. The screenplay concerns a mother who...
Producer Star Notes Jan 1936 Limelight Wilcox Herbert Wilcox Herbert Wilcox AnnaNeagle musical Jan 1936 The Improper Duchess City Harry Hughes Maurice Browne...
October 2021. "Return to Oz". AFI. n.d. Retrieved 26 October 2021. Mallet, Anna (17 December 2013). "BBC Studios and Post Production at Elstree". BBC. Retrieved...
Desperate for money, he accepted an offer from Herbert Wilcox to support AnnaNeagle in a British musical, Lilacs in the Spring (1954). Also shot in Britain...
Wilcox's 1954 musical Lilacs in the Spring alongside Errol Flynn and AnnaNeagle. Although Connery had secured several roles as an extra, he was struggling...
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