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Ann Way

Actor · 1915 – 1993 · Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England, UK

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.

Series24

  • TV6.8

    The Bill

    1984 · 47 votes

  • TV7.2

    Theatre 625

    1964 · 5 votes

  • TV7.0

    Playhouse

    1974 · 1 votes

  • TV7.8
  • TV7.1

    Rumpole of the Bailey

    1975 · 24 votes

  • TV7.4

    Lovejoy

    1986 · 56 votes

  • TV7.7

    Shoestring

    1979 · 6 votes

  • TV7.7

    The Goodies

    1970 · 26 votes

  • TV8.0
  • TV8.3

    Fawlty Towers

    1975 · 853 votes

  • TV7.2

    Sergeant Cork

    1963 · 5 votes

  • TV8.2

    Mind Your Language

    1977 · 73 votes

  • TV
  • TV7.0

    King of the River

    1966 · 1 votes

  • TV10.0

    Bleak House

    1959 · 1 votes

  • TV
  • TV7.0

    Close to Home

    1989 · 3 votes

  • TV6.2

    All Gas and Gaiters

    1967 · 4 votes

  • TV7.1

    Q.E.D.

    1982 · 4 votes

  • TV
  • TV6.7

    Shadows of Fear

    1970 · 3 votes

  • TV5.2

    David Copperfield

    1986 · 5 votes

  • TV7.0

    Thundercloud

    1979 · 1 votes

  • TV7.7

Movies19

  • Movie4.3

    Killing Dad

    1989 · 7 votes

  • Movie7.7

    Brazil

    1985 · 3.8K votes

  • Movie5.7

    Once Upon a Crime

    1992 · 131 votes

  • Movie6.1

    Endless Night

    1972 · 67 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Clockwise

    1986 · 225 votes

  • Movie7.0
  • Movie7.3

    Little Lord Fauntleroy

    1980 · 323 votes

  • Movie5.4

    Haunted Honeymoon

    1986 · 177 votes

  • Movie6.8

    The Dresser

    1983 · 84 votes

  • Movie6.5
  • Movie5.7

    Carry On Loving

    1970 · 50 votes

  • Movie6.1

    Anchoress

    1993 · 16 votes

  • Movie9.5

    Whinfrey's Last Case

    1979 · 2 votes

  • Movie6.2

    The Sailor's Return

    1978 · 6 votes

  • Movie6.7

    Crystalstone

    1987 · 3 votes

  • Movie
  • Movie5.9

    The Dawning

    1988 · 6 votes

  • Movie4.0

    Dead Lucky

    1988 · 3 votes

  • Movie9.0

    How's Business

    1991 · 1 votes