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Ann Way
Known for ActingBorn 1915-11-14Died 1993-03-13Wiveliscombe, 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.Read more
Movies & web series
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Whinfrey's Last Case
1979 · Movie
How's Business
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How's Business
1991 · Movie
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Mind Your Language
1977 · Series
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Fawlty Towers
1975 · Series
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The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988 · Series
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Brazil
1985 · Movie
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All Creatures Great and Small
1978 · Series
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The Clifton House Mystery
1978 · Series
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Lovejoy
1986 · Series
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The Goodies
1970 · Series
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Shoestring
1979 · Series
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Little Lord Fauntleroy
1980 · Movie
Close to Home
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Close to Home
1989 · Series
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Theatre 625
1964 · Series
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Thundercloud
1979 · Series
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Rumpole of the Bailey
1975 · Series
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Playhouse
1974 · Series
King of the River
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King of the River
1966 · Series
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1969 · Movie
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The Dresser
1983 · Movie
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The Bill
1984 · Series
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
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The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005 · Movie
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Crystalstone
1987 · Movie
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Shadows of Fear
1970 · Series
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Clockwise
1986 · Movie
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The Sailor's Return
1978 · Movie
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All Gas and Gaiters
1967 · Series
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Endless Night
1972 · Movie
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Anchoress
1993 · Movie
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The Dawning
1988 · Movie
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Once Upon a Crime
1992 · Movie
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Carry On Loving
1970 · Movie
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Haunted Honeymoon
1986 · Movie
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David Copperfield
1986 · Series
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Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)
1989 · Movie
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Dead Lucky
1988 · Movie

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The Pigman's Protege
1982 · Movie

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Bread or Blood
1981 · Movie
Castle Haven
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Castle Haven
1969 · Series
The Jazz Age
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The Jazz Age
1968 · Series