Anna Massey

1937-2011

Biography: life and films

Anna Massey was an English actress. She was born in Thakeham, Sussex, England on 11th August 1937 and died in London, England on 3rd July 2011, aged 73.

Her best films as an actor include John Ford's Gideon's Day (1958), Michael Powell's thriller Peeping Tom (1960), Barbara Rennie's Sacred Hearts (1985), Ronan O'Leary's Driftwood (1997) and Dan Ireland's Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont (2005).

Anna Massey appeared in 42 films.

She has most frequently worked with the following directors: George Roy Hill (2 films) and Brad Anderson (2).

Her most frequent genres include: drama (20 films), Thriller (12), comedy (11), romance (8), comedy-romance (4), comedy-drama (4), Horror (4), crime-thriller (3) and War (2).

Our average rating for Anna Massey over all films is: 3.0

Filmography

Key: a = actor

Gideon's Day (1958) [a]

Peeping Tom (1960) [a]

Le Voyage à Biarritz (1963) [a]

Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) [a]

De Sade (1969) [a]

The Looking Glass War (1969) [a]

Frenzy (1972) [a]

The Vault of Horror (1973) [a]

The Pallisers [TV] (1974) [a]

A Little Romance (1979) [a]

Sweet William (1980) [a]

Five Days One Summer (1982) [a]

The Chain (1984) [a]

The Little Drummer Girl (1984) [a]

Sacred Hearts (1985) [a]

Foreign Body (1986) [a]

The McGuffin (1986) [a]

La Couleur du vent (1988) [a]

Killing Dad or How to Love Your Mother (1989) [a]

The Tall Guy (1989) [a]

Mountains of the Moon (1990) [a]

Impromptu (1991) [a]

Emily's Ghost (1992) [a]

Angels and Insects (1995) [a]

Haunted (1995) [a]

The Grotesque (1995) [a]

Sweet Angel Mine (1996) [a]

Déjà Vu (1997) [a]

Driftwood (1997) [a]

The Slab Boys (1997) [a]

Captain Jack (1999) [a]

Mad Cows (1999) [a]

Room to Rent (2000) [a]

Tmavomodrý svet (2001) [a]

Possession (2002) [a]

The Importance of Being Earnest (2002) [a]

El maquinista (2004) [a]

Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont (2005) [a]

The Gigolos (2006) [a]

Affinity (2008) [a]

Love and Virtue (2008) [a]

The Oxford Murders (2008) [a]



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