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Anna Neagle
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English stage and film actress and singer (1904–1986)
OverviewAI-generated
Anna Neagle was a British actor and singer who performed on stage and in film. Born Florence Marjorie Robertson in Forest Gate, Essex, she adopted the pseudonym Anna Neagle for her professional career. Her work period spanned from 1917 to 1985. She was married to Herbert Wilcox and spoke English.
Neagle received the award of Commander of the Order of the British Empire. She died of natural causes in West Byfleet in 1986, with kidney failure and Parkinson's disease cited as the causes of death. She had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease during her life. She is buried in London.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- In one town
- 'There's Always Tomorrow'
- Peg of Old Drury
- Anna Neagle says "There's always tomorrow"
- Peg of Old Drury
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Forest Gate, Essex, England, UK
Dame Florence Marjorie Wilcox (October 20, 1904 - June 3, 1986), DBE, known professionally as Anna Neagle, was an English stage and film actress, singer and dancer. Neagle was a successful box-office draw in the British cinema for 20 years and was voted the most popular star in Britain in 1949.
Known for
- Alma Cogan: The Girl With The Giggle In Her Voice — Self (archive footage)1991
- Tales of the Unexpected — Fanny Soane1979
- The Lady is a Square — Frances Baring1959
- The Man Who Wouldn't Talk — Mary Randall, Q.C.1958
- No Time for Tears — Matron Eleanor Hammond1957
- My Teenage Daughter — Valerie Carr1956
- King's Rhapsody — Marta Karillos1955
- Lilacs in the Spring — Carole Beaumont1954
- Derby Day — Lady Helen Forbes1952
- The Lady with a Lamp — Florence Nightingale1951
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Active from
- 1904
- Active to
- 1986
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 8
- Total plays
- 8
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Anna
- Family name
- Robertson
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Forest Gate
- Place of death
- West Byfleet
- Spouse
- Herbert Wilcox
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Sunny (1941 film) still 1 (cropped).jpg
Show 10 more facts
- Commons category
- Anna Neagle
- date of birth
- 1904-10-20
- date of death
- 1986-06-03
- medical condition
- Parkinson's disease
- cause of death
- Parkinson's disease
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- Florence Marjorie Robertson
- pseudonym
- Anna Neagle
- start of work period
- 1917-00-00
- end of work period
- 1985-00-00
Sources (2)
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