Ann Lancaster
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Ann Lancaster was a well-known character actress who appeared in many British films, television shows and in the theatre. She specialised in comic roles. She had a talent for voices and often used this on radio to portray children. She also used her talent to do voiceovers on television commercials. Her most high profile film roles were in The Railway Children
(1970), The Dirty Dozen
(1967), A Night to Remember (1958, uncredited as a woman on a train), The Million Pound Note
(1953), and in one Carry On Film Carry On Again Doctor
. She was the voice behind the Ajax 'It cleans like a white tornado' advertisements on television. She was in the radio show Mrs Dale's Diary. She appeared in many well-known television comedies including Hancock's Half Hour
, Till Death Us Do Part, Tea at the Ritz, Hughie and The World of Beachcomber with Spike Milligan
and died of cancer
in 1970 in London at age 50.
(1970) .... Ruth;
"Father Dear Father" .... Bookshop Customer (1 episode, 1970)
The Suitable Suitor (1970) TV Episode .... Bookshop Customer
"Barry Humphries' Scandals" (1 episode, 1970)
"The World of Beachcomber" (1968) TV Series .... Various (unknown episodes, 1969)
A Nice Girl Like Me
(1969) .... Miss Garland
Carry On Again Doctor
(1969) .... Miss Armitage
"Thirty-Minute Theatre" (1 episode, 1969)
Someone's Knocking at Me Door (1969) TV Episode
Till Death Us Do Part
(1969)
Rhubarb
(1969) .... Mrs. Rhubarb
Please Sir!
(1 episode, 1968)
A Near Greek Tragedy (1968) TV Episode
Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher (1968) .... Mrs. Grimes
... aka Decline and Fall
Hot Millions (1968) (uncredited) .... Pendleton's Landlady
Inadmissible Evidence (1968) .... Drinking Club Hostess
"Till Death Us Do Part" (1 episode, 1968)
Aunt Maud (1968) TV Episode
The Window Cleaner (1968) .... Mother
Journey to Midnight (1968) .... Red Queen (episode 'Poor Butterfly')
Z-Cars
.... Annie Ramsbottom / ... (3 episodes, 1963–1967)
Family Affair: Part 2 (1967) TV Episode .... Annie Ramsbottom
Running Milligan (1963) TV Episode .... Milly
Train of Events (1963) TV Episode .... Geraldine
Fathom
(1967) .... Mrs. Trivers
Three Bites of the Apple (1967) .. Winnifred Batterfly
Dirty Dozen
(1967)....chief prostitute
No Strings (1967) (TV)
"The Spies" .... Dora (1 episode, 1966)
Poor Tchernik (1966) TV Episode .... Dora
"Out of the Unknown" .... Mrs. Bryant (1 episode, 1965)
Come Buttercup, Come Daisy, Come...? (1965) TV Episode .... Mrs. Bryant
The Secret of My Success (1965) .... Angela Pringle
"The Wednesday Play Up the Junction" (1965) TV Episode .... Winnie
An Enemy of the State (1965) (mini) TV Series .... Grusha
Bunny Lake Is Missing
(1965) .... Grocer's Assistant
I've Gotta Horse (1965) .... Woman Shopkeeper
aka Wonderful Day
"Comedy Playhouse" .... Amanda (1 episode, 1963)
The Chars (1963) TV Episode .... Amanda
Tea at the Ritz (1963) (TV) .... Rene Barnes
... aka Comedy Four: Tea at the Ritz (UK: series title)
The Durant Affair (1962)
The Lamp in Assassin Mews (1962) .... Mrs. Dowling
"Hancock's Half Hour" .... Cynthia - Actress / ... (3 episodes, 1957–1959)
The Big Night (1959) TV Episode
The Russian Prince (1957) TV Episode (as Anne Lancaster) .... Russian Aristocrat
Lady Chatterley's Revenge (1957) TV Episode .... Cynthia - Actress
"The Vise" .... Fat Lady (1 episode, 1959)
... aka Detective's Diary (USA: rerun title)
... aka Saber of London (UK)
... aka The Vise: Mark Saber (USA: third and fourth season title)
... aka Uncovered (syndication title
It's Only Mink (1959) TV Episode .... Fat Lady
A Night to Remember (1958) (uncredited) .... Married woman on train whose husband was angry at Lightoller Kenneth More
The Million Pound Note
(1953) (uncredited) .... Lady in street
... aka Man with a Million (USA)
Angels One Five
(1952) .... W.A.A.F.
The Secret People (1952) .... Manicurist
... aka Secret People
Judgment Deferred (1952)... girl in shop.
The Magic Box
(1951) .... Bridesmaid in wedding group
The Railway Children
The Railway Children is a children's book by Edith Nesbit, originally serialised in The London Magazine during 1905 and first published in book form in 1906...
(1970), The Dirty Dozen
The Dirty Dozen
The Dirty Dozen is a 1967 film directed by Robert Aldrich and released by MGM. It was filmed in England and features an ensemble cast, including Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Telly Savalas, and Robert Webber. The film is based on E. M...
(1967), A Night to Remember (1958, uncredited as a woman on a train), The Million Pound Note
The Million Pound Note
The Million Pound Note is a 1954 British comedy, directed by Ronald Neame and starring Gregory Peck...
(1953), and in one Carry On Film Carry On Again Doctor
Carry On Again Doctor
Carry On Again Doctor is the eighteenth Carry On film. It was released in 1969 and was the third to feature a medical theme. The film features series regulars Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Barbara Windsor and Hattie Jacques...
. She was the voice behind the Ajax 'It cleans like a white tornado' advertisements on television. She was in the radio show Mrs Dale's Diary. She appeared in many well-known television comedies including Hancock's Half Hour
Hancock's Half Hour
Hancock's Half Hour was a BBC radio comedy, and later television comedy, series of the 1950s and 60s written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The series starred Tony Hancock, with Sid James; the radio version also co-starred, at various times, Moira Lister, Andrée Melly, Hattie Jacques, Bill Kerr...
, Till Death Us Do Part, Tea at the Ritz, Hughie and The World of Beachcomber with Spike Milligan
Spike Milligan
Terence Alan Patrick Seán "Spike" Milligan Hon. KBE was a comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright, soldier and actor. His early life was spent in India, where he was born, but the majority of his working life was spent in the United Kingdom. He became an Irish citizen in 1962 after the...
Personal life
Ann was born in 1920 in LondonLondon
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
and died of cancer
Cancer
Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
in 1970 in London at age 50.
Filmography
The Railway ChildrenThe Railway Children (film)
The Railway Children is a 1970 British drama film based on the novel of the same name by E. Nesbit. The film was directed by Lionel Jeffries, and stars Dinah Sheridan, Jenny Agutter , Sally Thomsett and Bernard Cribbins in leading roles...
(1970) .... Ruth;
"Father Dear Father" .... Bookshop Customer (1 episode, 1970)
The Suitable Suitor (1970) TV Episode .... Bookshop Customer
"Barry Humphries' Scandals" (1 episode, 1970)
"The World of Beachcomber" (1968) TV Series .... Various (unknown episodes, 1969)
A Nice Girl Like Me
A Nice Girl Like Me
A Nice Girl Like Me is a 1969 British comedy film directed by Desmond Davis. The plot revolves around a girl who lives with her shrewd aunts, goes on a trip, gets pregnant, and must lie to her aunts that the baby is not hers.-Cast:...
(1969) .... Miss Garland
Carry On Again Doctor
Carry On Again Doctor
Carry On Again Doctor is the eighteenth Carry On film. It was released in 1969 and was the third to feature a medical theme. The film features series regulars Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Barbara Windsor and Hattie Jacques...
(1969) .... Miss Armitage
"Thirty-Minute Theatre" (1 episode, 1969)
Someone's Knocking at Me Door (1969) TV Episode
Till Death Us Do Part
Till Death Us Do Part (film)
Till Death Us Do Part is a 1969 film based on the BBC television series Till Death Us Do Part which aired from 1965 until 1975. The film was directed by Norman Cohen and written by Johnny Speight, the creator of the television version.-Plot:...
(1969)
Rhubarb
Rhubarb (1969 film)
Rhubarb was a 1969 British short film written and directed by Eric Sykes, starring Sykes and Harry Secombe. The dialogue consisted entirely of repetitions of the word "rhubarb", all the characters last names were "Rhubarb", and even the license plates on vehicles were "RHU BAR B"...
(1969) .... Mrs. Rhubarb
Please Sir!
Please Sir!
Please Sir! was a London Weekend Television produced situation comedy, created by writers John Esmonde and Bob Larbey and featured the actors John Alderton, Deryck Guyler, Joan Sanderson, Noel Howlett, Erik Chitty and Richard Davies...
(1 episode, 1968)
A Near Greek Tragedy (1968) TV Episode
Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher (1968) .... Mrs. Grimes
... aka Decline and Fall
Hot Millions (1968) (uncredited) .... Pendleton's Landlady
Inadmissible Evidence (1968) .... Drinking Club Hostess
"Till Death Us Do Part" (1 episode, 1968)
Aunt Maud (1968) TV Episode
The Window Cleaner (1968) .... Mother
Journey to Midnight (1968) .... Red Queen (episode 'Poor Butterfly')
Z-Cars
Z-Cars
Z-Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby in the outskirts of Liverpool in Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978.-Origins:The series was developed by...
.... Annie Ramsbottom / ... (3 episodes, 1963–1967)
Family Affair: Part 2 (1967) TV Episode .... Annie Ramsbottom
Running Milligan (1963) TV Episode .... Milly
Train of Events (1963) TV Episode .... Geraldine
Fathom
Fathom (film)
Fathom is a 1967 British spy comedy film directed by Leslie H. Martinson, starring Anthony Franciosa and Raquel Welch. Fathom Harvill is a dental assistant and an American skydiver touring Europe with a U.S. parachute team...
(1967) .... Mrs. Trivers
Three Bites of the Apple (1967) .. Winnifred Batterfly
Dirty Dozen
The Dirty Dozen
The Dirty Dozen is a 1967 film directed by Robert Aldrich and released by MGM. It was filmed in England and features an ensemble cast, including Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Telly Savalas, and Robert Webber. The film is based on E. M...
(1967)....chief prostitute
No Strings (1967) (TV)
"The Spies" .... Dora (1 episode, 1966)
Poor Tchernik (1966) TV Episode .... Dora
"Out of the Unknown" .... Mrs. Bryant (1 episode, 1965)
Come Buttercup, Come Daisy, Come...? (1965) TV Episode .... Mrs. Bryant
The Secret of My Success (1965) .... Angela Pringle
"The Wednesday Play Up the Junction" (1965) TV Episode .... Winnie
An Enemy of the State (1965) (mini) TV Series .... Grusha
Bunny Lake Is Missing
Bunny Lake Is Missing
Bunny Lake Is Missing is a 1965 British psychological thriller film directed and produced by Otto Preminger, who filmed it in black and white widescreen format in London. It was based on the novel of the same name by Merriam Modell. The score is by Paul Glass and the opening theme is often heard as...
(1965) .... Grocer's Assistant
I've Gotta Horse (1965) .... Woman Shopkeeper
aka Wonderful Day
"Comedy Playhouse" .... Amanda (1 episode, 1963)
The Chars (1963) TV Episode .... Amanda
Tea at the Ritz (1963) (TV) .... Rene Barnes
... aka Comedy Four: Tea at the Ritz (UK: series title)
The Durant Affair (1962)
The Lamp in Assassin Mews (1962) .... Mrs. Dowling
"Hancock's Half Hour" .... Cynthia - Actress / ... (3 episodes, 1957–1959)
The Big Night (1959) TV Episode
The Russian Prince (1957) TV Episode (as Anne Lancaster) .... Russian Aristocrat
Lady Chatterley's Revenge (1957) TV Episode .... Cynthia - Actress
"The Vise" .... Fat Lady (1 episode, 1959)
... aka Detective's Diary (USA: rerun title)
... aka Saber of London (UK)
... aka The Vise: Mark Saber (USA: third and fourth season title)
... aka Uncovered (syndication title
It's Only Mink (1959) TV Episode .... Fat Lady
A Night to Remember (1958) (uncredited) .... Married woman on train whose husband was angry at Lightoller Kenneth More
Kenneth More
Kenneth Gilbert More CBE was a highly successful English film actor during the post-World War II era and starred in many feature films, often in the role of an archetypal carefree and happy-go-lucky middle-class gentleman.-Early life:Kenneth More was born in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, the...
The Million Pound Note
The Million Pound Note
The Million Pound Note is a 1954 British comedy, directed by Ronald Neame and starring Gregory Peck...
(1953) (uncredited) .... Lady in street
... aka Man with a Million (USA)
Angels One Five
Angels One Five
Angels One Five is a 1952 British film directed by George More O'Ferrall, and starring Jack Hawkins, Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, John Gregson, Cyril Raymond, Veronica Hurst and also featuring Bill Everett. Based on the book 'What Are Your Angels Now?' by Pelham Groom Angels One Five is a 1952...
(1952) .... W.A.A.F.
The Secret People (1952) .... Manicurist
... aka Secret People
Judgment Deferred (1952)... girl in shop.
The Magic Box
The Magic Box
The Magic Box is a fictional magic shop in the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, created by Joss Whedon. It is located in Sunnydale and was last owned and operated by Rupert Giles, and served as the primary headquarters of the Scooby Gang for seasons five and six.-Ownership history:The shop went...
(1951) .... Bridesmaid in wedding group