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Anna Neagle Biography (1904-1986)

Born Florence Marjorie Robertson, October 20, 1904, in Forest Gate, London, England; died in Surrey, England, June 3, 1986; daughter of Herbert William and Florence (Neagle) Robertson; married Herbert Wilcox (a producer and director), 1944 (died, 1977).

CTFT learned from published material that Dame Anna Neagle played Lady Hadwell in Charlie Girl for over two thousand performances.

Nationality

English

Gender

Female

Birth Details

October 20, 1904

London, England

Death Details

June 3, 1986

Surrey, England

Famous Works

• Credits
• STAGE DEBUT--Child dancer, The Wonder Tales, Ambassadors Theatre, London,1917.
• BROADWAY DEBUT--Dancer, Wake Up and Dream, Selwyn Theatre, 1929.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
• Chorus, Bubbly, Duke of York's Theatre, London, 1925.
• chorus, Charlot's Revue, Prince of Wales Theatre, London, 1925.
• chorus, Rose Marie, Drury Lane Theatre, London, 1926.
• chorus, The Desert Song, Drury Lane Theatre, London, 1927.
• chorus, This Year of Grace, Pavilion Theatre, London, 1928.
• dancer in cabaret, Trocadero Restaurant, London, 1926-29.
• dancer, Wake Up and Dream, Pavilion Theatre, London, 1929.
• Mary Clyde-Burkin, Stand Up and Sing, Southampton, U.K., 1930, then at the Hippodrome, London, 1931.
• Rosalind, As You Like It and Olivia, Twelfth Night, both at the Open AirTheatre, London, 1934.
• Peter Pan, Palladium, London, 1937.
• Carol Beaumont, Nell Gwynn, Queen Victoria, and Lilian Grey, The GloriousDays, Palace Theatre, London, 1953.
• Stella Felby, The More the Merrier, Strand Theatre, London, 1960.
• Ruth Peterson, Nothing Is for Free, Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland,1961.
• Jane Canning, Person Unknown, Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth, U.K., 1963.
• Lady Hadwell, Charlie Girl, Adelphi Theatre, London, 1965, Sue Smith, No,No, Nanette, Drury Lane Theatre, London, 1972.
• Dame Sibyl Hathaway, The Dame of Sark, Duke of York's Theatre, London, 1975.
• Janet Fraser, The First Mrs. Fraser, Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, U.K., 1976.
• Most Gracious Lady, Theatre Royal, Windsor, for the Silver Jubilee, 1977.
• Comtesse de la Briere, Maggie, Shaftesbury Theatre, London, 1977.
• Relative Values, English Theatre, Vienna, 1978.
• Mrs. Higgins, My Fair Lady, Haymarket Theatre, Leicester, London, 1978, then Adelphi Theatre, London, 1979.
• Credits; MAJOR TOURS
• Victoria Regina and French without Tears, U.K. and European cities, during World War II.
• Emma Woodhouse, Emma, U.K. cities, 1944.
• Carol Beaumont, Nell Gwynn, Queen Victoria, and Lilian Grey, The GloriousDays, U.K. cities, 1952.
• Lady Hadwell, Charlie Girl, Melbourne, 1971 and Auckland, 1972.
• Janet Fraser, The First Mrs. Fraser, U.K. cities, 1976.
• Mrs. Higgins, My Fair Lady, U.K. cities, 1978.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
• Sixty Glorious Years, 1938.
• Nurse Edith Cavell, 1939.
• Irene, 1940.
• Bittersweet, 1940.
• The Yellow Canary, 1943.
• I Live in Grosvenor Square, 1945.
• Picadilly Incident, 1946.
• The Courtneys of Curzon Street, 1947.
• Spring in Park Lane, 1947.
• Odette, 1951.
• Lady with a Lamp, 1951.
• Derby Day, 1952.
• Maytime in Mayfair, 1952.
• Lilacs in the Spring, 1953.
• Also Goodnight Vienna; Nell Gwynn; Victoria the Great; Elizabeth of Ladymead; King's Rhapsody; My Teenage Daughter; No Time for Tears; The Man Who Couldn't Talk; The Lady Is a Square.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM WORK
• Producer, Those Dangerous Years, 1957.
• (with husband Herbert Wilcox:) Wonderful Things.
• The Heart of a Man.
• Writings;AUTOBIOGRAPHY
• There's Always Tomorrow, 1974.