- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 14, 1915
- Place of Birth
- Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England, UK
- Died
- March 13, 1993
Ann Way
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), Endles…
Filmography
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005 · Mrs. Hall (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieAnchoress
1993 · Alice
movieOnce Upon a Crime
1992 · Housekeeper
How's Business
1991 · Miss Jolly
Close to Home
1989 · Mrs Crosby
movieKilling Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)
1989 · Margot
movieThe Dawning
1988 · George Brabazon
movieDead Lucky
1988 · Lena Finn
tvThe Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988 · Old Woman
movieCrystalstone
1987 · Housekeeper
tvDavid Copperfield
1986 · Mrs Heep
movieHaunted Honeymoon
1986 · Rachel
movieClockwise
1986 · Mrs. Way
tvLovejoy
1986 · Mrs Thomas
movieBrazil
1985 · Old Lady with Dog
tvThe Bill
1984
Long Live the Babe
1984 · Rosie
movieThe Dresser
1983 · Miss White
tvQ.E.D.
1982 · Minnie
movieThe Pigman's Protege
1982 · Gregoria Windy
movieBread or Blood
1981 · Mrs Tucker
movieLittle Lord Fauntleroy
1980 · Miss Smith
movieWhinfrey's Last Case
1979 · Old Lady (Lotte)
tvShoestring
1979 · Mrs Atwell
tvThundercloud
1979 · Gladys Teesdale
movieThe Sailor's Return
1978 · Mrs Clall
tvThe Clifton House Mystery
1978 · Mrs Rowley
tvAll Creatures Great and Small
1978 · Matilda Dunn
tvMind Your Language
1977 · Mrs Hunter
tvRumpole of the Bailey
1975 · Dodo Mackintosh
tvFawlty Towers
1975 · Mrs. Hall
tvPlayhouse
1974 · Georgina Windy
movieEndless Night
1972 · Mrs. Philpott
tvThe Goodies
1970
movieCarry On Loving
1970 · Aunt Victoria Grubb
tvShadows of Fear
1970 · Miss Wills
Castle Haven
1969
movieThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
1969 · Miss Gaunt
The Jazz Age
1968 · Mrs. Prescott
tvAll Gas and Gaiters
1967 · Mrs Plummer
King of the River
1966 · Judy
tvTheatre 625
1964 · Mrs Winstanley, Miss Minns