Dame Anna Neagle ( born Dame Anna Neagle , nee Florence Marjorie Robertson ); October 20, 1904 - June 3, 1986 ) - British actress and singer.
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Biography
Florence Marjorie Robertson was born in Forest Gate, Essex (now part of London ), in the family of merchant captain Herbert Robertson and his wife Florence Neagle. [4] From the age of 14 she began to act as a dancer in revue. In the early 1930s, she made her debut on the West End in the musical “Rise and Sing,” which brought her first success [5] . At the same time, she began to use the name Anna Neagle as a stage name, taking her mother’s maiden name [5] .
During one of the screenings of the musical, Neagle was noticed by film producer and director Herbert Wilcox , who brought the actress to the big screen. Their first film, the musical Goodnight Vienna!, Became a box office hit, further elevating the actress [6] . Under the leadership of Wilkson, Anna Neagle became one of the most striking British actresses in the next two decades, remembering her roles in such films as Nell Gwyn (1934), Victoria the Great (1937), Nurse Edith Kevell (1939) and Irene (1940), some of which were filmed in Hollywood . Their creative union ended in marriage in 1943, which lasted more than thirty years until Wilkson's death. The last joint successful project by Neagle and Wilkson was the military drama Odette , which was released in 1950.
In the 1950s, the actress began to appear less often on the big screen, and in 1959 she completed her film career. In subsequent years, she continued to play with triumph on the theatrical stages of the West End, even in the Guinness Book of Records for her enduring popularity [5] . In 1952, the actress became a lady of the Order of the British Empire [7] , and in 1969, Queen Elizabeth II granted her the title of Lady Commander. The last years of her life, Anna Neagle suffered from Parkinson's disease , but despite this she continued to appear in the theater, last appeared on the scene in 1985 [8] . A year later, the actress died of complications of the disease, and was buried next to her husband in a city cemetery in London. In 1996, a memorial plaque was unveiled at the Park Lane home where the actress lived.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Encyclopædia Britannica
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ 1 2 Discogs - 2000.
- ↑ Springer, John, and Jack Hamilton. They Had Faces Then . Castle Books. p. 319.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Fandango Biography. Archived January 2, 2013.
- ↑ BFI Film Reviews (link not available) : ( PDF file).
- ↑ British Pathe News http://www.britishpathe.com/video/palace-investitures-aka-anna-neagle-investiture/query/Spencer
- ↑ The Gallery Playbill for Cinderella (1985).
- ↑ City of Westminster green plaques ア ー カ イ ブ さ れ た コ ピ ー . Date of treatment July 7, 2011. Archived July 16, 2012.
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