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Ann Lancaster

{{Short description|English actress (1920–1970)}}

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| caption = in The Magic Box (1951)

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| birth_place = London, England

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| death_place = Paddington, London, England

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| occupation = Actress

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Ann Lancaster (5 May 1920 – 31 October 1970) was a well-known character actress who appeared in many British films, television shows and in theatre.{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba008f77c|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804044214/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba008f77c|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 August 2017|title=Ann Lancaster}}{{cite web|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=9776|title=Ann Lancaster|publisher=aveleyman.com}}{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/wj6/ann-lancaster|title=Ann Lancaster|publisher=theatricalia.com}}

Lancaster specialised in comic roles and had a talent for voices which she often used on radio to portray children and to do voiceovers for television commercials. Her most high-profile film roles were in The Million Pound Note (1953), A Night to Remember (1958, uncredited as a woman on a train), The Dirty Dozen (1967), Fathom (1967), The Railway Children (1970), and in one Carry On Film Carry On Again Doctor (1969).{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/ann-lancaster-p40212|title=Ann Lancaster – Movies and Filmography – AllMovie|website=AllMovie}} 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, and 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.

Personal life

Ann Lancaster was born in 1920 in London{{cite web|url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-births-1837-2006?firstname=ann&lastname=lancaster&eventyear=1920&eventyear_offset=0|title=findmypast.co.uk|website=search.findmypast.co.uk}} and died of cancer in 1970 in Paddington, London{{cite web|url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-deaths-1837-2007?firstname=ann&lastname=lancaster&eventyear=1970&eventyear_offset=0&yearofbirth=1920&yearofbirth_offset=1|title=findmypast.co.uk|website=search.findmypast.co.uk}} at the age of 50, before her last film (The Railway Children) was released.

Filmography

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TV

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  • The Vise (1 episode, 1959) .... Fat Lady

::... a.k.a. Detective's Diary (USA: rerun title)

::... a.k.a. Saber of London (UK)

::... a.k.a. The Vise: Mark Saber (USA: third and fourth season title)

::... a.k.a. Uncovered (syndication title)

  • It's Only Mink (1959) TV Episode .... Fat Lady
  • Hancock's Half Hour (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
  • "Tea at the Ritz" (1963) (TV) .... Rene Barnes ... a.k.a. Comedy Four: Tea at the Ritz (UK: series title)
  • Comedy Playhouse ....(1 episode, 1963)
  • "The Chars" (1963) TV Episode .... Amanda
  • An Enemy of the State (1965) (mini) TV Series .... Grusha
  • The Wednesday Play Up the Junction (1965) TV Episode .... Winnie
  • Out of the Unknown ....(1 episode, 1965)
  • "Come Buttercup, Come Daisy, Come...?" (1965) TV Episode .... Mrs. Bryant
  • The Spies .... (1 episode, 1966) .... Dora
  • No Strings (1967) (TV)
  • Z-Cars .... (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
  • Till Death Us Do Part (1 episode, 'Aunt Maud', 1968) .... Maud
  • Please Sir! (2 episodes, 1968) .... Mrs. Pearce
  • Best of Enemies (1 episode, 1968) .... Mrs. Ewing
  • Thirty-Minute Theatre (1 episode, 1969)
  • Someone's Knocking at Me Door (1969) TV Episode .... Mollie Thompson
  • The World of Beachcomber (unknown episodes, 1969) TV Series .... Various
  • Barry Humphries' Scandals (1 episode, 1970)
  • Father, Dear Father .... Bookshop Customer (1 episode, 1970)
  • "The Suitable Suitor" (1970) TV Episode .... Bookshop Customer

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References

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|0484109|Ann Lancaster}}

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Category:1920 births

Category:1970 deaths

Category:English television actresses

Category:English film actresses

Category:20th-century English actresses

Category:Deaths from cancer in England

Category:20th-century English businesspeople

Category:Actresses from London