Annabel Maule

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| birth_name = Margaret Annabel Maule

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1922|9|8|df=y}}

| birth_place = London, England

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1938–1985

| spouse = {{marriage|Douglas Dickinson|1946||end=unknown}}

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Margaret Annabel Maule (born 8 September 1922) is a British retired actress, notable in theatre, radio, television and film.{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/1yte/annabel-maule|title=Annabel Maule | Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2baacce669|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161219145837/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2baacce669|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 December 2016|title=Annabel Maule|website=BFI}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/annabel-maule-p46557|title=Annabel Maule | Movies and Filmography|website=AllMovie}} She played in several films and television series including numerous characters in Sunday Night Theatre and appeared in the TV film Wuthering Heights.

Biography

Maule was born in Lambeth, London on 8 September 1922 to theatrical director-manager Donovan Maule and Mollie Shiells. Maule literally grew up on the stage, with her family having established their first theatre company in 1948, four years before the Kenya National Theatre, they were fundamental in helping establish the arts in Kenya.

She is the sister of actor Robin Maule (1924–1942).{{cite web |title=Annabel Maule |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp50338 |website=National Portrait Gallery, London |accessdate=8 June 2020}} Maule married Douglas Dickson in Chelsea, London, in 1946, though the marriage was later dissolved.[https://books.google.com/books?id=y_-0AAAAIAAJ&q=annabel+maule+1922+dickson Who's Who in the Theatre, Volume 15 (1972), pg. 1163] She appeared in the West End in the play His Excellency in 1950 and 1951.{{cn|date=September 2022}}

Maule published a book, Theatre Near the Equator: The Donovan Maule Story, about her family life in 2004.[https://books.google.com/books?id=WWdWAAAAMAAJ Theatre Near the Equator: The Donovan Maule Story] She turned 100 in September 2022.{{cite news |title=Legendary thespian Annabel Maule turns 100 |url=https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/lifestyle/art/legendary-thespian-annabel-maule-turns-100-3940962 |access-date=8 September 2022 |publisher=Business Daily Africa |date=8 September 2022}}

Filmography

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Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
1938	Save a Little Sunshine	Marlene
1939 \|First Stop North \|Bett \|TV movie
1948 \|Wuthering Heights \|Isabella Linton \|TV movie
1952 \|Beauty and the Beast \|Jane \|TV movie
1956 \|The Tamer Tamed \|Bianca \|TV movie
1957 \|Romantic Chapter \|Isabel \|TV movie
1957 \|A Time of Day \|Ruth Calthorpe \|
1959	Model for Murder	Hospital Sister
1959 \|The Hill \|Maude \|TV movie
1959 \|Probation Officer \|Eva Grantham \|
1956–1959 \|BBC Sunday-Night Theatre \|Mrs. Kirkley / Connie Ewing \|
1959 \|Interpol Calling \|Amy \|
1960	Danger Tomorrow	Helen
1960 \|Inside Story \|Julie Wilson \|
1960 \|ITV Television Playhouse \|Mrs. Sybil Leighton \|
1960 \|On Trial \|Rebecca Jarrett \|
1960 \|Maigret \|Dr. Lucile Decaux \|
1961 \|Theatre 70 \|Joan Penrose \|
1957–1961 \|Armchair Theatre \|Mother / Probation Officer / Sister Taylor / Miss Klegg \|
1960–1961 \|BBC Sunday-Night Play \|Peggy Dobson / Sophie Vauquin \|
1961 \|Boyd Q.C. \|Hilda Venning \|
1962 \|Compact \|Jessica Gilchrist \|
1965 \|The Flying Swan \|Leonora Croft \|
1966 \|The Wednesday Play \|Miss Hart \|
1968 \|Dixon of Dock Green \|Eleanor King / Eleanor Smith \|
1985	Out of Africa	Lady Byrne	Final film role

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Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1938

Save a Little Sunshine

Marlene

1939

|First Stop North

|Bett

|TV movie