Glory Annen
{{Short description|Canadian actress (1952–2017)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Glory Annen
| image = Glory Annen.jpg
| caption =
| birthname = Glory Anne Clibbery
| birth_date = {{birth date|1952|9|5}}
| birth_place = Kenora, Ontario, Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|4|24|1952|9|5}}
| death_place = London, England
| alma_mater = Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1977–2002
}}
Glory Annen (born Glory Anne Clibbery; September 5, 1952 – April 24, 2017){{cite journal |last1=Lentz |first1=Harris III |title=Obituaries: Glory Annen, 64 |journal=Classic Images |date=July 2017 |issue=505 |page=49}} was a Canadian actress.{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/1860/Glory-Annen/biography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110124011939/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/1860/Glory-Annen/biography |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 24, 2011 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |date=2011 |title=Glory Annen profile |accessdate=January 27, 2012}}
Career
Glory Anne Clibbery was born in Kenora, Ontario, Canada. She attended the Victoria Composite High School of Performing Arts in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and at age 17 she emigrated to England to further her education at Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1976. She remained based in England but worked around the world as she pursued an acting career.{{citation needed|date=August 2017}}
She made her first movie, Cruel Passion, in 1974, at age 22. She worked on several films with the cult filmmaker Norman J. Warren including Prey (1977) and Outer Touch (1979),{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B0CE4DC103BF931A25751C1A967948260 |title=Spaced Out, a Comedy |author=Dunning, Jennifer |date=December 12, 1981 |accessdate=January 30, 2012 |work=The New York Times |archive-date=July 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701162733/http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B0CE4DC103BF931A25751C1A967948260 |url-status=live }} and on the Australian production Felicity (1979) for John D. Lamond.{{cite news |title=Felicity |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/17033/Felicity/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201213042/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/17033/Felicity/overview |url-status=dead |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |author=Guarisco, Donald |date=2014 |archive-date=February 1, 2014}} Her other films include The Lonely Lady (1983) and bit-parts in Supergirl (1984), Water (1985) and True Files (2002), also with John D. Lamond.
She was interviewed for the 2008 documentary Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! about the Australian film industry. She did some radio and voice work including dubbing Anat Atzmon 'Nili' in the feature film Lemon Popsicle. She also appeared in several English television series in the 1970s and had leading roles in the theatre, including creating the role of Deborah Solomon in the David Mamet play, Sexual Perversity in Chicago in London's West End. She was featured on television in many commercials and began working as a commercial casting director in 1982. She was also a cartoonist, artist and writer.{{cn|date=March 2019}}
Death
Glory Annen Clibbery died on April 24, 2017, in London.{{cite web |publisher=IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0030327/ |title=Glory Annen |accessdate=August 17, 2017}}
Personal life
Clibbery was the partner of racehorse owner Ivan Allan for twelve years, beginning in 1992. After their relationship ended in 2004, she and her mother Marguerite were evicted from The Gables -- a £1.7 million, nine-bedroom house in Newmarket, Suffolk owned by Allan.{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1471393/Racing-tycoon-evicts-former-mistress.html |title=Racing tycoon evicts former mistress |author=Millward, David |date=September 10, 2004 |work=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=April 5, 2018 |archive-date=May 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170527194355/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1471393/Racing-tycoon-evicts-former-mistress.html |url-status=live }}
Clibbery was a party to a landmark British court case, Clibbery v. Allan (2002), which established that parties to ancillary relief court proceedings may generally expect the information they have provided about their finances to remain confidential and protected from publication.{{cite web |url=http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed72899 |title=Family Law Week: Reporting Ancillary Relief Proceedings: An Update |website=Familylawweek.co.uk |access-date=August 17, 2017 |archive-date=August 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818090057/http://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed72899 |url-status=live }}
Since her death, several documents Clibbery compiled regarding her relationship with Allan have been released. They are currently being edited into a series of exposés of Allan, the British Court system and alleged criminality within the horse-racing industry.{{cn|date=March 2019}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable" | |||
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Prey | Jessica | |
| 1977 | Cruel Passion | Nun / Prostitute | Uncredited |
| 1978 | Felicity | Felicity Robinson | |
| 1979 | Outer Touch | Cosia | |
| 1983 | The Lonely Lady | Marion | |
| 1984 | Supergirl | Midvale Protestor | |
| 1985 | Water | Hostess | |
| 2002 | True Files | (final film role) |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0030327}}
- {{facebook|people/Glory-Anne-Clibbery/1052981112}}
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Category:Actresses from Ontario
Category:Alumni of the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art
Category:Canadian film actresses
Category:Canadian television actresses
Category:Canadian stage actresses
Category:Canadian expatriate actresses in the United Kingdom