Ann Way

Acting 1915-11-14 Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England, UK

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), Endless Night (1972) and Clockwise (1986) (in which she sang the Vivian Ellis standard This is my Lovely Day on the soundtrack and made comic use of the repeated line "Aren't we all such lucky people") and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) (where she played the headmistress's secretary, Miss Gaunt). A more unusual role was the 1987 short film Unusual Ground Floor Conversion in which she played an old lady gradually driving her downstairs neighbour mad by throwing water out of her window every few minutes. Way died in London, England on 13 March 1993.

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1993 Alice
1992 Housekeeper
1991 Miss Jolly
1989 Mrs Crosby
1988 George Brabazon
1988 Lena Finn
1987 Housekeeper
1986 Rachel
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1986 Mrs. Way
1986 Mrs Thomas
1986 Mrs Heep
1985 Old Lady with Dog
1984
1983 Miss White
1982 Gregoria Windy
1981 Mrs Tucker
1980 Miss Smith
1979 Old Lady (Lotte)
1979
1978 Mrs Clall
1978 Matilda Dunn
1978 Mrs. Rowley
1977 Mrs Hunter
1975 Mrs. Hall
1975 Dodo Mackintosh
1974 Georgina Windy
1972 Mrs. Philpott
1970 Aunt Victoria Grubb
1970 Miss Wills
1969 Miss Gaunt
1968 Mrs. Prescott
1967 Mrs Plummer
1966 Judy
1964 Mrs Winstanley
1964 Miss Minns