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Anne Heywood
Anne Heywood (born Violet Joan Pretty) was a British actress, best known for her Golden Globe-nominated performance in The Fox (1967). She was born on December 11, 1931, in Handsworth, Birmingham, England, and passed away on October 27, 2023, in Houston, Texas, USA.
Heywood started her career as a beauty queen, winning the Miss Great Britain title in 1950. She later trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and signed a contract with the Rank Organisation, which launched her film career. She starred in notable films such as Violent Playground (1958), Floods of Fear (1958), The Chairman (1969), and Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979).
Her role in The Fox was groundbreaking, as it depicted a lesbian relationship, which was rare for mainstream cinema at the time. She continued to take on bold and unconventional roles throughout her career.
Heywood was married to Raymond Stross, a film producer, until his passing in 1988. She later married George Danzig Druke in 1991.
As actor
Memories of Manon
What Waits Below
Ring of Darkness
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
Love Under the Elms
The Nun and the Devil
Trader Horn
The Killer Is on the Phone
I Want What I Want
The Chairman
The Lady of Monza
Midas Run
The Fox
90° in the Shade
The Very Edge
The Brain
Stork Talk
Petticoat Pirates
A Terrible Beauty
Carthage in Flames
The Heart of a Man
Upstairs and Downstairs
Violent Playground
Floods of Fear
The Depraved
Dangerous Exile
Doctor at Large
Find the Lady
Checkpoint