Anne Heywood
Actor
Biography
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.
Filmography
Violent Playground
as Cathie Murphy 1958
The Fox
as Ellen March 1967
What Waits Below
as Frieda Shelley 1984
The Chairman
as Kay Hanna 1969
Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff
as Evelyn Wyckoff 1979
The Brain
as Anna Holt 1962
90° in the Shade
as Alena Winter (Asst. Shop Manager) 1965
The Nun and the Devil
as Mother Giulia 1973
The Killer Is on the Phone
as Eleanor Loraine 1972
The Lady of Monza
as Virginia de Leyva 1969
The Very Edge
as Tracey Lawrence 1963
Ring of Darkness
as Carlotta Rhodes 1979
The Depraved
as Laura Wilton 1957
I Want What I Want
as Roy / Wendy 1972
Love Under the Elms
1975
Lady Godiva Rides Again
as Dorothy Marlowe 1951