Annabel Maule
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Annabel Maule | |
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Born | Margaret Annabel Maule 8 September 1922 London, England |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1938–1985 |
Spouse | Douglas Dickinson (m. 1946, unknown) |
Margaret Annabel Maule (born 8 September 1922) is a British retired actress, notable in theatre, radio, television and film.[1][2][3] She played in several films and television series including numerous characters in Sunday Night Theatre and appeared in the TV film Wuthering Heights.[4]
Biography
[edit]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).[5] Maule married Douglas Dickson in Chelsea, London, in 1946, though the marriage was later dissolved.[6] She appeared in the West End in the play His Excellency in 1950 and 1951.[citation needed]
Maule published a book, Theatre Near the Equator: The Donovan Maule Story, about her family life in 2004.[7] She turned 100 in September 2022.[4]
Filmography
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Annabel Maule | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
- ^ "Annabel Maule". BFI. Archived from the original on 19 December 2016.
- ^ "Annabel Maule | Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.
- ^ a b "Legendary thespian Annabel Maule turns 100". Business Daily Africa. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ^ "Annabel Maule". National Portrait Gallery, London. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- ^ Who's Who in the Theatre, Volume 15 (1972), pg. 1163
- ^ Theatre Near the Equator: The Donovan Maule Story