Personal Info

Social Media

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.

Known For

8.3

Manon Brevard Marcel

Memories of Manon

1989

7.1

Manon Brevard Marcel

The Equalizer

1985

3.6

Frieda Shelley

What Waits Below

1984

4.6

Carlotta Rhodes

Ring of Darkness

1979

5.3

Evelyn Wyckoff

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

1979

5.0

Love Under the Elms

1975

2.5

Nicole Mercer

Trader Horn

1973

4.7

Mother Giulia

The Nun and the Devil

1973

5.2

Eleanor Loraine

The Killer Is on the Phone

1972

3.7

Roy / Wendy

I Want What I Want

1972

Credits

Memories of Manon

as Manon Brevard Marcel

1989

8.3

The Equalizer

as Manon Brevard Marcel

1985

7.1

What Waits Below

as Frieda Shelley

1984

3.6

Ring of Darkness

as Carlotta Rhodes

1979

4.6

Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

as Evelyn Wyckoff

1979

5.3

Love Under the Elms

1975

5.0

Trader Horn

as Nicole Mercer

1973

2.5

The Nun and the Devil

as Mother Giulia

1973

4.7

The Killer Is on the Phone

as Eleanor Loraine

1972

5.2

I Want What I Want

as Roy / Wendy

1972

3.7

The Chairman

as Kay Hanna

1969

5.3

Midas Run

as Sylvia Giroux

1969

3.6

The Lady of Monza

as Virginia de Leyva

1969

4.6

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

1968

6.8

The Fox

as Ellen March

1967

6.1

90° in the Shade

as Alena Winter (Asst. Shop Manager)

1965

5.6

The Very Edge

as Tracey Lawrence

1963

5.2

🎬

Stork Talk

1962

0.0

The Brain

as Anna Holt

1962

5.6

Petticoat Pirates

as Chief Oficer Anne Stevens

1961

6.2

A Terrible Beauty

as Neeve Donnelly

1960

4.9

Carthage in Flames

as Fulvia

1960

5.1

Upstairs and Downstairs

as Kate Barry

1959

5.6

The Heart of a Man

as Julie

1959

0.0

Floods of Fear

as Elizabeth Matthews

1958

6.7

Violent Playground

as Cathie Murphy

1958

7.0

Dangerous Exile

as Glynis

1957

6.2

The Depraved

as Laura Wilton

1957

4.2

Doctor at Large

as Emerald

1957

5.6

Checkpoint

as Gabriela

1956

5.3

Find the Lady

as Receptionist

1956

3.5

Lady Godiva Rides Again

as Dorothy Marlowe

1951

5.8