Ann Lancaster Explained

Ann Lancaster
Birth Date:	1920 5, df=yes
Birth Place:	London, England
Death Place:	Paddington, London, England
Occupation:	Actress

Ann Lancaster (5 May 1920 – 31 October 1970) was a well-known character actress who appeared in many British films, television shows and in theatre.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Lancaster specialised in comic roles and had a talent for voices which she often used on radio to portray children and to do voiceovers for television commercials. Her most high-profile film roles were in The Million Pound Note (1953), A Night to Remember (1958, uncredited as a woman on a train), The Dirty Dozen (1967), Fathom (1967), The Railway Children (1970), and in one Carry On Film Carry On Again Doctor (1969).^[4] She was the voice behind the Ajax 'It cleans like a white tornado' advertisements on television. She was in the radio show: Mrs Dale's Diary, and appeared in many well-known television comedies including Hancock's Half Hour, Till Death Us Do Part, Tea at the Ritz, Hughie and The World of Beachcomber with Spike Milligan.^[2]

Personal life

Ann Lancaster was born in 1920 in London^[5] and died of cancer in 1970 in Paddington, London^[6] at the age of 50, before her last film (The Railway Children) was released.

Filmography

• Cage of Gold (1950) .... Minor Role (uncredited)
• The Magic Box (1951) .... Bridesmaid in wedding group
• Judgment Deferred (1952) .... girl in shop. (uncredited)
• The Secret People (1952) .... Manicurist Secret People
• The Card (1952) .... Miriam (uncredited)
• Angels One Five (1952) .... W.A.A.F.
• The Million Pound Note (1953) .... Doris (uncredited)
• A Night to Remember (1958) .... Mrs. Bull – Woman on Train (uncredited)
• The Flesh and the Fiends (1960) .... Minuet Dancer (uncredited)
• The Durant Affair (1962)
• The Lamp in Assassin Mews (1962) .... Mrs. Dowling
• I've Gotta Horse (1965) .... Woman Shopkeeper a.k.a. Wonderful Day
• The Secret of My Success (1965) .... Angela Pringle
• Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) .... Grocer's Assistant
• Three Bites of the Apple (1967) .... Winnifred Batterfly
• The Dirty Dozen (1967) .... chief prostitute (uncredited)
• Fathom (1967) .... Mrs. Trivers
• The Window Cleaner (1968) .... Mother
• Inadmissible Evidence (1968) .... Drinking Club Hostess
• Hot Millions (1968) .... Pendleton's Landlady (uncredited)
• Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher (1968) .... Mrs. Grimes
• Till Death Us Do Part (1968) .... Woman at Block of Flats
• Journey to Midnight (1968) .... Red Queen (episode 'Poor Butterfly')
• A Nice Girl Like Me (1969) .... Miss Garland
• Carry On Again Doctor (1969) .... Miss Armitage
• Rhubarb (1969) .... Mrs. Rhubarb
• The Railway Children (1970) .... Ruth

TV

• The Vise (1 episode, 1959) .... Fat Lady

... a.k.a. Detective's Diary (USA: rerun title)

... a.k.a. Saber of London (UK)

... a.k.a. The Vise: Mark Saber (USA: third and fourth season title)

... a.k.a. Uncovered (syndication title)

• It's Only Mink (1959) TV Episode .... Fat Lady
• Hancock's Half Hour (3 episodes, 1957–1959) The Big Night (1959) TV Episode
• "The Russian Prince" (1957) TV Episode (as Anne Lancaster) .... Russian Aristocrat
• "Lady Chatterley's Revenge" (1957) TV Episode .... Cynthia – Actress
• "Tea at the Ritz" (1963) (TV) .... Rene Barnes ... a.k.a. Comedy Four: Tea at the Ritz (UK: series title)
• Comedy Playhouse ....(1 episode, 1963)
• "The Chars" (1963) TV Episode .... Amanda
• An Enemy of the State (1965) (mini) TV Series .... Grusha
• The Wednesday Play Up the Junction (1965) TV Episode .... Winnie
• Out of the Unknown ....(1 episode, 1965)
• "Come Buttercup, Come Daisy, Come...?" (1965) TV Episode .... Mrs. Bryant
• The Spies .... (1 episode, 1966) .... Dora
• No Strings (1967) (TV)
• Z-Cars .... (3 episodes, 1963–1967)
• "Family Affair: Part 2" (1967) TV Episode .... Annie Ramsbottom
• "Running Milligan" (1963) TV Episode .... Milly
• "Train of Events" (1963) TV Episode .... Geraldine
• Till Death Us Do Part (1 episode, 'Aunt Maud', 1968) .... Maud
• Please Sir! (2 episodes, 1968) .... Mrs. Pearce
• Best of Enemies (1 episode, 1968) .... Mrs. Ewing
• Thirty-Minute Theatre (1 episode, 1969)
• Someone's Knocking at Me Door (1969) TV Episode .... Mollie Thompson
• The World of Beachcomber (unknown episodes, 1969) TV Series .... Various
• Barry Humphries' Scandals (1 episode, 1970)
• Father, Dear Father .... Bookshop Customer (1 episode, 1970)
• "The Suitable Suitor" (1970) TV Episode .... Bookshop Customer

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ann Lancaster. https://web.archive.org/web/20170804044214/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba008f77c. dead. 4 August 2017.
2. Web site: Ann Lancaster. aveleyman.com.
3. Web site: Ann Lancaster. theatricalia.com.
4. Web site: Ann Lancaster – Movies and Filmography – AllMovie. AllMovie.
5. Web site: findmypast.co.uk. search.findmypast.co.uk.
6. Web site: findmypast.co.uk. search.findmypast.co.uk.