Anna Thynn, Marchioness of Bath explained

Honorific Prefix:The Most Honourable
The Marchioness of Bath
Birth Name:Anna Abigail Gyarmathy
Birth Date:27 September 1943
Birth Place:Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
Death Place:Paris, France
Occupation:Actress, war correspondent
Spouse:
  • Gilbert Pineau (divorced)
Children:
Father:László Izsak Gyarmathy

Anna Abigail Thynn, Marchioness of Bath (née Gyarmathy; 27 September 1943 – 17 September 2022), styled as Viscountess Weymouth between 1969 and 1992, also known by her stage name Anna Gaël, was a Hungarian-British actress and war correspondent.

Early life

Anna Abigail Gyarmarthy was born on 27 September 1943 in Budapest, Hungary. Her father, László Izsak Gyarmathy,[1] was a mathematician and her mother was a poet. She moved to France as a child and began acting when she was fifteen.

Career

Anna Gyarmarthy acted under the stage name 'Anna Gaël'.[2] She starred in Hungarian, German, Italian, American and French films including Via Macau in 1966, Therese and Isabelle in 1968,[3] Zeta One, aka The Love Factor in 1969, The Bridge at Remagen in 1969 and Take Me, Love Me in 1970.[4] [5] [6] [7] She retired from acting in 1981. She worked as a news reporter, covering conflicts in Vietnam, and South Africa as well as the Northern Ireland conflict.

Personal life and death

She met Alexander Thynn, Viscount Weymouth, the son of Henry Thynne, 6th Marquess of Bath, and Daphne Fielding, in Paris in 1959. She later became the Viscount's mistress while she was married to French film director Gilbert Pineau;[8] in 1969, she and the Viscount married.[9] Later that year she gave birth to their first child, Lady Lenka Thynn. In 1974, she gave birth to their second child, Ceawlin Thynn.[8] In 1992, her husband succeeded his father as the 7th Marquess of Bath; he died in April 2020.

In 2013 her son married Emma McQuiston, the daughter of Nigerian businessman Oladipo Jadesimi. She reportedly disapproved of her son's marriage due to her daughter-in-law's African ancestry and thus did not attend the wedding.[10]

Lady Bath died in Paris on 17 September 2022, at the age of 78, ten days before her 79th birthday.[11]

Filmography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lundy . Darryl . Anne Abigail Gyarmathy . The Peerage . 2 March 2019.
  2. Web site: Kamp . David . Meet the Viscountess Transforming the Idea of British Aristocracy . . 25 April 2018 . 2 March 2019.
  3. Web site: Nathaniel . Soonest . Racism Toward First Black Marchioness Stirs Rift At Longleat . Legit.ng . Naij.com Media Limited . 8 September 2015 . 2 March 2019.
  4. Web site: Anna Gaël Biography . Internet Movie Database . Amazon . 2 March 2019.
  5. Web site: Anna Gaël . MUBI.
  6. Web site: Henderson . Eric . DVD Review: The Radley Metzger Collection: Volume One . 30 November 2004 . . 2 March 2019.
  7. Web site: Henderson . Eric . FILMReview: Therese and Isabelle . Slant Magazine . 30 November 2004 . 2 March 2019.
  8. Web site: Hauptfuhrer . Fred . The Really Odd Couple of Noble England: Lord and Lady Weymouth . . 29 November 1976 . 2 March 2019.
  9. Web site: Langley . William . The Marquess of Bath: the old lion abandons his pride . 27 November 2010 . . 2 March 2019.
  10. Web site: Dangremond . Sam . British Noble Won't Speak to Her Son Because He Married Nigerian Woman . . 8 September 2015 . 2 March 2019.
  11. News: The Dowager Marchioness of Bath . 24 September 2022 . The Times . 24 September 2022.