Anna Massey

Anna Massey Headshot

Actress

Birth Date: August 11, 1937

Death Date: July 3, 2011

Birth Place: Thakeham, West Sussex, England, UK

Spouses: Jeremy Brett

Parents: Raymond Massey, Adrianne Allen

Siblings: Daniel Massey

Anna Massey, the daughter of actors Adrianne Allen and Raymond Massey, made her film debut in the 1958 drama "Gideon of Scotland Yard," directed by John Ford.

While her career would span another five-plus decades, her most famous role came just two years later, as a woman who unwittingly becomes friends with a murderer in Michael Powell's voyeuristic thriller "Peeping Tom." In 1972, Massey put in similar duties in master-of-suspense Alfred Hitchcock's "Frenzy," as a barmaid who is strangled to death by a serial killer. Continuing the thrills and chills, Massey was the victim of more foul play (by her own brother Daniel Massey, no less) in 1973's "The Vault of Horror."

Starting in the mid-1970s, Massey began appearing with increasing frequency on British television, with roles in numerous top-notch literary adaptations--including "Hotel du Lac" (based on the novel by Anita Brookner) on the program "Screen Two," "The Pallisers" (based on the series of books by Anthony Trollope), and "Anna Karenina" (based on Leo Tolstoy's classic novel), to name a few.

Through the 1990s and 2000s, Massey found some choice roles on sitcoms, not the least of which were "Nice Day at the Office" and "The Robinsons." During this time, she also appeared in the cult classic film "The Machinist" and the visually-wondrous romance "Angels and Insects" in supporting roles.

Credits

A Good Murder

Actor
Phyllis
Show
2023

Spirit of the House by Fay Weldon

Narrator
Show
2021

Extrait : Retour de flamme

Actor
Show
2014

Cine Clásico

Actor
Show
2013

Act of Memory

Actor
Show
2012

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Actor
Mrs D'Urberville
Show
2008

The Oxford Murders

Actor
Mrs. Eagleton
Movie
2008

Affinity

Actor
Miss Haxby
Movie
2008

Oliver Twist

Actor
Show
2007

Kingdom

Guest Star
Show
2007

The Gigolos

Actor
Edwina
Movie
2006

A Good Murder

Actor
Phyllis
Movie
2006

Pinochet's Last Stand

Actor
Baroness Thatcher
Movie
2006

Ciné-club

Actor
Show
2005

Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont

Actor
Mrs. Arbuthnot
Movie
2005

Belonging

Actor
Brenda
Show
2004

He Knew He Was Right

Actor
Miss Stanbury
Show
2004

Belonging

Actor
Brenda
Movie
2004

The MachinistStream

Actor
Mrs. Shike
Movie
2004
77%

An Angel for May

Actor
Show
2002

The Importance of Being EarnestStream

Actor
Miss Prism
Movie
2002
57%

Possession

Actor
Lady Bailey
Movie
2002

An Angel for May

Actor
Rosie
Movie
2002

Dark Blue World

Actor
English Teacher
Movie
2001

Room to Rent

Actor
Sarah Stevenson
Movie
2000

The Sleeper

Actor
Lillian
Movie
2000

Mad Cows

Actor
Dwina Phelps
Movie
1999

A Respectable Trade

Actor
Sarah Cole
Show
1998

A Respectable Trade

Actor
Sarah Cole
Movie
1998

Midsomer MurdersStream

Actor
Honoria Lyddiard
Series
1997

Midsomer MurdersStream

Guest Star
Honoria Lyddiard
Series
1997

Midsomer Murders: Written in Blood

Actor
Honoria Lyddiard
Movie
1997

The Slab Boys

Actor
Miss Elsie Walkinshaw
Movie
1997

The Elephant Man

Voice
Show
1996

Sweet Angel Mine

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Mother
Movie
1996

Angels and Insects

Actor
Miss Mead
Movie
1995

The Grotesque

Actor
Mrs. Giblet
Movie
1995

Haunted

Actor
Nanny Tess Webb
Movie
1995

Driftwood

Actor
Mother
Movie
1995

Murder in Mind

Actor
Rosemary
Movie
1994

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: The Winds of Change

Actor
Gertrude Bell
Movie
1993

Happy Families

Actor
Lady Emily Balcombe
Movie
1992

Chillers

Actor
Show
1990

Envoyé spécial

Actor
Show
1990

Mountains of the Moon

Actor
Mrs. Arundell
Movie
1990

The Man From the Pru

Actor
Julia Wallace
Movie
1990

The Christmas Tree

Actor
Constance
Movie
1990

Agatha Christie's PoirotStream

Actor
Miss Pebmarsh
Series
1989

Killing Dad

Actor
Edith
Movie
1989

Day After the Fair

Actor
Letty
Movie
1987

Season's Greetings

Actor
Rachel
Movie
1986

Hotel du Lac

Actor
Edith Hope
Movie
1986

Foreign Body

Actor
Miss Furze
Movie
1986

Something to Scare Off the Birds

Voice
Eleanor Avery
Show
1985

Sacred Hearts

Actor
Sister Thomas
Movie
1985

Thunder Rock

Actor
Movie
1985

The McGuffin

Actor
Nina
Movie
1985

Anna Karenina

Actor
Betsy
Movie
1985

Spine Chillers

Actor
Show
1984

The Chain

Actor
Betty
Movie
1984

Sakharov

Actor
Klavdia
Movie
1984

The Little Drummer Girl

Actor
Chairlady
Movie
1984

Mansfield Park

Actor
Mrs Norris
Show
1983

Five Days One Summer

Actor
Jennifer Pierce
Movie
1982

The Potting Shed

Actor
Movie
1981

Rebecca

Actor
Mrs. Danvers
Show
1980

Sweet William

Actor
Edna McClusky
Movie
1980

Virginia Fly Is Drowning

Actor
Virginia Fly
Movie
1980

Tales of the Unexpected

Actor
Irene Wrzaszcyzk
Show
1979

The Corn Is Green

Actor
Miss Ronberry
Movie
1979

The Mayor of Casterbridge

Actor
Lucetta Templeman
Show
1978

The Pallisers

Actor
Show
1974

Vault of Horror

Actor
Donna
Movie
1973

A Doll's House

Actor
Kristine Linde
Movie
1973

FrenzyStream

Actor
Barbara Jane "Babs" Milligan
Movie
1972
91%

Masterpiece

Actor
Franchise
1971

The Looking Glass War

Actor
Avery's Wife
Movie
1970

De Sade

Actor
Renee de Montreuil
Movie
1969

Peeping TomStream

Actor
Helen Stephens
Movie
1960
95%

Gideon of Scotland Yard

Actor
Sally Gideon
Movie
1958