Portrait of Anna Neagle

Acting

Anna Neagle

Career

Active from 1930 to 1959, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
34
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for Spring in Park Lane
Spring in Park Lane
GoodWatch score70/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 12 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Anna Neagle Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.2, average 5.4
  • Violence
    2.6, average 4.1
  • Uncanny
    1.1, average 2.5
  • Scare
    1.4, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Period Piece 5
  • Classic Hollywood 3
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Character-Driven Narrative 3
  • British History 3
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Historical Setting 2
  • Romantic Drama 2
  • Nostalgic Charm 2
  • British Cinema 2
  • Biopic 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

41
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

1 title ยท average score 72
Tales of the Unexpected
Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show ยท as Fanny Soane

1950s

12 titles ยท average score 61
The Lady is a Square
The Lady is a Square (1959)

as Frances Baring

The Heart of a Man
The Heart of a Man (1959)

Producer

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1958)
GoodWatch score 62

as Mary Randall, Q.C.

Wonderful Things
Wonderful Things (1958)

Producer

No Time for Tears
No Time for Tears (1957)

as Matron Eleanor Hammond

These Dangerous Years
These Dangerous Years (1957)

Producer

My Teenage Daughter
My Teenage Daughter (1956)

as Valerie Carr

King's Rhapsody
King's Rhapsody (1955)

as Marta Karillos

Lilacs in the Spring
Lilacs in the Spring (1954)
GoodWatch score 56

as Carole Beaumont

Derby Day
Derby Day (1952)
GoodWatch score 66

as Lady Helen Forbes

The Lady with a Lamp
The Lady with a Lamp (1951)
GoodWatch score 65

as Florence Nightingale

Odette
Odette (1950)
GoodWatch score 59

as Odette

1940s

12 titles ยท average score 59
Maytime in Mayfair
Maytime in Mayfair (1949)
GoodWatch score 61

as Eileen Grahame

Spring in Park Lane
Spring in Park Lane (1948)
GoodWatch score 70

as Judy Howard

Elizabeth of Ladymead
Elizabeth of Ladymead (1948)

as Beth in 1854 / Elizabeth in 1903 / Betty in 1919 / Liz in 1946

The Courtneys of Curzon Street
The Courtneys of Curzon Street (1947)
GoodWatch score 59

as Kate O'Halloran

Piccadilly Incident
Piccadilly Incident (1946)
GoodWatch score 65

as Diana Fraser

I Live in Grosvenor Square
I Live in Grosvenor Square (1945)
GoodWatch score 67

as Lady Patricia Fairfax

Yellow Canary
Yellow Canary (1943)
GoodWatch score 50

as Sally Maitland

Forever and a Day
Forever and a Day (1943)
GoodWatch score 64

as Susan Trenchard

They Flew Alone
They Flew Alone (1942)
GoodWatch score 65

as Amy Johnson

Sunny
Sunny (1941)
GoodWatch score 37

as Sunny O'Sullivan

No, No, Nanette
No, No, Nanette (1940)
GoodWatch score 57

as Nanette

Irene
Irene (1940)
GoodWatch score 57

as Irene O'Dare

1930s

16 titles ยท average score 61
Nurse Edith Cavell
Nurse Edith Cavell (1939)
GoodWatch score 63

as Nurse Edith Cavell

Sixty Glorious Years
Sixty Glorious Years (1938)

as Queen Victoria

Victoria the Great
Victoria the Great (1937)
GoodWatch score 59

as Queen Victoria

London Melody
London Melody (1937)

as Jacqueline

The Three Maxims
The Three Maxims (1936)

as Pat

Limelight
Limelight (1936)

as Marjorie Kay

Peg of Old Drury
Peg of Old Drury (1935)

as Peg Woffington

Nell Gwyn
Nell Gwyn (1934)

as Nell Gwyn

Bitter Sweet
Bitter Sweet (1933)

as Sari Linden

Good Night, Vienna
Good Night, Vienna (1932)

as Viki

The Flag Lieutenant
The Flag Lieutenant (1932)

as Hermione Wynne

The Chinese Bungalow
The Chinese Bungalow (1930)

as Charlotte Merivale