Rona Anderson

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Rona Anderson

Rona Anderson (born August 3, 1926 in Edinburgh , Scotland , † July 23, 2013 in Hampstead , London ) was a British film and theater actress . Between 1948 and 1990 she played in almost 50 film productions. Including in films like Sleeping Car to Trieste , Two Young Hearts , The Secret of the Red Monkey , The Crypt of Dead Women or The Best Years of Miss Jean Brodie .

life and career

Rona Anderson, born in Edinburgh in 1926, began her film career in 1948 with the second female lead in John Paddy Carstair's thriller Sleeping Car to Trieste . A year later she cast the director Frederick Wilson alongside her future husband, the actor Gordon Jackson , in the female lead role of Mary Anstruther in the romantic drama Two Young Hearts .

In the 1950s, she played many leading and supporting roles in British films, including 1951 in Brian Desmond Hurst's film adaptation of Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol , 1953 in Wolf Rilla's thriller Noose for a Lady at the side of Dennis Price , 1955 alongside Richard Conte in Ken Hughes action film The Secret of the Red Monkey , 1956 in Peter Graham Scott's thriller The Hideout or 1958 in Montgomery Tully's crime thriller Man with a Gun .

As early as 1952, Rona Anderson had turned to television and starred there in episodes of popular series. Her appearances in the new medium included ITV Black Eye (1952), BBC Sunday-Night Theater (1953), White Hunter (1957), The Flying Doctor (1959), BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960) The Human Jungle (1964 ), Dixon of Dock Green (1966–1971), Bachelor Father (1970–1971) Bill Brand (1976), Die Profis (1983) or The Labors of Erica (1989–1990).

In the 1960s she was only seen in isolated roles in the cinema, for example in John Ainsworth's adventure film The Bay of St. Michel , in Lance Comfort's horror film The Crypt of Dead Women or in the romantic comedy The Best Years of Miss Jean Brodie by director Ronald Neame .

Even before her long film and television career, Rona Anderson played in the theater. She made her first appearance on the stage at the Garrison Theater in April 1945 in the play Peg o 'My Heart . From 1945 to 1949 she starred in various plays with the Glasgow Citizens Theater . In the following decades they played in numerous pieces on various stages in the United Kingdom, including the Edinburgh Festival , the Piccadilly Theater , the Theater Royal in Windsor , the Mermaid Theater and the Palace Theater in London.

After she ended her acting career in 1990 after the death of her husband, she accepted a small guest role in Ray Cooney's and John Luton's movie Run for Your Wife in 2012, along with other British film stars .

Rona Anderson died on July 23, 2013 at the age of 86.

From 1951 until his death in 1990 she was married to the Scottish actor Gordon Jackson , with whom she appeared together in several film and television productions. The couple had two sons, Graham and Roderick.

Filmography (selection)

movie theater

watch TV

  • 1952: Black Eye (TV movie)
  • 1953: BBC Sunday-Night Theater (TV series, one episode)
  • 1957: White Hunter (TV series, one episode)
  • 1958: Uncle Harry (TV movie)
  • 1959: The Flying Doctor (TV series, one episode)
  • 1959: The Other Dear Charmer (TV movie)
  • 1960: BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV series, one episode)
  • 1960: Interpol Calling (TV series, one episode)
  • 1960: No Wreath for the General (TV series, two episodes)
  • 1964: The Human Jungle (TV series, three episodes)
  • 1965: Dr. Finlay's Casebook (TV series, one episode)
  • 1966: Public Eye (TV series, one episode)
  • 1966–1971: Dixon of Dock Green (TV series, three episodes)
  • 1967: River Rivals (TV series, one episode)
  • 1970: W. Somerset Maugham (TV series, one episode)
  • 1970–1971: Bachelor Father (TV series, six episodes)
  • 1976: Bill Brand (TV series, one episode)
  • 1983: The Professionals (TV series, one episode)
  • 1983: Let There Be Love (TV series, one episode)
  • 1989–1990: The Labors of Erica (TV series, eight episodes)

literature

Web links

Commons : Rona Anderson  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary for Rona Anderson in: The Telegraph
personal data
SURNAME Anderson, Rona
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actress in film and television and in the theater
DATE OF BIRTH August 3, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Edinburgh , Scotland
DATE OF DEATH 23rd July 2013
Place of death Hampstead , London