Sally Ann Howes

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Sally Ann Howes (1965)

Sally Ann Howes (born July 20, 1930 in St. John's Wood , London , † December 19, 2021 in Palm Beach Gardens , Florida ) was a British actress in theater, film and television. In addition to her long career on Broadway , in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s she also played major roles in films such as Anna Karenina , Drum Check Who Ties Forever , Conditions like Paradise or Chitty Chitty Bang Bang .

life and career

Sally Ann Howes was born in St. John's Wood, London in 1930 and grew up in a show business family. Her mother was Patricia Malone and her father was the well-known English comedian and actor Bobby Howes. Her grandfather was the Broadway director Capt JAE Malone. Sally first screened the film at the age of twelve and only a year later, at the age of 13, got her first lead role in Rodney Ackland's drama Thursday's Child . In the 1940s, Sally Ann Howes was followed by other major supporting roles in British films such as Endless Dreams , Apotheker Sutton and Nicholas Nickleby . In 1948 she was directed by Julien Duvivier in the literary film adaptation of Anna Karenina , starring prominently in the leading roles with Vivien Leigh , Ralph Richardson and Kieron Moore . A year later she cast John Paddy Carstairs for the female lead in his comedy Drum Check Who Ties Forever . In 1957 she then played in Lewis Gilbert's Robinsonade conditions like in paradise alongside fellow actors such as Kenneth More , Diane Cilento or Cecil Parker . However, she had her greatest film role in 1968 in the Ken Hughes musical adaptation of Ian Fleming's novel Tschitti Tschitti Bang Bang , produced by Albert R. Broccoli . There she played the role of Truly Scrumptious on the side of Dick Van Dyke . In 1970 she was nominated for a Grammy in the category "Best Recording for Children" for her performance in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang .

In 1950 she also got her first lead role on the Glasgow stage in Sandy Wilson's musical Caprice . This led to further engagements in musicals including an 18-month contract for the musical Paint Your Wagon , where she appeared at the side of her father Bobby Howes at the Majesty's Theater . In 1958, Sally Ann Howes took on the role of Eliza Doolittle in the Broadway production of the musical My Fair Lady from Julie Andrews .

Since the 1950s, she also starred in numerous television films and popular television series, including episodes of Buick-Electra Playhouse , The United States Steel Hour , Journey Into Fear , Kobra, Take Over , Bracken's World , The People of Shiloh Ranch or Dr. med. Marcus Welby . She had her last TV appearance in 1992 in the television miniseries Secrets .

In addition to her long career on Broadway , Sally Ann Howe's film career includes around 40 international feature films, television films and television series.

Sally Ann Howes has been married four times. Her first marriage was from 1950 to 1951 with H. Maxwell Coker. After that, in 1958 she stepped in front of the altar with the composer Richard Adler ; The divorce took place in 1966. After the death of Adler's first wife, Sally Ann Howes adopted his two sons. The older of the two, Andrew Hart Adler, became an artist; Christopher Adler, the younger adoptive son, died of AIDS in 1984 at the age of 30 . Howes' third marriage was to Andrew Morgan Maree from 1969 to 1970. In 1973 she married Douglas Rae, with whom she was married until his death in September 2021.

Filmography (selection)

movie theater

  • 1943: Thursday's Child
  • 1944: The Halfway House
  • 1945: Dream without End (Dead of Night)
  • 1945: Apotheker Sutton (Pink String and Sealing Wax)
  • 1947: Nicholas Nickleby (The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby)
  • 1948: Anna Karenina
  • 1948: My Sister and I
  • 1949: The History of Mr. Polly
  • 1949: So check whoever binds forever (Fools Rush In)
  • 1949: Stop Press Girl
  • 1950: Due mogli sono troppe
  • 1957: Conditions Like Paradise (The Admirable Crichton)
  • 1968: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang)
  • 1980: Death Ship

TV

  • 1950: Cinderella (TV movie)
  • 1958: The Gift of the Magi (TV movie)
  • 1960: The Fifth Column (TV movie)
  • 1960: Buick-Electra Playhouse (TV series, one episode)
  • 1960: Sunday Showcase (TV series, one episode)
  • 1961: Play of the Week (TV series, one episode)
  • 1961: Jane Eyre (TV movie)
  • 1961: The United States Steel Hour (TV series, one episode)
  • 1966: Journey Into Fear (TV series, one episode)
  • 1966: Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theater (TV series, one episode)
  • 1966: Race to Death (TV series, one episode)
  • 1966: Brigadoon (TV movie)
  • 1969: Cobra, Take Over (TV series, one episode)
  • 1970: Prudence and the Chief (TV movie)
  • 1970: Bracken's World (TV series, one episode)
  • 1971: The People at Shiloh Ranch (TV series, one episode)
  • 1972: The Hound of Baskerville (TV movie)
  • 1973: Female Artillery (TV movie)
  • 1973: Dr. med. Marcus Welby (TV series, one episode)
  • 1990: A Little Night Music (TV movie)
  • 1990: Live from Lincoln Center (TV series, episode 15x03)
  • 1992: Secrets (television miniseries)

literature

Web links

Commons : Sally Ann Howes  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sally Ann Howes, Truly Scrumptious in 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang,' Dies at 91
  2. ^ Sally Ann Howes in: West End Broadway: The Golden Age of the American Musical in London , by Adrian Wright, Boydell Press, 2012, p. 87
  3. ^ Sally Ann Howes Awards. Internet Movie Database , accessed July 19, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Sally Ann Howes in: Encyclopedia Of The Musical Theater: An Updated Reference Guide to Over 2000 Performers, Writers, Directors, Productions, and Songs of the Musical ... in New York and London , by Stanley Green, Da Capo Press, 2009 , Page 199
  5. ^ "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" star has died. Retrieved December 22, 2021 .
personal data
SURNAME Howes, Sally Ann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actress
BIRTH DATE July 20, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH St. John's Wood , London , England , United Kingdom
DATE OF DEATH December 19, 2021
PLACE OF DEATH Palm Beach Gardens , Florida , USA