Ann Way

Known for ActingBorn 1915-11-14Died 1993-03-13Wiveliscombe, Somerset, England, UK

Ann Way (14 November 1915 – 13 March 1993) was an English film and television character actress. Born in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, she began her career in repertory in Birmingham in the 1950s moving from there to the Dundee Rep. Her petite build and deep-set eyes saw her frequently typecast as a stereotypically dotty or timid and mouse-like spinster. She nonetheless appeared in a wide range of roles, including the television series Dr Finlay's Casebook, Emmerdale Farm where she played an aunt of publican and newspaper correspondent Amos Brearly, Fawlty Towers (where she memorably played the Colonel's wife inadvertently served the raw red mullet in "Gourmet Night") and Rumpole of the Bailey as Dodo Mackintosh. She played the vicar's wife in Last of the Summer Wine. She also read the Mrs. Pepperpot books on the children's series Jackanory. Film roles included Carry On Loving (1970), Endless Night (1972) and Clockwise (1986) (in which she sang the Vivian Ellis standard This is my Lovely Day on the soundtrack and made comic use of the repeated line "Aren't we all such lucky people") and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) (where she played the headmistress's secretary, Miss Gaunt). A more unusual role was the 1987 short film Unusual Ground Floor Conversion in which she played an old lady gradually driving her downstairs neighbour mad by throwing water out of her window every few minutes. Way died in London, England on 13 March 1993.Read more

Movies & web series

Whinfrey's Last Case

How's Business

Mind Your Language

Fawlty Towers

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

All Creatures Great and Small

Brazil

The Clifton House Mystery

Lovejoy

The Goodies

Shoestring

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Close to Home

Theatre 625

Thundercloud

Rumpole of the Bailey

Playhouse

King of the River

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

The Dresser

The Bill

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy

Crystalstone

Shadows of Fear

Clockwise

The Sailor's Return

All Gas and Gaiters

Endless Night

Anchoress

The Dawning

Once Upon a Crime

Carry On Loving

Haunted Honeymoon

David Copperfield

Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)

Dead Lucky

Long Live the Babe

The Pigman's Protege

Bread or Blood

Castle Haven

The Jazz Age