Anne Heywood

Anne Heywood (born 11 December 1931) is a British film actress, who is best known for her performance in The Fox.[1]

Anne Heywood
Heywood with Gregory Peck in The Chairman, 1969
Born	Violet Joan Pretty (1931-12-11) 11 December 1931 Handsworth, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1951–1989
Spouse(s)	Raymond Stross ​ ( m. 1960; died 1988) George Danzig Druke ​ ( m. 1990)
Children	Mark Stross (b. 1963)

Early life and career

Born as Violet Joan Pretty[2] in Handsworth, Birmingham, she won the Miss Great Britain title under her real name in 1950.

At one time she was the personal assistant of Radio's Talent Spotter Carroll Levis, a show which toured the main theatres throughout Britain. Later she also attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. She began acting in films in the early 1950s, first in supporting roles but gradually evolving into a leading lady.

One of her more prominent film roles was in a film adaptation of a D. H. Lawrence novel, The Fox, co-starring Sandy Dennis, made in 1967, which caused controversy at the time due to its lesbian theme.[3] In the 1970s, she appeared in several giallo-type thrillers made in Italy.

Her career declined in the 1980s. Her penultimate role was in a two-part episode of the popular United States television series The Equalizer, which starred actor Edward Woodward, in 1988 as Manon Brevard Marcel.

Personal life

Heywood was married to producer Raymond Stross, who produced most of her movies, including A Terrible Beauty, The Brain, The Very Edge, Ninety Degrees in the Shade, The Fox, Midas Run, I Want What I Want, and Good Luck Miss Wyckoff.

After Stross died in 1988, Heywood retired and has never appeared onscreen since. In 1990, she married her second husband, George Danzig Druke, a former Assistant Attorney General of New York State.[4] The couple resides in Beverly Hills, California.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1951	Lady Godiva Rides Again	Dorothy Marlowe (beauty contestant)	(as Violet Pretty)
1956	Find the Lady	Receptionist
	Checkpoint	Gabriela
1957	The Depraved	Laura Wilton
	Doctor at Large	Emerald
	Dangerous Exile	Glynis
1958	Violent Playground	Catherine Murphy
1959	The Heart of a Man	Julie
	Floods of Fear	Elizabeth Matthews
	Upstairs and Downstairs	Kate
1960	Carthage in Flames	Fulvia
	A Terrible Beauty	Neeve Donnelly
1961	Petticoat Pirates	Chief Officer Anne Stevens
1962	Stork Talk	Lisa Vernon
	The Brain	Anna Holt
1963	The Very Edge	Tracey Lawrence
1965	Ninety Degrees in the Shade	Alena	Nominated — Golden Globe Nominee for Best English-Language Foreign Film
1967	The Fox	Ellen March	Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
1969	The Lady of Monza	Virginia de Leyva	Winner — Maschera D'Argento (Silver Mask) Award – Best Actress (Italy)
	Midas Run	Sylvia Giroux
	The Chairman	Kay Hanna
1972	The Killer Is on the Phone	Eleanor Loraine
	I Want What I Want	Roy/Wendy
1973	The Nun and the Devil	Mother Giulia
	Trader Horn	Nicole Mercer
1974	Love Under the Elms		Entered into the 25th Berlin International Film Festival
1979	Ring of Darkness	Carlotta Rhodes	Also known as Satan's Wife
	Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff	Evelyn Wyckoff
1984	What Waits Below	Frieda Shelley

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Title of work	Result
1968	Golden Globe	Best Actress - Drama	The Fox	Nominated
1968	Laurel Award	Female Dramatic Performance	The Fox	5th place

Further reading

• Weedman, Christopher (January 2017). "Anne Heywood: Britain's Daring Beauty". Cinema Retro: 56–59.

References

1. "Anne Heywood". www.goldenglobes.com. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
2. Joseph F. Clarke (1977). Pseudonyms. BCA. p. 83.
3. Sterritt, David. "The Fox". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 3 August 2009.
4. Noble, Peter (18 August 1990). "In Confidence". Screen International.

External links

• Anne Heywood on IMDb