Anna Massey

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Birthday:

11 August 1937, Thakeham, West Sussex, England, UK

Birth Name:

Anna Raymond Massey

Height:

168 cm

Anna Massey was born on August 11, 1937 in Thakeham, West Sussex, England as Anna Raymond Massey. She was an actress, known for The Machinist (2004), Frenzy (1972) and Peeping Tom (1960). She was married to Dr. Uri Andres and Jeremy Brett. She died on July 2, 2011 in London, England.

I think however old and blind and prune-like one may look, the spirit that goes on inside you stays young and flirtatious.

My education finished at fifteen; if I'd stayed at school I'm not sure I'd have become an actor.

Theatre eats up too much of your family life. I have a grandson and a husband and I'd rather I was able to be a granny and a wife.

Actors marrying each other is not a good idea.

I'm not instinctive. It takes enormous discipline and bravery to get me there [playing a role].

[on Alfred Hitchcock] He would always before a take tell you some dirty schoolboy joke. He did that to relax you because it relaxed him.

[on being directed by Alfred Hitchcock in Frenzy (1972)] Early on he was concerned about every detail - clothes and colours and sets and dre...Show more »

[on being directed by Alfred Hitchcock in Frenzy (1972)] Early on he was concerned about every detail - clothes and colours and sets and dressings. But then he got slow physically. Off the set the only conversation that seemed to interest him was about food - he taught me how to make a good batter - and later I realised that this was apt at a time we were making a film so crowded with food. Show less «