Joan Boniface Winnifrith Net Worth
Joan Boniface Winnifrith Net Worth is
$1.1 Million
Joan Boniface Winnifrith Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
The daughter of a clergyman, Anna Lee was born Joan Boniface Winnifrith and encouraged to pursue an acting career by her father. After training at London's Royal Albert Hall, she took to the boards and later began appearing in English films, first as an extra, then working her way up to featured parts and finally earning the unofficial title "... Full Name | Anna Lee |
Date Of Birth | January 2, 1913 |
Died | 2004-05-14 |
Place Of Birth | Ightham, Kent, England, UK |
Height | 5' 4" (1.63 m) |
Profession | Actress, Soundtrack |
Spouse | Robert Stevenson (director) |
Children | Jeffrey Byron, , Steve Stafford,, John Stafford, Five in total, including |
Parents | Bertram Winnifrith |
Siblings | John Winnifrith |
Movies | The Sound of Music, How Green Was My Valley, Fort Apache, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The Horse Soldiers, Hangmen Also Die!, King Solomon's Mines, Flying Tigers, Bedlam, In Like Flint, The Crimson Kimono, Jack the Giant Killer, First a Girl, My Life with Caroline, Comm... |
Star Sign | Capricorn |
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1 | [on working with John Wayne in Seven Sinners (1940)] Marlene [Marlene Dietrich] didn't want a blonde in the picture--other than herself. So it was the first time I had to rinse [color] my hair. John Wayne was a lovely man, what I would call a typical American--very nice, very modest. His stature as a star never came up, although we worked together many times over the years. On our first encounter, we were engaged in conversation and he asked me if I was a Republican. Since I was new to this country, I thought he was asking if I was a publican, which is a person who keeps a publichouse for drinking beer. I told him I was not a publican, but that I did enjoy beer. [Laughs] That really confused him! |
2 | I want to die with my boots on. English actors have a great reputation for longevity. |
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1 | From 1990 to 1991, Ms. Lee's granddaughter, Erin Everly, was married to Axl Rose, of Guns N' Roses, briefly making Axl Rose Ms. Lee's "grandson-in-law." Ms. Everly was the inspiration for the Guns N' Roses song "Sweet Child O' Mine" and is the daughter of Ms. Lee's daughter Venetia Stevenson and Don Everly of The Everly Brothers. |
2 | Her former General Hospital (1963) co-star, Jacklyn Zeman lived not too far from Jeanne Cooper, who was Lee's close friend. |
3 | Metal band Dream Theater named the character of one of their songs after her. |
4 | Close friend of Jeanne Cooper. Cooper got a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame several months after Lee. |
5 | Anna Lee passed away on May 14, 2004. Just a couple of months afterwards, General Hospital (1963) aired a tribute to Lee by holding a memorial service for her character. |
6 | During World War II, Lee performed with 'Jack Benny (I)' and others in USO tours entertaining troops in North Africa and Europe. Gen. George Patton awarded her a special medal for her efforts. |
7 | Friends with: Jeanne Cooper, Ruth Warrick, Maureen O'Hara, George Gaynes, John Loder, John Ingle, John Beradino, John Ford, John Wayne, Rachel Ames, Stuart Damon, Ken Curtis, Constance Towers, Loretta Young, Claude Rains, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Robert Nathan, Robert Conrad, Boris Karloff, Roddy McDowall, Walter Brennan, Richard Haydn, Donald Crisp and Patric Knowles. |
8 | A political conservative. |
9 | Acting mentor and friends of Leslie Charleson, Anthony Geary and Jacklyn Zeman. |
10 | Best remembered by the public for her starring role as Lila Quartermaine on General Hospital (1963). |
11 | Anna Lee played opposite a character named Allan Quartermain, in King Solomon's Mines (1937), then 46 years later played a character named Lila Quartermaine in TV soap General Hospital (1963) who had a son Alan Quartermaine. |
12 | Was good friends with Maureen O'Hara and Roddy McDowall. |
13 | Had three sons from her second marriage: John, Steven and Timothy. John passed away in 1986. |
14 | Dubbed the voice of Patricia Morison who was playing the writer George Sand in the movie Song Without End (1960) because Harry Cohn wanted the character to have harsher vocal tones. |
15 | In the film Bedlam (1946), Anna darkened her hair so that audiences would take her more seriously and kept it dark for much of the next few years. One of her costumes was worn by Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind (1939). |
16 | Had two daughters with first husband Robert Stevenson. Following their divorce in 1944, Anna was given custody of younger daughter Caroline, but Venetia chose to live with her father. Anna was estranged from her daughter for 15 years. They reunited after appearing together in the films Jet Over the Atlantic (1959) and The Big Night (1960). |
17 | During WWII, she volunteered for overseas duty with the U.S.O. entertaining Allied troops in North Africa, Iran, and Sicily. |
18 | Comedian Jack Hulbert served as Best Man at her first wedding, and Alfred Hitchcock gave her way at her second. |
19 | Initially studied with Elsie Fogarty at the Royal Albert Central School Hall in London. Later toured with the London Repertory Theatre where she earned the title "The British Bombshell." |
20 | The blue-eyed blonde was occasionally a brunette in films. In Seven Sinners (1940), she wore her hair darker because star Marlene Dietrich insisted on no competing blondes in her pictures. |
21 | One of three children born to an Anglican clergyman at St. Peters Church in Ightham, Kent, her godmother was legendary actress Sybil Thorndike. |
22 | Grandmother of Erin Everly and Evan Stafford. |
23 | Amber Tamblyn originally portrayed the adopted granddaughter of Lee's character on General Hospital (1963). In the 1950s (long before Tamblyn's birth), Tamblyn's father, Russ Tamblyn, was married to Lee's daughter Venetia Stevenson. |
24 | Died just a week before she was to have received a daytime Emmy award for "lifetime achievement." Her actor son, Jeffrey Byron, accepted on her behalf at the New York ceremony. |
25 | Was paralyzed from the waist down in a car accident, and acted in a wheelchair for more than two decades. |
26 | She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in January 1993 for her services to film and television industry. |
27 | She was awarded M.B.E. (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in 1982 for her services to drama. |
28 | Goddaughter of Dame Sybil Thorndike and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. |
29 | Mother of actress Venetia Stevenson, Jeffrey Byron and Steve Stafford. |
Actress
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Ford Theatre Hour | 1950-1951 | TV Series | Agnes / Miriam |
Lux Video Theatre | 1951 | TV Series | Julia |
Somerset Maugham TV Theatre | 1950 | TV Series | |
The Clock | 1950 | TV Series | |
Prison Warden | 1949 | Elisa Pennington Burnell | |
Best Man Wins | 1948 | Nancy Smiley | |
Fort Apache | 1948 | Mrs. Emily Collingwood | |
High Conquest | 1947 | Marie Correl | |
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir | 1947 | Mrs. Miles Fairley | |
G.I. War Brides | 1946 | Linda Powell | |
Bedlam | 1946 | Nell Bowen | |
Summer Storm | 1944 | Nadena Kalenin | |
Hangmen Also Die! | 1943 | Masha Novotny | |
Flesh and Fantasy | 1943 | Rowena (Episode 2) | |
Forever and a Day | 1943 | Cornelia Trimble-Pomfret | |
Commandos Strike at Dawn | 1942 | Judith Bowen | |
Flying Tigers | 1942 | Brooke Elliott | |
How Green Was My Valley | 1941 | Bronwyn | |
My Life with Caroline | 1941 | Caroline | |
Seven Sinners | 1940 | Dorothy | |
Return to Yesterday | 1940 | Carol Sands | |
Young Man's Fancy | 1939 | Miss Ada | |
The Secret Four | 1939 | Ann Lodge | |
Non-Stop New York | 1937 | Jennie Carr | |
King Solomon's Mines | 1937 | Kathleen 'Kathy' O'Brien | |
You're in the Army Now | 1937 | Sally Briggs | |
The Man Who Lived Again | 1936 | Dr. Clare Wyatt | |
First a Girl | 1935 | Princess Miranoff | |
The Passing of the Third Floor Back | 1935 | Vivian | |
Heat Wave | 1935 | Jane Allison | |
The Camels Are Coming | 1934 | Anita Rodgers | |
Lucky Loser | 1934 | Ursula Hamilton | |
Rolling in Money | 1934 | Lady Eggleby | |
Faces | 1934 | Madeleine Pelham | |
Mannequin | 1933 | Babette | |
Chelsea Life | 1933 | Hon. Muriel Maxton | |
The Bermondsey Kid | 1933 | ||
Mayfair Girl | 1933 | Bit Role (uncredited) | |
Yes, Mr. Brown | 1933 | uncredited | |
The King's Cup | 1933 | Minor Role (uncredited) | |
His Lordship | 1932 | Scrub Girl Chorine (uncredited) | |
Say It with Music | 1932 | ||
Ebb Tide | 1932 | uncredited | |
General Hospital | 1981-2003 | TV Series | Lila Quartermaine |
Port Charles | 1997 | TV Series | Lila Quartermaine (1997-2003) |
What Can I Do? | 1994 | Elderly Woman | |
Beverly Hills Brats | 1989 | Gertie | |
Listen to Me | 1989 | Garson's Grandmother | |
Beyond the Next Mountain | 1987 | Governor's Wife | |
The Right Hand Man | 1987 | Worn woman | |
Glitter | 1985 | TV Series | |
Scruples | 1980 | TV Mini-Series | Aunt Wilhelmina |
B.J. and the Bear | 1979 | TV Series | Laura |
The Night Rider | 1979 | TV Movie | Lady Earl |
Legend of the Northwest | 1978 | ||
The Beasts Are on the Streets | 1978 | TV Movie | Mrs. Jackson |
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years | 1977 | TV Movie | Laura Delano |
Eleanor and Franklin | 1976 | TV Series | Laura Delano |
Mannix | 1968-1974 | TV Series | Mrs. Dabney / Mrs. Harriman |
The F.B.I. | 1973 | TV Series | Susan Harper / Eileen Crane |
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary | 1973 | TV Movie | Judge Barbara Hanline |
The Streets of San Francisco | 1973 | TV Series | Mrs. Claridge |
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | 1973 | TV Series | Mrs. Wilma Rowland |
The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie | 1972 | TV Series | Mrs. Grunch / Mistress Dreadly / Farmer's Wife / ... |
The Bold Ones: The Senator | 1970 | TV Series | Frances Mallon |
Mission: Impossible | 1970 | TV Series | Maria Malik |
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | 1969 | TV Series | |
The Outcasts | 1969 | TV Series | Amelia |
Star! | 1968 | Hostess (uncredited) | |
Gunsmoke | 1967 | TV Series | Amy Bassett |
The Felony Squad | 1967 | TV Series | Martha Lindley |
Family Affair | 1967 | TV Series | Lorna Frasier |
In Like Flint | 1967 | Elisabeth | |
Picture Mommy Dead | 1966 | Elsie Kornwald | |
My Three Sons | 1966 | TV Series | Louise Allen |
7 Women | 1966 | Mrs. Russell - Mission Staff | |
Daniel Boone | 1965 | TV Series | Clara Merivale |
The Sound of Music | 1965 | Sister Margaretta | |
Mr. Novak | 1965 | TV Series | Mrs. Woodridge |
Combat! | 1965 | TV Series | Sister Lescaut |
The Unsinkable Molly Brown | 1964 | Titanic Passenger in Lifeboat (uncredited) | |
For Those Who Think Young | 1964 | Laura Pruitt | |
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | 1964 | TV Series | Paula Kirsch |
The Movie Maker | 1964 | TV Movie | |
The Prize | 1963 | American Reporter (uncredited) | |
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | 1963 | TV Series | Roberta Saunders |
Dr. Kildare | 1963 | TV Series | Mrs. Frances Alland |
McHale's Navy | 1962 | TV Series | Pamela Parfrey |
Mutiny on the Bounty | 1962 | Minor Role (uncredited) | |
Perry Mason | 1962 | TV Series | Crystal Durham |
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? | 1962 | Mrs. Bates | |
Jack the Giant Killer | 1962 | Lady Constance | |
Checkmate | 1962 | TV Series | Louise Haley |
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | 1962 | Mrs. Prescott - Widow in Stage Holdup (uncredited) | |
77 Sunset Strip | 1962 | TV Series | Lela Franklin |
Two Rode Together | 1961 | Mrs. Malaprop | |
Lock Up | 1960-1961 | TV Series | Helen Carter / Mrs. Mitchell |
Maverick | 1961 | TV Series | Helene Ferguson |
Hawaiian Eye | 1959-1960 | TV Series | Holly Morrison / Donna Lane |
Wagon Train | 1960 | TV Series | Mrs. Allyris Craven |
The Barbara Stanwyck Show | 1960 | TV Series | |
The Loretta Young Show | 1959-1960 | TV Series | Anne Tracy |
The Big Night | 1960 | Mrs. Turner | |
One Step Beyond | 1960 | TV Series | Helen Mason |
Jet Over the Atlantic | 1959 | Ursula Leverett | |
The Crimson Kimono | 1959 | Mac | |
This Earth Is Mine | 1959 | Charlotte Rambeau | |
The Horse Soldiers | 1959 | Mrs. Buford | |
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen | 1959 | TV Series | |
Peter Gunn | 1958 | TV Series | Sister Thomas Aquinas |
The Last Hurrah | 1958 | Gert Minihan | |
Studio One in Hollywood | 1951-1958 | TV Series | Anita Derr |
Shirley Temple's Storybook | 1958 | TV Series | Fairy Godmother |
Gideon of Scotland Yard | 1958 | Mrs. Gideon | |
The Charles Farrell Show | 1956 | TV Series | Doris Mayfield |
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse | 1955 | TV Series | |
General Foods 25th Anniversary Show: A Salute to Rodgers and Hammerstein | 1954 | TV Movie | General Foods Commercial Spokeswoman |
Armstrong Circle Theatre | 1954 | TV Series | |
Kraft Theatre | 1950-1952 | TV Series | |
A Date with Judy | 1952 | TV Series | Dora Foster (1951-1952) |
Robert Montgomery Presents | 1950-1952 | TV Series | Ann Hammond / Frances Lawrence |
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse | 1952 | TV Series | Princess Henriette |
The Web | 1950-1951 | TV Series |
Soundtrack
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Sound of Music | 1965 | performer: "Maria" 1959 - uncredited |
Thanks
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Sound of Music: From Fact to Phenomenon | 1994 | Video documentary sincere appreciation |
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Herself - Actress |
Backstory | 2000 | TV Series documentary | Herself - Actress |
Biography | 1993-2000 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
The Sound of Music: From Fact to Phenomenon | 1994 | Video documentary | Herself |
The 8th Annual American Cinema Awards | 1991 | TV Special | Herself |
7th Annual American Cinema Awards | 1990 | TV Special | Herself |
4th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards | 1988 | TV Special | Herself |
The 3th Annual American Cinema Awards | 1986 | TV Special | Herself |
All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan | 1985 | TV Special | Herself |
It's News to Me | 1952 | TV Series | Herself - Panelist |
Archive Footage
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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General Hospital | 2016 | TV Series | Lila Quartermaine |
The 31st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards | 2004 | TV Special | Herself |
Biography | 1995 | TV Series documentary | Actress 'How Green Was My Valley' |
John Ford | 1993 | TV Movie documentary | Bronwyn [in "How Green Was My Valley"] (uncredited) |
Won Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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2004 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Daytime Emmy Awards | Anna Lee died one week before the ceremony. Her son Jeffrey Byron | |
1993 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Motion Picture | On 7 January 1993. At 6777 Hollywood Blvd. |
1988 | Soap Opera Digest Award | Soap Opera Digest Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role: Daytime | General Hospital (1963) |
1984 | Soapy | Soapy Awards | Favorite Actress in a Mature Role | General Hospital (1963) |
1983 | Soapy | Soapy Awards | Favorite Woman in a Mature Role | General Hospital (1963) |