Anne Heywood

Anne Heywood

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Anne Heywood (born 11 December 1932) is a retired English film actress. Born as Violet Pretty in Handsworth, Birmingham, England, 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 countries main Theatres throughout Great 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 themes. In the 1970s, she appeared in several giallo-type thrillers made in Italy. Her career declined in the 1980s. Her penultimate role was on the United States television series The Equalizer, which starred actor Edward Woodward, in 1988 as Manon Brevard Marcel. The following year she appeared in a television movie, Memories of Manon, based on this same character. After this role she retired. She resides in California. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anne Heywood, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Anne Heywood
  • Popularity: 1.557
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1932-12-11
  • Place of Birth: Birmingham, England, UK
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  • Also Known As: Violet Joan Pretty, Violet Pretty
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Anne Heywood Movies

  • 1979
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    Ring of Darkness

    Ring of Darkness

    5.1 1979 HD

    Once a Satanist who surrendered her soul and body to the devil himself, Carlotta Rhodes begins to regret her tryst with Lucifer when her teenage...

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  • 1984
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    What Waits Below

    What Waits Below

    3.8 1984 HD

    The US military is running a test for a special type of radio transmitter, to be used to communicate with submarines, in a deep system of underground...

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  • 1967
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    The Fox

    The Fox

    6.2 1967 HD

    Jill Banford and Ellen March have built a good life together on a hardscrabble Canadian farm. Then handsome Paul Grenfell enters their isolated...

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  • 1965
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    90° in the Shade

    90° in the Shade

    5.9 1965 HD

    A woman attempts to cover up the thefts committed by the manager at the shop she works at.

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  • 1957
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    The Depraved

    The Depraved

    4.2 1957 HD

    Fed up with her wealthy but abusive husband, Tom (Basil Dignam), young English homemaker Laura Wilton (Anne Heywood) conspires with her lover,...

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  • 1958
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    Violent Playground

    Violent Playground

    7 1958 HD

    A Liverpool juvenile liaison officer struggles with a young and dangerous pyromaniac.

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  • 1958
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    Floods of Fear

    Floods of Fear

    6.6 1958 HD

    A man framed for murder escapes from prison during a flood and helps a young woman in distress.

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  • 1973
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    The Nun and the Devil

    The Nun and the Devil

    4.9 1973 HD

    It's 1577. The Mother Superior at the convent of Archangel is seriously ill. The determined and calculating Mother Giulia plots to become the next...

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  • 1969
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    The Chairman

    The Chairman

    5.5 1969 HD

    An American scientist is sent to Red China to steal the formula for a newly developed agricultural enzyme. What he is not told by his bosses is that...

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  • 1972
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    The Killer Is on the Phone

    The Killer Is on the Phone

    5.5 1972 HD

    A woman whose husband was murdered five years previously, is stalked by his killer, who wants to eliminate her as a potential witness. What he...

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  • 1969
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    The Lady of Monza

    The Lady of Monza

    5 1969 HD

    A true story taken from the archives of the archdiocese of Milan. Based on the life of Marianna De Leyva, better known as "The Nun of Monza," a 17th...

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  • 1972
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    I Want What I Want

    I Want What I Want

    4.4 1972 HD

    Roy leaves his abusive father's house and starts life anew as a woman, named Wendy. Through trial and error, she learns the skills and consequences...

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  • 1979
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    Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

    Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff

    5.4 1979 HD

    An abusive sexual relationship between a white spinster schoolteacher and a young black janitor in 1956 Kansas complicates her struggle to come to...

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  • 1960
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    A Terrible Beauty

    A Terrible Beauty

    4.9 1960 HD

    In 1941, the IRA plans a campaign to coincide with the planned German invasion of England. Dermott O'Neil finds it easy to get into the IRA, but can...

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  • 1960
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    Carthage in Flames

    Carthage in Flames

    5.1 1960 HD

    Historical drama depicting the last of the Punic Wars between the Roman Republic and Carthage.

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  • 1975
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    Love Under the Elms

    Love Under the Elms

    5 1975 HD

    An adolescent boy and girl meet at a rural, turn-of-the-century Austrian resort where they are vacationing with their respective liberal-minded,...

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  • 1969
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    Midas Run

    Midas Run

    4 1969 HD

    A veteran secret service officer from Britain hijacks a government shipment of $15 million of gold out of an irritation for never being knighted.

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  • 1961
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    Petticoat Pirates

    Petticoat Pirates

    6.2 1961 HD

    Undistinguished British farce (in Technicolor and CinemaScope). Stoker Charlie (the diminutive Drake) helps 150 Wrens under Superintendent Maxine...

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  • 1962
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    The Brain

    The Brain

    5.5 1962 HD

    A millionaire businessman's brain is kept alive after a fatal accident, and communicates clues to a doctor on the trail of the killer

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  • 2020
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    Disclosure

    Disclosure

    7.943 2020 HD

    An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people...

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  • 1963
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    The Very Edge

    The Very Edge

    5.6 1963 HD

    Tracey Lawrence is assautled in her home and is so affected by the traumatic event she now finds all men totally repulsive, including her husband....

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  • 1959
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    The Heart of a Man

    The Heart of a Man

    1 1959 HD

    Sailor Frankie Martin is offered a thousand pounds by a millionaire in disguise if he can earn a hundred pounds in a week by honest means. Frankie...

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  • 1962
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    Stork Talk

    Stork Talk

    1 1962 HD

    A gynecologist's wife leaves him, but returns when she finds out she's pregnant; but so is someone her husband's been very friendly with in her...

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  • 1973
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    Trader Horn

    Trader Horn

    2.5 1973 HD

    During the First World War a Hunter and trader in Africa joins forces with a couple looking for a source of platinum try to survive while fleeing...

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  • 1957
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    Dangerous Exile

    Dangerous Exile

    6.2 1957 HD

    Dangerous Exile is a 1957 British historical drama film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Louis Jourdan, Belinda Lee, Anne Heywood and...

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  • 1957
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    Doctor at Large

    Doctor at Large

    5.6 1957 HD

    Losing out to Dr. Bingham (Michael Medwin) in a competition for house surgeon when he offends a member of the board, young Dr. Simon Sparrow (Dirk...

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  • 1956
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    Find the Lady

    Find the Lady

    3.5 1956 HD

    During New Year's Eve, a young model spends the day searching for her grandmother, who has suspiciously gone missing.

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  • 1959
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    Upstairs and Downstairs

    Upstairs and Downstairs

    5.2 1959 HD

    On marrying the boss's daughter, Richard takes his father-in-law's advice to hire a live-in domestic. He soon finds good help is hard to come by....

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  • 1951
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    Lady Godiva Rides Again

    Lady Godiva Rides Again

    5.9 1951 HD

    Marjory Clark wins a competition in her Midland town and finds herself in a Festival of Britain procession as Lady Godiva - though not in the buff....

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  • 1956
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    Checkpoint

    Checkpoint

    5.3 1956 HD

    Stanley Baker's O'Donovan is sent to steal the plans of a rival company's racing car designs, to ensure his employers win the competition. However,...

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  • 1989
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    Memories of Manon

    Memories of Manon

    7.5 1989 HD

    Yvette Marcel asks her godfather Control and McCall for help dealing with her irrational father, who is intent on locating Manon, the mother she...

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  • 1985
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    The Equalizer

    The Equalizer

    7.1 1985 HD

    Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself...

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  • 1968
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    The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

    6.6 1968 HD

    The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.

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