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{{short description|English actress (1915–1993)}}
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'''Ann Way''' (14 November 1915 – 13 March 1993) was an [[English people|English]] film and television [[character actress]]. Born in [[Wiveliscombe]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/63040 |title=BFI biodata |access-date=29 April 2010 |archive-date=14 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114025528/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/63040 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[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 [[Typecasting (acting)|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|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 film)|Endless Night]]'' (1972) and ''[[Clockwise (film)|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 (film)|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.
==Selected filmography==
*''[[The Belles of St. Trinian's]]'' (1954) – Sixth Former (uncredited)
*''[[The Hands of Orlac (1960 film)|The Hands of Orlac]]'' (1960) – Seamstress (uncredited)
*''[[The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (film)|The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie]]'' (1969) – Miss Gaunt
*''[[Lola (1969 film)|Twinky]]'' (1970) – School Miss-tress
*''[[Carry On Loving]]'' (1970) – Aunt Victoria Grubb
*''[[Hands of the Ripper]]'' (1971) – Seamstress (uncredited)
*''[[Follow Me! (1972 film)|Follow Me!]]'' (1972) – Cinema box-office attendant (uncredited)
*''[[Endless Night (1972 film)|Endless Night]]'' (1972) – Mrs. Dorothy Philpott
*''[[Jabberwocky (film)|Jabberwocky]]'' (1977) – Merchant's Wife (uncredited)
*''[[The Sailor's Return (film)|The Sailor's Return]]'' (1978) – Mrs. Clall
*''[[Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980 film)|Little Lord Fauntleroy]]'' (1980) – Miss Smiff
*''[[Bullshot (film)|Bullshot]]'' (1983) – Hotel Guest
*''[[The Dresser (1983 film)|The Dresser]]'' (1983) – Miss White
*''[[Brazil (1985 film)|Brazil]]'' (1985) – Old Lady with Dog
*''[[Clockwise (film)|Clockwise]]'' (1986) – Mrs. Way
*''[[Haunted Honeymoon]]'' (1986) – Rachel
*''[[Crystalstone]]'' (1987) – Housekeeper
*''[[The Dawning]]'' (1988) – George Brabazon
*''Killing Dad or How to Love Your Mother'' (1990) – Margot
*''How's Business'' (1991) – Miss Jolly
*''[[Once upon a Crime (1992 film)|Once Upon a Crime]]'' (1992) – Housekeeper
*''[[Anchoress (film)|Anchoress]]'' (1993) – Alice (final film role)
==References==
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==External links==
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