Anna Lee, MBE (born Joan Boniface Winnifrith; 2 January 1913 – 14 May 2004) was a British actress. Lee married her first husband, the director Robert Stevenson, in 1933 and moved to Hollywood in 1939. She became a naturalised US citizen in 1945. In 1981, a car accident left her paralysed from the waist down.
[biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
Known For
The Sound of Music
(1965)
Sister Margaretta
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
(1962)
Mrs. Prescott - Widow in Stage Holdup (uncredited)
How Green Was My Valley
(1941)
Bronwyn
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
(1962)
Mrs. Bates
The Horse Soldiers
(1959)
Mrs. Buford
The Last Hurrah
(1958)
Gert Minihan
Jack the Giant Killer
(1962)
Lady Constance
Fort Apache
(1948)
Mrs. Emily Collingwood
7 Women
(1966)
Mrs. Russell
In Like Flint
(1967)
Elisabeth
Two Rode Together
(1961)
Mrs. Malaprop
Hangmen Also Die!
(1943)
Masha Novotny
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
(1947)
Mrs. Fairley
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
(1964)
Titanic Passenger in Lifeboat
King Solomon's Mines
(1937)
Kathleen 'Kathy' O'Brien
Summer Storm
(1944)
Nadina Kalenin
Full Filmography
Acting
Ebb Tide
(1932)
(uncredited)
His Lordship
(1932)
Scrub Girl Chorine (uncredited)
Mannequin
(1933)
Babette
The Camels Are Coming
(1934)
Anita Rodgers
Faces
(1934)
Madeleine Pelham
The Passing of the Third Floor Back
(1935)
Vivian Tomkin
First a Girl
(1935)
Princess Mironoff
Heat Wave
(1935)
Jane Allison
The Man Who Changed His Mind
(1936)
Dr. Clare Wyatt
King Solomon's Mines
(1937)
Kathleen 'Kathy' O'Brien
O.H.M.S.
(1937)
Sally Briggs
Non-Stop New York
(1937)
Jennie Carr
The Four Just Men
(1939)
Ann Lodge
Young Man's Fancy
(1939)
Ada
Seven Sinners
(1940)
Dorothy
Return to Yesterday
(1940)
Carol Sands
How Green Was My Valley
(1941)
Bronwyn
My Life with Caroline
(1941)
Caroline Mason
Flying Tigers
(1942)
Brooke Elliott
Commandos Strike at Dawn
(1942)
Judith Bowen
Hangmen Also Die!
(1943)
Masha Novotny
Flesh and Fantasy
(1943)
Rowena (segment 2)
Forever and a Day
(1943)
Cornelia Trimble-Pomfret
Summer Storm
(1944)
Nadina Kalenin
Bedlam
(1946)
Nell Bowen
G.I. War Brides
(1946)
Linda Powell
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
(1947)
Mrs. Fairley
High Conquest
(1947)
Marie Correl
Fort Apache
(1948)
Mrs. Emily Collingwood
Best Man Wins
(1948)
Nancy Smiley
Prison Warden
(1949)
Elisa Pennington Burnell
Gideon's Day
(1958)
Mrs. Kate Gideon
The Last Hurrah
(1958)
Gert Minihan
The Crimson Kimono
(1959)
Mac
Jet Over The Atlantic
(1959)
Ursula Leverett
The Horse Soldiers
(1959)
Mrs. Buford
This Earth Is Mine
(1959)
Charlotte Rambeau
The Big Night
(1960)
Mrs. Turner
Two Rode Together
(1961)
Mrs. Malaprop
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
(1962)
Mrs. Bates
Jack the Giant Killer
(1962)
Lady Constance
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
(1962)
Mrs. Prescott - Widow in Stage Holdup (uncredited)
For Those Who Think Young
(1964)
Laura Pruitt
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
(1964)
Titanic Passenger in Lifeboat
The Sound of Music
(1965)
Sister Margaretta
7 Women
(1966)
Mrs. Russell
Picture Mommy Dead
(1966)
Elsie Kornwald
In Like Flint
(1967)
Elisabeth
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
(1973)
Judge Barbara Hanline
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
(1977)
Laura Delano
The Beasts Are on the Streets
(1978)
Mrs. Jackson
Legend of the Northwest
(1978)
The Night Rider
(1979)
Lady Earl
Beverly Hills Brats
(1989)
Gertie
What Can I Do?
(1993)
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
(2000)
Self
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
(2002)
Self - Actress