Timeline Anna Neagle

English actress, Britain's top film star of the 1940s, famous for her royal and wartime heroines.

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1904 Anna Neagle born in London Anna Neagle is born in London.
1932 Anna Neagle in Goodnight, Vienna Her first film with director Herbert Wilcox.
1934 Anna Neagle plays Nell Gwyn She stars as the actress and royal mistress.
1937 Anna Neagle in Victoria the Great She plays Queen Victoria.
1938 Anna Neagle in Sixty Glorious Years She plays Victoria again, in colour.
1940 Anna Neagle plays Edith Cavell She stars in Nurse Edith Cavell in Hollywood.
1943 Anna Neagle marries Herbert Wilcox She marries her director.
1946 Anna Neagle in Piccadilly Incident She stars with Michael Wilding.
1947 Anna Neagle in The Courtneys of Curzon Street The biggest British box-office hit of the year.
1950 Anna Neagle plays Odette She plays the SOE agent Odette Sansom.
1952 Anna Neagle made a CBE She is appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
1965 Anna Neagle in Charlie Girl She stars in the West End musical until 1971.
1969 Anna Neagle made a Dame She is appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
1986 Anna Neagle dies in London Anna Neagle dies aged 81.