Anna Lee

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{{short description|British and American actress (1913–2004)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Anna Lee
| honorific_suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]]
| image = Anna Lee pg241036.jpg
| alt = 
| caption = Anna Lee on the cover of ''[[Picturegoer]]'' in 1936
| birth_name = Joan Boniface Winnifrith
| birth_date = {{Birth date |df=y|1913|01|2}}
| birth_place = [[Ightham]], Kent, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2004|5|14|1913|1|2}}
| death_place = [[Beverly Hills, California]], U.S.
| resting_place = [[Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery]]
| other_names = Joanna Boniface Stafford
| citizenship = {{hlist|United Kingdom|United States}}
| occupation = Actress
| alma_mater = [[Royal Central School of Speech and Drama]]
| years_active = 1932–2003
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[Robert Stevenson (director)|Robert Stevenson]]|1934|1944|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|George Stafford|1944|1964|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[Robert Nathan]]|1970|1985|reason=died}}
}}
| children = 5, including [[Venetia Stevenson|Venetia]] and [[Jeffrey Byron|Jeffrey]]
| awards = 1983 [[Soapy Awards|Soapy Awards for Favorite Woman in a Mature Role]] in ''[[General Hospital]]''<br>1998 [[Soap Opera Digest Awards|Soap Opera Digest Awards for Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role]] in ''General Hospital''
}}
'''Anna Lee''', [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (born '''Joan Boniface Winnifrith'''; 2 January 1913 – 14 May 2004)<ref name=guardian>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/may/18/guardianobituaries.film|title=Anna Lee|first=Ronald|last=Bergan|date=18 May 2004|access-date=17 September 2016|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="Halliwell">{{Cite book|author=Leslie Halliwell|title=Halliwell's filmgoer's companion: incorporating The filmgoer's book of quotes and Halliwell's movie quiz|date=November 1988|publisher=Grafton|page=421|isbn=978-0-246-13322-9}}</ref> was an English and American actress,<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f585775|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817090129/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f585775|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 August 2017|title=Anna Lee}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/anna-lee-p41335|title=Anna Lee – Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos – AllMovie|website=AllMovie}}</ref> labelled by studios "The British Bombshell".<ref name=telobit />

==Early life==
Anna Lee was born Joan Boniface Winnifrith in [[Ightham]] (pronounced 'Item'), Kent, the daughter of Bertram Thomas Winnifrith, a headmaster and Anglican rector, and his second wife, Edith Maude Digby-Roper.<ref name="guardian" /> Her father supported his daughter in her desire to become an actress. Lee's grandfather, Reverend Alfred Winnifrith, was Rector of [[Mariansleigh]]. During WWI, he provided for Belgian refugees and was awarded the [[King Albert Medal|Medaille du Roi Albert]]. Lee's brother, [[John Winnifrith|Sir John Winnifrith]], was a senior British civil servant who became [[permanent secretary]] at the [[Ministry of Agriculture]]. She was the goddaughter of Sir [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] and lifelong friend of his daughter, Dame [[Jean Conan Doyle]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Anna Lee: Memoir of a Career on General Hospital and in Film|last=Lee|first=Anna|author2=Roisman Cooper, Barbara|publisher=McFarland & Company (Jefferson, North Carolina/London)|year=2007|isbn=978-0-7864-3161-8}}</ref>

==Career==
===Britain===
Lee trained at the [[Royal Central School of Speech and Drama|Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art]] at the [[Royal Albert Hall]],<ref name=telobit>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1462122/Anna-Lee.html|title=Anna Lee|date=18 May 2004 }}</ref> and made her debut with a bit part in ''[[His Lordship (1932 film)|His Lordship]]'' (1932), when she was 19.<ref name=bfi/> She played a number of minor, often uncredited, roles in films during the early 1930s. Lee began to get more prominent roles in films to satisfy the [[Cinematograph Films Act 1927]] ([[17 & 18 Geo. 5]]. c. 29), which was an [[Acts of Parliament (UK)|act]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|United Kingdom Parliament]] designed to stimulate the declining [[Cinema of the United Kingdom|British film industry]].<ref>Chibnall, pp.40–41</ref> She was known for her roles in films set amongst the wealthy, particularly in ''[[Chelsea Life]]'' (1933), in which she starred with [[Louis Hayward]].<ref>Chibnall, pp. 117–18</ref>

In 1934, Lee signed a contract with [[Gainsborough Pictures]], the biggest British production company of the era. She played [[leading lady]] roles in a variety of different genres at Gainsborough, including the comedy-thriller ''[[The Camels Are Coming (film)|The Camels Are Coming]]'', the drama ''[[The Passing of the Third Floor Back]]'', the horror film ''[[The Man Who Changed His Mind]]'' and the war film ''[[O.H.M.S. (film)|OHMS]]''. She appeared in the 1935 [[Jessie Matthews]] musical ''[[First a Girl]]'' as the aristocratic playgirl and other woman, Princess Miranoff. In 1937, she starred in one of the studio's large-budget productions, ''[[King Solomon's Mines (1937 film)|King Solomon's Mines]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/king-solomons-mines-v27412|title=King Solomon's Mines (1937) – Robert Stevenson – Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related – AllMovie|website=AllMovie}}</ref>

In 1933, Lee met the director [[Robert Stevenson (director)|Robert Stevenson]], who became her first husband,<ref name=telobit /> while shooting ''The Camels Are Coming'' on location in [[Egypt]].<ref>The Unknown 1930s p. 163</ref> In 1937, she starred in his picture, ''[[Non-Stop New York]]'', for [[Gaumont British]]. During 1938, she took time off from acting to give birth to her first child.<ref>The Unknown 1930s, p. 173</ref> In 1939, Lee and her husband switched to [[Ealing Studios]] run by [[Michael Balcon]], the former head of Gainsborough. She played a 19th-century Irish [[music hall]] performer who falls in love with an aristocrat in the comedy ''[[Young Man's Fancy (film)|Young Man's Fancy]]'' (1939) and a journalist who helps heroes thwart a foreign enemy's plot against Britain in ''[[The Four Just Men (1939 film)|The Four Just Men]]'' (1939).<ref name=bfi/>

Her final film in Britain was ''[[Return to Yesterday]],'' a film about a young [[repertory theatre]] actress who falls in love with a Hollywood star she meets while touring in a small [[seaside town]].<ref>The Unknown 1930s p.174-76</ref> Lee and Stevenson emigrated to the United States,<ref name=guardian/> her husband having gained a contract with [[David O. Selznick]]. She remained supportive of the British war effort during [[World War II]], and in 1943 appeared alongside other British actors in ''[[Forever and a Day (1943 film)|Forever and a Day]]'', a film made to raise money for British charities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/forever-and-a-day-v18219|title=Forever and a Day (1943) – René Clair, Edmund Goulding, Cedric Hardwicke, Frank Lloyd, Victor Saville, Kent Smith, Robert Stevenson, Herbert Wilcox – Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related – AllMovie|website=AllMovie}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/forever-and-a-day-v18219/cast-crew|title=Forever and a Day (1943) – René Clair, Edmund Goulding, Cedric Hardwicke, Frank Lloyd, Victor Saville, Kent Smith, Robert Stevenson, Herbert Wilcox – Cast and Crew – AllMovie|website=AllMovie}}</ref>

===United States===
After her move to Hollywood, she became associated with [[John Ford]], appearing in several of his films, including ''[[How Green Was My Valley (film)|How Green Was My Valley]]'' (1941), ''[[Fort Apache (film)|Fort Apache]]'' (1948), and ''[[Two Rode Together]]'' (1961).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/anna-lee-p41335/filmography|title=Anna Lee – Movies and Filmography – AllMovie|website=AllMovie}}</ref> She co-starred with [[John Wayne]] and [[John Carroll (actor)|John Carroll]] in ''[[Flying Tigers (film)|Flying Tigers]]'' (1942).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6aa5c6ec|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311132627/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6aa5c6ec|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 March 2016|title=Flying Tigers (1942)}}</ref>

She had a lead role opposite [[Brian Donlevy]] and [[Walter Brennan]] in [[Fritz Lang]]'s ''[[Hangmen Also Die!]]'' (1943), a wartime thriller relating to the [[Operation Anthropoid|assassination of Reinhard Heydrich]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a4e72e0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311135518/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a4e72e0|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 March 2016|title=Bedlam (1946)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/hangmen-also-die!-v94258/cast-crew|title=Hangmen Also Die! (1943) – Fritz Lang – Cast and Crew – AllMovie|website=AllMovie}}</ref> She worked for producer [[Val Lewton]] in the horror/thriller ''[[Bedlam (1946 film)|Bedlam]]'' (1946).

Lee made frequent appearances on television [[anthology series]] in the 1940s and 1950s, including ''[[Robert Montgomery Presents]]'', ''[[The Ford Theatre Hour]]'', ''[[Kraft Television Theatre]]'', ''[[Armstrong Circle Theatre]]'' and ''[[Wagon Train]]''. She made a guest appearance on ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]'' as Crystal Durham in "The Case of the Unsuitable Uncle" (1962).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/perry-mason-the-case-of-the-unsuitable-uncle-v407925/cast-crew|title=Perry Mason: The Case of the Unsuitable Uncle (1962) – Francis D. Lyon – Cast and Crew – AllMovie|website=AllMovie}}</ref> She guest starred on ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' in the 1963 episode “Last Seen Wearing Blue Jeans” (S1E28).

In 1958, she returned to Britain to appear in [[John Ford]]'s ''[[Gideon's Day (film)|Gideon's Day (US Title: Gideon of Scotland Yard)]]'', in which she played the detective's wife.<ref name="bfi.org.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ab105d4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306204210/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ab105d4|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 March 2016|title=Gideon's Day (1958)}}</ref> She had a small role as Sister Margaretta in ''[[The Sound of Music (film)|The Sound of Music]]'', one of the two nuns who thwarted the [[Nazis]] by removing car engine parts, allowing the [[Von Trapp family|Von Trapps]] to escape.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-sound-of-music-v45745/cast-crew|title=The Sound of Music (1965) – Robert Wise – Cast and Crew – AllMovie|website=AllMovie}}</ref> Lee appeared in ''[[What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (film)|What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?]]'' (1962) in a main supporting role as Mrs. Bates, a neighbour of the sisters played by [[Joan Crawford]] and [[Bette Davis]].<ref name="bfi.org.uk"/> In 1994, Lee took the leading role in the feature film ''What Can I Do?'', directed by [[Wheeler Winston Dixon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111688/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_2|title=What Can I Do? (1994)|website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/calendar/film/824?locale=en|title=Wheeler Winston Dixon – MoMA|website=The Museum of Modern Art}}</ref>

In later years, she became known as matriarch [[Lila Quartermaine]] on ''[[General Hospital]]'' and ''[[Port Charles]]''. Lila was a contract role until 2003, when Lee was taken off contract and dropped to recurring status by [[Jill Farren Phelps]], a move widely protested in the soap world.<ref name="2007sow">''Soap Opera Weekly'', 13 February 2007, p. 2</ref> According to fellow ''General Hospital'' actress [[Leslie Charleson]], Lee had been promised a job for life by former ''General Hospital'' executive producer Wendy Riche. When interviewed in 2007, Charleson said, "The woman was in her 90s. And then when the new powers-that-be took over they fired her, and it broke her heart. It was not necessary."<ref name="2007sow"/>

==Personal life==
Lee married director [[Robert Stevenson (director)|Robert Stevenson]], in 1933<ref name=telobit /> and moved to Hollywood in 1939. They had two daughters, Venetia and Caroline. [[Venetia Stevenson]], a former actress, was married to [[Don Everly]] of the [[Everly Brothers]] and has three children, [[Edan Everly|Edan]], Erin, and Stacy. Lee and Stevenson divorced in March 1944, with Venetia and Caroline electing to live with their father. Lee met her second husband, George Stafford, as the pilot of the plane on her [[United Service Organizations|USO]] tour during the [[Second World War]]. They married on 8 June 1944, and had three sons, John, Stephen and Tim Stafford.<ref>''Star Diary'', 10 October 1954.</ref>

Tim Stafford is an actor under the stage name of [[Jeffrey Byron]]. Lee and Stafford divorced in 1964. Her final marriage was to novelist [[Robert Nathan]] (''[[The Bishop's Wife]]'', ''[[Portrait of Jennie]]''), on 5 April 1970, and ended at his death in 1985.

Lee became a naturalised US citizen under the name '''Joanna Boniface Stafford''' (#123624) on 6 April 1945; certificate issued 8 June 1945 (#6183889, Los Angeles, California).

In the 1930s, Lee occupied a house at 49 [[Bankside]] in London; she was later interviewed by writer [[Gillian Tindall]] for a book written about the address, ''The House by the Thames'', released in 2006. Since built in 1710, the house had served as a home for coal merchants, an office, a boarding house, a hangout for derelicts, and a private residence in the 1900s. The house is listed in tour guides as a famous residence and has been variously claimed as possibly being home to [[Christopher Wren]] during the construction of [[St. Paul's Cathedral]].<ref>{{cite news|title=The city's other shore|date=23 March 2006|url=https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2006/03/23/the-citys-other-shore|newspaper=[[The Economist]]|quote="Things pick up in the 1930s, when the house was briefly occupied by Anna Lee, a starlet. The author tracked her down in 2003; she was living in Beverly Hills, having built a second career on the marathon American soap opera ''General Hospital''. She remembered the house fondly; her sister recalled being escorted home by policemen, as the neighbourhood was thought to be dangerous."|access-date=23 December 2016}}</ref>

In 1981, a car accident left her paralysed from the waist down.<ref name=telobit />

Lee was a staunch [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] and stated that her views coincided with those of Sir [[Winston Churchill]].<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-may-18-me-lee18-story.html Obituary], ''Los Angeles Times''. Retrieved 22 September 2015.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150108042014/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/anna-lee-6169624.html Obituary], ''The Independent''. Retrieved 22 September 2015.</ref><ref>[http://www.westernclippings.com/interview/annalee_interview.shtml Interview], westernclippings.com. Retrieved 22 September 2015.</ref>

==Awards and honours==
In the [[1983 New Year Honours]], Lee was awarded an MBE for services to the British community in [[Los Angeles]], after fundraising for the White Cliffs at Dover and Ightham Mote.<ref name=telobit /> In 1995, her star was installed on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.<ref name=telobit /> On 21 May 2004, she was posthumously awarded a [[31st Daytime Emmy Awards#Lifetime Achievement Award|Daytime Emmy Lifetime Achievement Award]]; she was scheduled for months to receive the award, but died from [[pneumonia]] at age 91 before she could receive it.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.televisionacademy.com/features/news/anna-lee-91-general-hospital-actress|title=Anna Lee, 91: General Hospital Actress|website=Television Academy}}</ref> Her son, [[Jeffrey Byron]], accepted the award on her behalf. On 16 July 2004, ''General Hospital'' aired a tribute to Lee by holding a memorial service for Lila Quartermaine.

==Filmography==

===Film===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
!style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title
!style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role
!style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes
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|rowspan=3|1932 || ''[[Ebb Tide (1932 film)|Ebb Tide]]''|| || Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Say It with Music (1932 film)|Say It with Music]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[His Lordship (1932 film)|His Lordship]]'' || Scrub Girl Chorine ||Uncredited
|-
|rowspan=6|1933 || ''[[The King's Cup]]'' || Minor Role ||Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Yes, Mr. Brown]]'' || || Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Mayfair Girl]]'' || Bit Role ||Uncredited
|-
| ''[[The Bermondsey Kid]]'' || ||
|-
| ''[[Chelsea Life]]'' || Muriel Maxton ||
|-
| ''[[Mannequin (1933 film)|Mannequin]]'' || Babette ||
|-
|rowspan=4|1934 || ''[[Faces (1934 film)|Faces]]'' || Madeleine Pelham ||
|-
| ''[[Rolling in Money]]'' || Lady Eggleby ||
|-
| ''[[Lucky Loser (1934 film)|Lucky Loser]]'' || Ursula Hamilton ||
|-
| ''[[The Camels Are Coming (film)|The Camels Are Coming]]'' || Anita Rodgers ||
|-
|rowspan=3|1935 || ''[[Heat Wave (1935 film)|Heat Wave]]'' || Jane Allison ||
|-
| ''[[The Passing of the Third Floor Back]]'' || Vivian ||
|-
| ''[[First a Girl]]'' || Princess Miranoff ||
|-
|1936 || ''[[The Man Who Changed His Mind]]'' || Dr Wyatt ||
|-
|rowspan=3|1937 || ''[[O.H.M.S. (film)|OHMS]]'' || Sally Briggs ||
|-
| ''[[King Solomon's Mines (1937 film)|King Solomon's Mines]]'' || Kathy O'Brien ||
|-
| ''[[Non-Stop New York]]'' || Jennie Carr ||
|-
|rowspan=2|1939 || ''[[The Four Just Men (1939 film)|The Four Just Men]]'' || Ann Lodge ||
|-
| ''[[Young Man's Fancy (film)|Young Man's Fancy]]'' || Miss Ada ||
|-
|rowspan=2|1940 || ''[[Return to Yesterday]]'' || Carol Sands ||
|-
| ''[[Seven Sinners (1940 film)|Seven Sinners]]'' || Dorothy ||
|-
|rowspan=2|1941 || ''[[My Life with Caroline]]'' || Caroline ||
|-
| ''[[How Green Was My Valley (film)|How Green Was My Valley]]'' || Bronwyn ||
|-
|rowspan=2|1942 || ''[[Flying Tigers (film)|Flying Tigers]]'' || Brooke Elliott ||
|-
| ''[[Commandos Strike at Dawn]]'' || Judith Bowen ||
|-
|rowspan=3|1943 || ''[[Forever and a Day (1943 film)|Forever and a Day]]'' || Cornelia Trimble-Pomfret ||
|-
| ''[[Flesh and Fantasy]]'' || Rowena ||(Episode #2)
|-
| ''[[Hangmen Also Die!]]'' ||Masha Novotny ||
|-
|1944 || ''[[Summer Storm (1944 film)|Summer Storm]]'' || Nadena Kalenin ||
|-
|rowspan=2|1946 || ''[[Bedlam (1946 film)|Bedlam]]'' || Nell Bowen ||
|-
| ''[[G.I. War Brides]]'' || Linda Powell ||
|-
|rowspan=2|1947 || ''[[The Ghost and Mrs. Muir]]'' || Mrs Miles Fairley ||
|-
| ''[[High Conquest]]'' || Marie Correl ||
|-
|rowspan=2|1948 || ''[[Fort Apache (film)|Fort Apache]]'' || Mrs Emily Collingwood ||
|-
| ''[[Best Man Wins]]'' || Nancy Smiley ||
|-
|1949 || ''[[Prison Warden (film)|Prison Warden]]'' || Elisa Pennington Burnell ||
|-
|rowspan=2|1958 || ''[[Gideon's Day (film)|Gideon's Day (US Title: Gideon of Scotland Yard)]]'' || Mrs Kate Gideon ||
|-
| ''[[The Last Hurrah (1958 film)|The Last Hurrah]]'' || Gert Minihan ||
|-
|rowspan=4|1959 || ''[[The Horse Soldiers]]'' || Mrs Buford ||
|-
| ''[[This Earth Is Mine (1959 film)|This Earth Is Mine]]'' ||Charlotte Rambeau ||
|-
| ''[[The Crimson Kimono]]'' || Mac ||
|-
| ''[[Jet Over the Atlantic]]'' || Ursula Leverett ||
|-
|1960 || ''[[The Big Night (1960 film)|The Big Night]]'' || Mrs Turner ||
|-
|1961 || ''[[Two Rode Together]]'' || Mrs Malaprop ||
|-
|rowspan=4|1962 || ''[[The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance]]'' || Mrs. Prescott ||Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Jack the Giant Killer (1962 film)|Jack the Giant Killer]]'' ||Lady Constance ||
|-
| ''[[What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (film)|What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?]]'' || Mrs. Bates ||
|-
| ''[[Mutiny on the Bounty (1962 film)|Mutiny on the Bounty]]'' || ||Uncredited
|-
|rowspan=2|1964 || ''[[For Those Who Think Young (film)|For Those Who Think Young]]'' ||Laura Pruitt ||
|-
| ''[[The Unsinkable Molly Brown (film)|The Unsinkable Molly Brown]]'' || Titanic Passenger in Lifeboat ||Uncredited
|-
|1965 || ''[[The Sound of Music (film)|The Sound of Music]]'' || Sister Margaretta ||
|-
|rowspan=2|1966 || ''[[7 Women]]'' || Mrs Russell ||
|-
| ''[[Picture Mommy Dead]]'' || Elsie Kornwald ||
|-
|1967 || ''[[In Like Flint]]'' || Elisabeth ||
|-
|1968 || ''[[Star! (film)|Star!]]'' || Hostess ||Uncredited
|-
|1978 || ''Legend of the Northwest''|| ||
|-
|1979 || ''The Night Rider'' ||Lady Earl ||
|-
|rowspan=2|1987 || ''Right Hand Man'' || Worn Woman ||
|-
| ''Beyond the Next Mountain'' || Governor's Wife ||
|-
|rowspan=2|1989 || ''[[Listen to Me (film)|Listen to Me]]'' || Garson's Grandmother ||
|-
| ''[[Beverly Hills Brats]]'' || Gertie ||
|-
|1994 || ''What Can I Do'' || Elderly Woman ||
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
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!style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year
!style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Title
!style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role
!style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes
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|1950 || ''[[Robert Montgomery Presents]]'' || Frances Lawrence || 1 episode
|-
|1951 || ''[[Studio One (U.S. TV series)|Studio One]]'' || Anita Derr || 1 episode
|-
|1952 || ''[[Robert Montgomery Presents]]'' || Ann Hammond || 2 episodes
|-
|rowspan=2|1958 || ''[[Peter Gunn]]'' || Sister Thomas Aquinas || 1 episode
|-
| ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]'' || Lucille Alfred || 1 episode
|-
|1960 ||''[[The Barbara Stanwyck Show]]'' || || 1 episode
|-
|1960 ||''[[Wagon Train]]'' || Allyris a nurse, and wife of Dr. Craven (portrayed by Carleton Young) || S4 E9 "[[The Colter Craven Story]]"
|-
|rowspan=2|1962 || ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]'' || Crystal Durham || 1 episode
|-
| ''[[McHale's Navy]]'' || Pamela Parfrey || 1 episode (Christmas) 11
|-
|1963 || ''[[The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]'' || Roberta Saunders || Season 1 Episode 28: "Last Seen Wearing Blue Jeans"
|-
|1964 || ''The Movie Maker'' || || TV movie
|-
|1965 ||''[[Combat!]]'' || Sister Lescaut || (episode: "The Enemy")
|-
|1966 ||''[[My Three Sons]]''|| Louise Allen || 1 episode
|-
|1967 || ''[[Gunsmoke]]'' || Amy Bassett || 1 episode
|-
|1968 || ''[[Mannix]]'' ||Mrs. Harriman || (episode: "Edge of the Knife")
|-
|1970 || ''[[Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series)|Mission: Impossible]]'' ||Maria Malik|| (episode: "The Martyr")
|-
|1973 || ''My Darling Daughters' Anniversary'' || Judge Barbara Hanline || TV movie
|-
|1977 || ''[[Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years]]'' || Laura Delano || TV movie
|-
|1978 || ''[[The Beasts Are on the Streets]]'' || Mrs. Jackson ||TV movie
|-
|1979–2003 || ''[[General Hospital]]'' || Lila Quartermaine || (final appearance)
|-
|1980 || ''[[Scruples (miniseries)|Scruples]]'' || Aunt Wilhelmina || 3 episodes
|-
|1997 || ''[[Port Charles]]'' || Lila Quartermaine ||
|}

==References==

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==Sources==
*Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film''. British Film Institute, 2007.
* Richards, Jeffrey (ed.). ''The Unknown 1930s: An Alternative History of the British Cinema, 1929–1939''. I.B. Tauris & Co, 1998.

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*[http://thenedscottarchive.com/galleries/film-stars/anna-lee-images.html Photos of Anna Lee in 'Hangmen Also Die'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108161536/http://thenedscottarchive.com/galleries/film-stars/anna-lee-images.html |date=8 November 2014 }} by [[Ned Scott]]

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