Anna Neagle (1904-1986), Actress and film producer
Dame Anna Neagle
Sitter in 39 portraits
Born Marjorie Robertson in Essex, she first appeared on stage in 1917, and in 1925 joined the chorus line in C.B. Cochran revues, taking her mother's name in 1930. Her first film, Goodnight Vienna (1932), was directed by her future husband Herbert Wilcox, with whom she was to make thirty-two films. In 1939 Neagle went to Hollywood and made Nurse Edith Cavell (1939), and three musicals. She was the first actress to appear on the cover of Life magazine. Returning to Britain in 1941, she made They Flew Alone, the life of Amy Johnson, and Yellow Canary (1943) about a suspected spy. She played the heroine in the film Odette (1950), about the French undercover agent tortured by the Nazis.
by McClelland Barclay
oil on canvas, 1940
On display in Room 31 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6054
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print on white card mount, 1930s
NPG x14154
by Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 24 March 1931
NPG x26598
by Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 24 March 1931
NPG x26599
by Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 24 March 1931
NPG x26600
by Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 24 March 1931
NPG x26601
by Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 24 March 1931
NPG x26602
by Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 24 March 1931
NPG x26603
by Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 24 March 1931
NPG x85800
by Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 24 March 1931
NPG x154972
Anna Neagle and Herbert Wilcox on the set of 'The Queen's Affair'
by James Jarché, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 7 November 1933
NPG x135052
Anna Neagle presenting a prize to Mae Pope, winner of a Swan and Edgar competition
by Harold Tomlin, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 23 November 1933
NPG x135057
by Harold Tomlin, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 23 November 1933
NPG x135058
by Fred Daniels
cream-toned vintage bromide print, 1937
On display in Room 44, Bookshop Gallery at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x32925
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1953
NPG x136756
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1953
NPG x136757
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