Anna Neagle
(1904-1986), Actor and film producerDame Anna Neagle (Florence Marjorie Wilcox (née Robertson))
Sitter in 43 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 Cecil Beaton
bromide print on white card mount, 1930s
NPG x14154
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 24 March 1931
NPG x26598
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 24 March 1931
NPG x26599
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 24 March 1931
NPG x26600
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 24 March 1931
NPG x26601
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 24 March 1931
NPG x26602
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 24 March 1931
NPG x26603
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 24 March 1931
NPG x85800
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 24 March 1931
NPG x154972
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 24 March 1931
NPG x83443
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 24 March 1931
NPG x83444
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
Freddie Young; Herbert Wilcox; Anton Walbrook as Prince Albert; Anna Neagle as Queen Victoria
by Fred Daniels
cream-toned vintage bromide print, 1937
NPG x32925
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 1938
NPG x34225
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 1938
NPG x34226
Anna Neagle; Odette Marie Céline Hallowes (née Brailly); Fiore de Henriquez
by Unknown photographer
gelatin silver print, 1950s
NPG x198460
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
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1953
NPG x125065
by Bob Collins
bromide print, 1956
NPG x136346
Daphne Maureen ('Bunty') Kinsman (née Graham); Anna Neagle
by Francis Goodman
twelve 2 1/4 inch square film negatives, May 1962
NPG x195686
by Francis Goodman
twelve 2 1/4 inch square film negatives, May 1962
NPG x195687
by Rex Coleman, for Baron Studios
5 x 4 inch film negative, 18 April 1962
NPG x125804
by Rex Coleman, for Baron Studios
5 x 4 inch film negative, 18 April 1962
NPG x125805
by Rex Coleman, for Baron Studios
5 x 4 inch film negative, 18 April 1962
NPG x125806
by Rex Coleman, for Baron Studios
5 x 4 inch film negative, 18 April 1962
NPG x125807
by Rex Coleman, for Baron Studios
5 x 4 inch film negative, 18 April 1962
NPG x125808
by Rex Coleman, for Baron Studios
5 x 4 inch film negative, 18 April 1962
NPG x125809
by Rex Coleman, for Baron Studios
5 x 4 inch film negative, 18 April 1962
NPG x125810
by Rex Coleman, for Baron Studios
5 x 4 inch film negative, 18 April 1962
NPG x125811
by Rex Coleman, for Baron Studios
5 x 4 inch film negative, 18 April 1962
NPG x125812
by Rex Coleman, for Baron Studios
5 x 4 inch film negative, 18 April 1962
NPG x125813
by Rex Coleman, for Baron Studios
5 x 4 inch film negative, 18 April 1962
NPG x125814
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 7 August 1968
NPG x166081
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 1968
NPG x186811
Diners at Denham Studios Restaurant
by Anthony Wysard
watercolour and pencil, published 1937
NPG D312
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