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Anne Heywood (born Violet Joan Pretty; 11 December 1931 – 27 October 2023) was a British film actress, who is best known for her Golden Globe-nominated performance in the 1967 film version of D.H. Lawrence's The Fox.
Anne Heywood. Actress: The Fox. Befitting her original name (Violet Pretty), the knockout English brunette Anne Heywood won the coveted "Miss Great Britain" beauty title in 1950 at the young age of 17. Born on December 11, 1931, the daughter of a violinist, she originally trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
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- Handsworth, Birmingham, England, UK
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Anne Heywood as Ellen March. Keir Dullea as Paul Grenfel. Production. In adapting Lawrence's novella for the screen, Lewis John Carlino and Howard Koch opted to change the setting from 1918 England to contemporary Canada in an effort to make the plot more relevant for late-1960s audiences. [2]
Mar 15, 2024 · Anne Heywood, the actress who has died aged 92, was a former Miss Great Britain who was brave in her choice of taboo-busting film roles, gaining her greatest fame for a lesbian scene in...
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Anne Heywood was a British actress who won Miss Great Britain in 1950 and starred in films like The Fox and The Night Fighters. She was married to producer Raymond Stross and later to George Drake, and died in 2023.
- December 11, 1931
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Anne Heywood and Raymond Stross, the producer and star of 'The Fox', a controversial film about a lesbian relationship, talk to Roger Ebert in 1969. They also discuss their other film, 'Midas Run', a gold-robbery adventure with Fred Astaire.
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