Ann Way

Who was Ann Way?

Ann Way was an English character actress in film and television. Born in Wiveliscombe, Somerset, she began her career in repertory in Dundee, Angus in the 1960s.

Her petite build and distinctively deep-set eyes saw her frequently typecast as a stereotypically dotty or timid and mouse-like spinster. She nonetheless appeared in a wide range of roles, including the television series Dr Finlay's Casebook, Emmerdale Farm where she played an aunt of publican and newspaper correspondent Amos Brearly, Fawlty Towers and Rumpole of the Bailey as Dodo Mackintosh. She also read the Mrs. Pepperpot books on the children's series Jackanory.

Film roles included Carry On Loving, Endless Night and Clockwise and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. A more unusual role was the 1987 short film Unusual Ground Floor Conversion in which she played an old lady gradually driving her downstairs neighbour mad by throwing water out of her window every few minutes.