Anne Stallybrass

Who is Anne Stallybrass?

Anne Stallybrass is a British actress who trained at the Royal Academy of Music in London.

She was born Jacqueline Anne Stallybrass in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex to Edward Lindsay and Annie I. Stallybrass who wed around June 1933 in Hackney, London. After three years training at the Royal Academy of Music, where she won the Drama Gold Medal, Anne began her professional acting career by spending several years in repertory, gaining experience in Folkestone Kent, with the Arthur Brough Players, before moving to Nottingham and then Sheffield.

The television roles for which she is best known are: Jane Seymour in The Six Wives of Henry VIII, and Anne Onedin in The Onedin Line. Other major roles include Anna Strauss in The Strauss Family, Susan Henchard in The Mayor of Casterbridge, and Muriel Thomas in The Old Devils. From 1995 until 1998 she played Eileen Reynolds in ITV's period police drama Heartbeat. For the BBC she portrayed Queen Elizabeth II, for Diana: Her True Story, the made for TV mini-series from Andrew Motion's biography. She was twice nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress; for her portrayals of Anne Onedin and Anna Strauss.