Annabel Maule

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Annabel Maule
Born
Margaret Annabel Maule

(1922-09-08) 8 September 1922 (age 102)
London, England
OccupationActress
Years active1938–1985
Spouse
Douglas Dickinson
(m. 1946,unknown)

Margaret Annabel Maule (born 8 September 1922) is a British retired actress, notable in theatre, radio, television and film. [1] [2] [3] She played in several films and television series including numerous characters in Sunday Night Theatre and appeared in the TV film Wuthering Heights. [4]

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Biography

Maule was born in Lambeth, London on 8 September 1922 to theatrical director-manager Donovan Maule and Mollie Shiells. Maule literally grew up on the stage, with her family having established their first theatre company in 1948, four years before the Kenya National Theatre, they were fundamental in helping establish the arts in Kenya.

She is the sister of actor Robin Maule (1924–1942). [5] Maule married Douglas Dickson in Chelsea, London, in 1946, though the marriage was later dissolved. [6] She appeared in the West End in the play His Excellency in 1950 and 1951.[ citation needed ]

Maule published a book, Theatre Near the Equator: The Donovan Maule Story, about her family life in 2004. [7] She turned 100 in September 2022. [4]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1938 Save a Little Sunshine Marlene
1939First Stop NorthBettTV movie
1948 Wuthering Heights Isabella LintonTV movie
1952Beauty and the BeastJaneTV movie
1956 The Tamer Tamed BiancaTV movie
1957Romantic ChapterIsabelTV movie
1957A Time of DayRuth Calthorpe
1959 Model for Murder Hospital Sister
1959The HillMaudeTV movie
1959 Probation Officer Eva Grantham
1956–1959 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre Mrs. Kirkley / Connie Ewing
1959 Interpol Calling Amy
1960 Danger Tomorrow Helen
1960 Inside Story Julie Wilson
1960 ITV Television Playhouse Mrs. Sybil Leighton
1960On TrialRebecca Jarrett
1960 Maigret Dr. Lucile Decaux
1961 Theatre 70 Joan Penrose
1957–1961 Armchair Theatre Mother / Probation Officer / Sister Taylor / Miss Klegg
1960–1961 BBC Sunday-Night Play Peggy Dobson / Sophie Vauquin
1961 Boyd Q.C. Hilda Venning
1962 Compact Jessica Gilchrist
1965 The Flying Swan Leonora Croft
1966 The Wednesday Play Miss Hart
1968 Dixon of Dock Green Eleanor King / Eleanor Smith
1985 Out of Africa Lady ByrneFinal film role

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References

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  2. "Annabel Maule". BFI. Archived from the original on 19 December 2016.
  3. "Annabel Maule | Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.
  4. 1 2 "Legendary thespian Annabel Maule turns 100". Business Daily Africa. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  5. "Annabel Maule". National Portrait Gallery, London. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  6. Who's Who in the Theatre, Volume 15 (1972), pg. 1163
  7. Theatre Near the Equator: The Donovan Maule Story