Multitalented actor best remembered as Baroness Bomburst in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Anna Quayle, who has died aged 86, was a multitalented and versatile actor with saucer eyes, a flirtatious smile and a sardonic touch. She could be both playful and deadpan, and was as adept at a sly aside as she was at delivering a musical number with wit and gusto, whether on stage, film or TV.
It was as the unforgettable Baroness Bomburst in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) that she broke through on the big screen, duetting with Gert Fröbe on the number Chu-Chi Face, where the couple declare undying love for each other as he attempts to kill her by various slapstick means.
Anna Quayle, who has died aged 86, was a multitalented and versatile actor with saucer eyes, a flirtatious smile and a sardonic touch. She could be both playful and deadpan, and was as adept at a sly aside as she was at delivering a musical number with wit and gusto, whether on stage, film or TV.
It was as the unforgettable Baroness Bomburst in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) that she broke through on the big screen, duetting with Gert Fröbe on the number Chu-Chi Face, where the couple declare undying love for each other as he attempts to kill her by various slapstick means.
- 10/4/2019
- by Toby Hadoke
- The Guardian - Film News
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