Anna Lee Movies
Born Joanna Winnifrith, Anna Lee was a petite, charming, blond British actress. At age 14 she ran away from home to join a circus. After brief stage experience she began appearing in British films in 1932, playing leads and supporting roles; in 1940 she moved to Hollywood and began making films there. She is best remembered as Bronwyn Morgan, Roddy McDowall's sister-in-law, in How Green was My Valley (1941). Rarely onscreen after the late '60s, she had a regular role as Lila Quartermaine on the TV soap opera General Hospital. She married and divorced director Robert Stevenson. She was the widow of novelist/playwright/poet Robert Nathan and the mother of actors Jeffrey Byron and Venetia Stevenson. ~ All Movie Guide- 1933
This British musical comedy is based on a German play and tells the story of Nicholas Baumann, an ambitious representative of a US company who plies his trade in his native Vienna. When he learns that his American employer, Mr. Brown, is coming to Vienna, Baumann hopes that he will become a partner in the successful company. Just before he comes, Baumann and his wife have a big fight and she leaves him. He then recruits his secretary, Anne Weber, to pose as his wife. Naturally, that is a big mistake and mayhem ensues. In the end, the secretary ends up in the arms of the American while Baumann becomes the new partner. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jack Buchanan, Hartley Power, (more)
- 1933
In this actioner, a married pair of stunt pilots encounter turbulence when the husband becomes afraid of flying after a crash. When his wife cannot fly during an important race, the husband overcomes his fear and races in her stead. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1932
In this musical drama, an amnesiac composer is comforted by a helpful bandleader who uses music and reminiscences to help his friend remember his past. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
