Anne Heywood (born Violet Joan Pretty) was a British actress, best known for her Golden Globe-nominated performance in The Fox (1967). She was born on December 11, 1931, in Handsworth, Birmingham, England, and passed away on October 27, 2023, in Houston, Texas, USA. Heywood started her career as a beauty queen, winning the Miss Great Britain title in 1950. She later trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and signed a contract with the Rank Organisation, which launched her film career. She starred in notable films such as Violent Playground (1958), Floods of Fear (1958), The Chairman (1969), and Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff (1979). Her role in The Fox was groundbreaking, as it depicted a lesbian relationship, which was rare for mainstream cinema at the time. She continued to take on bold and unconventional roles throughout her career. Heywood was married to Raymond Stross, a film producer, until his passing in 1988. She later married George Danzig Druke in 1991.

Filmography

• 1989Memories of Manon — Manon Brevard Marcel
• The Equalizer — Manon Brevard Marcel
• 1984What Waits Below — Frieda Shelley
• 1979Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff — Evelyn Wyckoff
• 1979Ring of Darkness — Carlotta Rhodes
• 1975Love Under the Elms
• 1973The Nun and the Devil — Mother Giulia
• 1973Trader Horn — Nicole Mercer
• 1972I Want What I Want — Roy / Wendy
• 1972The Killer Is on the Phone — Eleanor Loraine
• 1969Midas Run — Sylvia
• 1969The Chairman — Kay Hanna
• 1969The Lady of Monza — Virginia de Leyva
• 1967The Fox — Ellen March
• 196590° in the Shade — Alena Winter (Asst. Shop Manager)
• 1963The Very Edge — Tracey Lawrence
• 1962Stork Talk
• 1962The Brain — Anna Holt
• 1961Petticoat Pirates — Chief Oficer Anne Stevens
• 1960A Terrible Beauty — Neeve Donnelly
• 1960Carthage in Flames — Fulvia
• 1959The Heart of a Man — Julie
• 1959Upstairs and Downstairs — Kate Barry
• 1958Floods of Fear — Elizabeth Matthews
• 1958Violent Playground — Cathie Murphy
• 1957Dangerous Exile — Glynis
• 1957Doctor at Large — Emerald
• 1957The Depraved — Laura Wilton
• 1956Checkpoint — Gabriela
• 1956Find the Lady — Receptionist
• 1951Lady Godiva Rides Again — Dorothy Marlowe

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 1977Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti — Self - Virginia de Leyva (archive footage)
• The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest