Ann Lancaster

Ann Lancaster (5 May 1920 – 31 October 1970) was a well-known character actress who appeared in many British films, television shows and in theatre.

Lancaster specialised in comic roles and had a talent for voices which she often used on radio to portray children and to do voiceovers for television commercials. Her most high-profile film roles were in The Million Pound Note (1953), A Night to Remember (1958, uncredited as a woman on a train), The Dirty Dozen (1967), Fathom (1967), The Railway Children (1970), and in one Carry On Film Carry On Again Doctor (1969). She was the voice behind the Ajax 'It cleans like a white tornado' advertisements on television. She was in the radio show: Mrs Dale's Diary, and appeared in many well-known television comedies including Hancock's Half Hour, Till Death Us Do Part, Tea at the Ritz, Hughie and The World of Beachcomber with Spike Milligan.

Ann Lancaster was born in 1920 in London and died of cancer in 1970 in Paddington, London at the age of 50, before her last film (The Railway Children) was released.

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Vorname:Ann
Geburtsdatum:05.05.1920 (♉ Stier)
Geburtsort:Newcastle upon Tyne
Sterbedatum:31.10.1970
Nationalität:Vereinigtes Königreich
Sprachen:Englisch;
Geschlecht:♀weiblich
Berufe:Schauspieler, Filmschauspieler,

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