Ann Barrass
Biography
Ann Barrass was born on July 9, 1930 in England. Barrass was a ballerina and worked as a model prior to embarking on a career as an extra. Ann had cameos and walk-ons in over 600 films, TV shows, and advertisements; she continued working in those three mediums well into her 70's. Moreover, Barrass not only traveled to virtually every country in the world including Egypt, Kenya, Iraq, Iran, Australia, and Argentina, but also trekked in jungles, deserts, and prairies all around the world as well as backpacked in the Andes at age 78. In addition, Ann was also passionate about wild life, supported charities, and even adopted cheetahs in Africa. Barrass died at age 87 in November, 2017 in Virginia Water, Surrey, England. She was survived by her husband Patrick, sons Tim and Christopher, and grandchildren Julian, James, and Charles.
Known For & Full Filmography7 Titles
Drama Series - 1967, 16 episodes • as Technician
After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre Kafkaesque prison. His warders demand information. He gives them nothing, but only tries to escape.
Movie - 1976, 2h 15m • as Guest at Damien’s Birthday Party
Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn adopts the newborn Damien without the knowledge of his wife. Yet what he doesn’t know is that their new son is the son of the devil.
Movie - 1971, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A Scotland Yard investigator looks into four mysterious cases involving an unoccupied house.
Movie - 1967, 2h 15m • as Woman at Zurich Airport
Charles Dobbs is a British secret agent investigating the apparent suicide of Foreign Office official Samuel Fennan. Dobbs suspects that Fennan's wife, Elsa, a survivor of a Nazi Germany extermination camp, might have some clues, but other officials want Dobbs to drop the case. So Dobbs hires a retiring inspector, Mendel, to quietly make inquiries. Dobbs isn't at all sure as there are a number of anomalies that simply can't be explained away. Dobbs is also having trouble at home with his errant wife, whom he very much loves, having frequent affairs. He's also pleased to see an old friend, Dieter Frey, who he recruited after the war. With the assistance of a colleague and a retired policeman, Dobbs tries to piece together just who is the spy and who in fact assassinated Fennan.
Movie - 1969, 2h 15m • as Prostitute (uncredited)
Evil lurks in the gloomy house at Markham Manor where a deranged Sir Edward is the chained prisoner of his brother Julian. When Sir Edward escapes, he embarks on a monstrous killing spree, determined to seek revenge on all those whom he feels have double-crossed him.
Movie - 1970, 2h 15m • as Elga
In seventeenth century England Lord Whitman wages unending war on what he sees as the ever-present scourge of witchcraft, and many local villagers have suffered at his hands. But one victim uses her occult powers to curse his family, enlisting unknowing help from one of the household.
Movie - 1966, 2h 15m • as Patient (uncredited)
Doctor in Clover is another 'Doctor' movie, but this time Leslie Phillips is the main doctor in the story, looking for love and romance from the hospital nurses, much to the annoyance of the main Administrator (James Robertson Justice) who wants his doctors to be 100% focussed on the job. Numerous antics follow, with Phillips getting Justice fixed up with the new prim-and-proper Matron (Joan Sims) and his attempted failures to lure the hospital's beauty, the physiotherapist.