Ann Bell
Ann Forrest Bell is a British actress, best known for playing war internee Marion Jefferson in the BBC Second World War drama series Tenko.
Life and career
Ann Forrest Bell was born in Wallasey, Cheshire on 29 April 1938, the daughter of John Forrest Bell and Marjorie Bell. She was educated at Birkenhead High School.Bell played the title role in a BBC adaptation of Jane Eyre in addition to many guest roles on television, including Edgar Wallace Mysteries, Gideon's Way, The Avengers, The Sentimental Agent, The Saint, Armchair Theatre, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Danger Man, The Baron, Mystery and Imagination, The Troubleshooters, Callan, Journey to the Unknown, Sherlock Holmes, Department S, The Lost Boys, Enemy at the Door, Shoestring, Tumbledown, Blackeyes, Heartbeat, Inspector Morse, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Midsomer Murders, Casualty, Holby City, The Forsyte Saga, The Bill and Waking the Dead. In 1968 she appeared in the Dennis Potter play Shaggy Dog, part of The Company of Five, a London Weekend Television anthology series of six plays featuring the same five actors.
She was married to character actor Robert Lang from 1971 until his death in 2004. The couple had two children. Bell appeared on screen with Lang in Tenko Reunion, in which he played Teddy Forster-Brown. They also appeared together in an episode of Heartbeat.
In 2010, Bell featured in the Doctor Who audio drama A Thousand Tiny Wings as well as the 2012 audio play Night of the Stormcrow which also featured her Tenko castmate Louise Jameson.
Filmography
A Midsummer Night's Dream – Hermia- Edgar Wallace Mysteries – "Flat Two" episode – SusanStopover Forever – Sue ChambersDr. Terror's House of Horrors – Ann Rogers Fahrenheit 451 – Doris The Witches – Sally BensonThe Shuttered Room – Mary Whately, Susannah's MotherTo Sir, with Love – Mrs. DareA Testing Job – Mrs Bell Sherlock Holmes Episode The Sign of the Four - Mary MorstanThe Reckoning – Rosemary MarlerThe Statue – Pat DemarestSpectre – Anitra CyonChampions – Valda EmbiricosHead Over Heels – Gracie EllisWhen Saturday Comes – Sarah MuirThe Ice House – Molly PhillipsThe Land Girls – Philip's MotherUp at the Villa – Beryl BrysonThe Last Hangman – Violet Van Der Elst