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| image = Actress_Ann_Lancaster.jpg
| caption = in ''[[The Magic Box]]'' (1951)
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1920|05|05}}
| birth_place = [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], [[England]]
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| death_place = [[Paddington]], [[London]], England
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| occupation = Actress
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'''Ann A Lancaster''' (5 May 1920 – 31 October 1970) was a well-known character actress who appeared in many [[British films]], television shows and in theatre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba008f77c|title=Ann Lancaster}}</ref><ref name=avelyman>{{cite web|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=9776|title=Ann Lancaster|publisher=aveleyman.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/wj6/ann-lancaster|title=Ann Lancaster|publisher=theatricalia.com}}</ref>

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 film)|A Night to Remember]]'' (1958, uncredited as a woman on a train), ''[[The Dirty Dozen]]'' (1967), ''[[Fathom (1967 film)|Fathom]]'' (1967), ''[[The Railway Children]]'' (1970), and in one Carry On Film ''[[Carry On Again Doctor]]'' (1969).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/ann-lancaster-p40212|title=Ann Lancaster – Movies and Filmography – AllMovie|website=AllMovie}}</ref> She was the voice behind the [[Ajax (cleaning product)|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]].<ref name=avelyman/>

==Personal life==

Ann was born in 1920 in [[London]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-births-1837-2006?firstname=ann&lastname=lancaster&eventyear=1920&eventyear_offset=0|title=findmypast.co.uk|website=search.findmypast.co.uk}}</ref> and died of cancer in 1970 in [[Paddington]], London<ref>{{cite web|url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-deaths-1837-2007?firstname=ann&lastname=lancaster&eventyear=1970&eventyear_offset=0&yearofbirth=1920&yearofbirth_offset=1|title=findmypast.co.uk|website=search.findmypast.co.uk}}</ref> at the age of 50, before her last film was released.

==Filmography==
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*''[[Cage of Gold]]'' (1950) .... Minor Role (uncredited)
*''[[The Magic Box]]'' (1951) .... Bridesmaid in wedding group
*''[[Judgment Deferred]]'' (1952) .... girl in shop. (uncredited)
*''[[Secret People (film)|The Secret People]]'' (1952) .... Manicurist {{aka}} Secret People
*''[[The Card (1952 film)|The Card]]'' (1952) .... Miriam (uncredited)
*''[[Angels One Five]]'' (1952) .... W.A.A.F.
*''[[The Million Pound Note]]'' (1953) .... Doris (uncredited)
*''[[A Night to Remember (1958 film)|A Night to Remember]]'' (1958) .... Mrs. Bull – Woman on Train (uncredited)
*''[[The Flesh and the Fiends]]'' (1960) .... Minuet Dancer (uncredited)
*''[[The Durant Affair]]'' (1962)
*''[[The Lamp in Assassin Mews]]'' (1962) .... Mrs. Dowling
*''[[I've Gotta Horse]]'' (1965) .... Woman Shopkeeper a.k.a. Wonderful Day
*''[[The Secret of My Success (1965 film)|The Secret of My Success]]'' (1965) .... Angela Pringle
*''[[Bunny Lake Is Missing]]'' (1965) .... Grocer's Assistant
*''[[Three Bites of the Apple]]'' (1967) .... Winnifred Batterfly
*''[[The Dirty Dozen]]'' (1967) .... chief prostitute (uncredited)
*''[[Fathom (1967 film)|Fathom]]'' (1967) .... Mrs. Trivers
*''[[The Window Cleaner (film)|The Window Cleaner]]'' (1968) .... Mother
*''[[Inadmissible Evidence (film)|Inadmissible Evidence]]'' (1968) .... Drinking Club Hostess
*''[[Hot Millions]]'' (1968) .... Pendleton's Landlady (uncredited)
*''[[Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher]]'' (1968) .... Mrs. Grimes
*''[[Till Death Us Do Part (film)|Till Death Us Do Part]]'' (1968) .... Woman at Block of Flats
*''[[Journey to Midnight]]'' (1968) .... Red Queen (episode 'Poor Butterfly')
*''[[A Nice Girl Like Me]]'' (1969) .... Miss Garland
*''[[Carry On Again Doctor]]'' (1969) .... Miss Armitage
*''[[Rhubarb (1969 film)|Rhubarb]]'' (1969) .... Mrs. Rhubarb
*''[[The Railway Children (1970 film)|The Railway Children]]'' (1970) .... Ruth
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==TV==
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*''[[The Vise]]'' (1 episode, 1959) .... Fat Lady
::... a.k.a. Detective's Diary (USA: rerun title)
::... a.k.a. [[Saber of London]] (UK)
::... a.k.a. The Vise: Mark Saber (USA: third and fourth season title)
::... a.k.a. Uncovered (syndication title)
*''It's Only Mink'' (1959) TV Episode .... Fat Lady
*''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]'' (3 episodes, 1957–1959) The Big Night (1959) TV Episode
*"The Russian Prince" (1957) TV Episode (as Anne Lancaster) .... Russian Aristocrat
*"Lady Chatterley's Revenge" (1957) TV Episode .... Cynthia – Actress
*"Tea at the Ritz" (1963) (TV) .... Rene Barnes ... a.k.a. Comedy Four: Tea at the Ritz (UK: series title)
*''[[Comedy Playhouse]]'' ....(1 episode, 1963)
*"The Chars" (1963) TV Episode .... Amanda
*''[[An Enemy of the State]]'' (1965) (mini) TV Series .... Grusha
*''[[Up the Junction (The Wednesday Play)|The Wednesday Play Up the Junction]]'' (1965) TV Episode .... Winnie
*''[[Out of the Unknown]]'' ....(1 episode, 1965)
*"Come Buttercup, Come Daisy, Come...?" (1965) TV Episode .... Mrs. Bryant
*''[[The Spies (TV series)|The Spies]]'' .... (1 episode, 1966) .... Dora
*''No Strings'' (1967) (TV)
*''[[Z-Cars]]'' .... (3 episodes, 1963–1967)
*"Family Affair: Part 2" (1967) TV Episode .... Annie Ramsbottom
*"Running Milligan" (1963) TV Episode .... Milly
*"Train of Events" (1963) TV Episode .... Geraldine
*''[[Till Death Us Do Part]]'' (1 episode, 'Aunt Maud', 1968) .... Maud
*''[[Please Sir!]]'' (2 episodes, 1968) .... Mrs. Pearce
* ''[[Best of Enemies (TV series)|Best of Enemies]]'' (1 episode, 1968) .... Mrs. Ewing
*''[[Thirty-Minute Theatre]]'' (1 episode, 1969)
*Someone's Knocking at Me Door (1969) TV Episode .... Mollie Thompson
*''[[The World of Beachcomber]]'' (unknown episodes, 1969) TV Series .... Various
*''Barry Humphries' Scandals'' (1 episode, 1970)
*''[[Father, Dear Father]]'' .... Bookshop Customer (1 episode, 1970)
*"The Suitable Suitor" (1970) TV Episode .... Bookshop Customer
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0484109|Ann Lancaster}}

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