jeffdwright2001
05-18-2004, 08:49 AM
Dead at 91, Anna Lea remembered for her 25-year stretch as Lila Quartermaine (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34864-2004May17.html)
She was also in a few westerns:
She made a striking appearance as a Welsh coal miner's widow in John Ford's "How Green Was My Valley" (1941). She said she had to be inventive to get the role in the Academy Award-winning film.
"I suspected [Ford] did not like the English, so I invented a fake Irish grandfather," she told an interviewer. "But Ford warmed to me, and he was a great director."
Ms. Lee became part of Ford's repertory group and appeared in small roles in eight Ford films, including the Westerns "Fort Apache" (1948), "The Horse Soldiers" (1959) and "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" (1962).
She was also in a few westerns:
She made a striking appearance as a Welsh coal miner's widow in John Ford's "How Green Was My Valley" (1941). She said she had to be inventive to get the role in the Academy Award-winning film.
"I suspected [Ford] did not like the English, so I invented a fake Irish grandfather," she told an interviewer. "But Ford warmed to me, and he was a great director."
Ms. Lee became part of Ford's repertory group and appeared in small roles in eight Ford films, including the Westerns "Fort Apache" (1948), "The Horse Soldiers" (1959) and "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" (1962).