Anne Wakefield

Known for Acting

5/5/1931(Age 94)

St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands, UK

Biography

Anne Wakefield is an actress, known for The 300 Spartans (1962), 13 Demon Street (1959) and Matinee Theatre (1955). She was previously married to John Crawford.

Known For (4 credits)

5.7

Movie

The Singing Nun

1966

Belgian nun Sister Ann is sent to another order where she's at first committed to helping troubled souls, like Nichole and little Dominic. When Father Clementi hears Sister Ann's uplifting singing style, he takes her to a talent contest. Sister Ann is signed to a record deal and everyone is listening to her lighthearted songs. She is unprepared for her newfound fame (like appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show) and unwanted side effects, including a wrongful attraction to an old friend.

6.4

Movie

The 300 Spartans

1962

Essentially true story of how Spartan king Leonidas led an extremely small army of Greek Soldiers (300 of his personal body guards from Sparta) to hold off an invading Persian army now thought to have numbered 250,000.

5.8

Movie

When Hell Broke Loose

1958

Near the end of the war in Germany, GI Steve Boland, a self-described "sharp-operator", meets a German girl, Ilsa, and they fall in love. Ilsa's brother Karl, whom she has not seen in three years, and his fellow Nazi Ludwig visit Ilsa. Karl proudly informs her that he and Ludwig are "Werewolves", a group of Nazi assassins parachuted behind Allied lines for the purpose of killing Allied High Command officers. She and Steve go to Army Intelligence with their information, where Steve is immediately arrested for being A.W.O.L. Captain Melton of Army G-2 intervenes on Steve's behalf, as G-2 has had a suspicion about the existence of the "Werewolves" but no concrete info before now.

6.4

Movie

Until They Sail

1957

Four sisters in New Zealand fall for soldiers en route to the Pacific theater in WWII.