Anna Neagle

In British films, she played everything from Queen Victoria to war heroine Odette Hallowes. By 1990, she had quietly retired from acting. Anna had a long career on the English stage and screen, ranging from a role in the chorus of Charlot's revue in 1925 to Charlie Girl in 1965. She also guest-starred four times on the classic Rod Serling anthology series "Night Gallery" and was a frequent visitor of "The Love Boat" and "Fantasy Island." After playing an LAPD homicide detective investigating the murder of singer Ciji Dunne (Lisa Hartman) on "Knots Landing" in 1983, Pettet's career slowed down in the mid-1980s. She was born Marjorie Robertson in London. Her feature film appearance became sporadic in the 1970s, but Pettet re-emerged as the star of over a dozen made-for-television movies during that decade, including "The Delphi Bureau" (1972), "The Weekend Nun" (1972), "Pioneer Woman" (1973), "A Cry in the Wilderness" (1974), "The Desperate Miles" (1975), "The Hancocks" (1976), "Sex and the Married Woman" (1977), and "The Return of Frank Cannon" (1980). Anna Neagle (October 20, 1904 - June 3, 1986) was a popular British actress and singer. During that time, she married American actor Alex Cord and gave birth to a son in 1968.

A Little Dash Of Dublin. Pettet got her start on Broadway in such plays as "Take Her, She's Mine," "The Chinese Prime Minister" and "Poor Richard" with Alan Bates and Gene Hackman before she was discovered by director Sidney Lumet for his sumptuous 1966 film adaptation of Mary McCarthy's novel, "The Group." The success of that film launched a film career that included roles in "Night of the General" (1967), the James Bond spoof "Casino Royale" (1967), "Blue" (1968) with Terence Stamp, and the Victorian period comedy "The Best House in London" (1969). Kiss Me Goodnight. Her mother remarried and settled in Canada, where she was adopted by her stepfather and assumed "Pettet" as her last name. Tonight   duet with Trefor Jones with Geraldo and his Orchestra. Her father, Harold Nigel Edgerton Salmon, was a British RAF pilot killed in the war. The Dream Is Over with orchestra conducted by Ray Noble. Talented, blonde Joanna Pettet was born Joanna Jane Salmon on November 16, 1944 in London, England.

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