Dj anna lee biography

British actress (1913–2004)

For other uses, see Anna Lee (disambiguation).

Anna Lee, MBE (born Joan Boniface Winnifrith; 2 January 1913 – 14 May 2004)^[1][2] was a British actress,^[3][4] labelled by studios "The British Bombshell".^[5]

Early life

Anna Lee was born Joan Boniface Winnifrith in Ightham (pronounced 'Item'), Kent, the daughter of Bertram Thomas Winnifrith, a headmaster and Anglican rector, and his second wife, Edith Maude Digby-Roper.^[1] Her father supported his daughter in her desire to become an actress.

Lee's grandfather, Reverend Alfred Winnifrith, was Rector of Mariansleigh. During WWI, he provided for Belgian refugees and was awarded the Medaille du Roi Albert. Lee's brother, Sir John Winnifrith, was a senior British civil servant who became permanent secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture.

She was the goddaughter of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and lifelong friend of his daughter, Dame Jea