Glory Annen (born Glory Anne Clibbery; September 5, 1952 – April 24, 2017)
was a
Canadian
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actress.
Career
Glory Anne Clibbery was born in
Kenora, Ontario, Canada. She attended the Victoria Composite High School of Performing Arts in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and at age 17 she emigrated to England to further her education at
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, graduating in 1976.
[ She remained based in England but worked around the world as she pursued an acting career.
She made her first movie, '']Cruel Passion
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'', in 1974, at age 22. She worked on several films with the cult filmmaker Norman J. Warren
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including ''Prey
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'' (1977) and '' Outer Touch'' (1979), and on the Australian production '' Felicity'' (1979) for John D. Lamond. Her other films include ''The Lonely Lady
''The Lonely Lady'' is a 1983 American drama film directed by Peter Sasdy, adapted from Harold Robbins' 1976 novel of the same name, believed to have been based on Robbins' memories of Jacqueline Susann. The film stars Pia Zadora in the title r ...
'' (1983) and bit-parts in ''Supergirl
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'' (1984), ''Water
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'' (1985) and ''True Files
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'' (2002, also with John D. Lamond).
She was interviewed for the documentary '' Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!'' about the Australian film industry. She did some radio and voice work including dubbing Anat Atzmon 'Nili' in the feature film ''Lemon Popsicle
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''. She also appeared in several English television series in the 1970s and had leading roles in the theatre, including creating the role of Deborah Solomon in the David Mamet
David Alan Mamet (; born November 30, 1947) is an American playwright, filmmaker, and author. He won a Pulitzer Prize and received Tony nominations for his plays ''Glengarry Glen Ross'' (1984) and '' Speed-the-Plow'' (1988). He first gained cri ...
play, ''Sexual Perversity in Chicago
''Sexual Perversity in Chicago'' is a play written by David Mamet that examines the sex lives of two men and two women in the 1970s. The play is filled with profanity and regional jargon that reflects the working-class language of Chicago. The c ...
'' in London's West End. She was featured on television in many commercials and began working as a commercial casting director in 1982. She was also a cartoonist, artist and writer.
Death
Glory Annen Clibbery died on April 24, 2017 in London.
Personal life
Clibbery was the partner of racehorse owner Ivan Allan for twelve years, beginning in 1992. After their relationship ended in 2004, she and her mother Marguerite were evicted from The Gables -- a £1.7 million, nine-bedroom house in Newmarket, Suffolk owned by Allan.
Clibbery was a party to a landmark British court case, ''Clibbery v. Allan'' (2002), which established that parties to ancillary relief
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court proceedings may generally expect the information they have provided about their finances to remain confidential and protected from publication.
Filmography
References
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1952 births
2017 deaths
Actresses from Ontario
Alumni of the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art
Canadian film actresses
Canadian television actresses
Canadian stage actresses
Canadian expatriates in England
People from Kenora
Deaths from diabetes