Anne Burnaby Southwood (15 December 1922 – 1999) was a British screenwriter and playwright. Burnaby was the daughter of actor

Davy Burnaby George Davy Burnaby (7 April 1881 – 18 April 1949) was a UK, British actor who appeared in more than thirty films between 1929 and 1948. He was born in Buckland, Hertfordshire, Buckland, Hertfordshire and made his screen debut in the 1929 film ...

. She was married to John Southwood, a film publicist, with whom she had two children, in addition to having a third child with another partner. In June 1960, she was sentenced to 12 months in prison for stabbing Colonel Walter John Sparrow on the streets in April 1960 in

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. Colonel Sparrow, an insurance businessman, was married to Burnaby's cousin and alleged she became obsessed with him. He stated that she came to visit their home in 1958 and stayed for 18 months in the staff flat, attempting to break up his marriage. At the time of the attack, she had been separated from her husband and was just released from a nursing home. The prosecutor cited her emotional disturbance in accepting a plea not of attempted murder but a lesser charge of wounding Sparrow with intent to do grievous bodily harm.

Select filmography

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Young Wives' Tale ''Young Wives' Tale'', also known as ''Fun for Four'', is a 1951 British comedy film directed by Henry Cass and starring Joan Greenwood, Nigel Patrick, Derek Farr, and Guy Middleton. The film is based on the 1949 play '' Young Wives' Tale'' by ...

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Father's Doing Fine ''Father's Doing Fine'' is a 1952 British comedy film directed by Henry Cass and starring Richard Attenborough, Heather Thatcher, and Noel Purcell, and featuring Sid James. It was written by Anne Burnaby based on the 1948 play ''Little Lam ...

'' (1952) *'' The Yellow Balloon'' (1953) *''

Young and Willing ''Young and Willing'' is a 1943 American comedy film produced and directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring William Holden, Eddie Bracken, Robert Benchley, and Susan Hayward. With a screenplay by Virginia Van Upp based on the play ''Out of th ...

'' (1954) *'' No Time for Tears'' (1957) *''

Operation Bullshine ''Operation Bullshine'' is a 1959 British colour comedy film directed by Gilbert Gunn and starring Donald Sinden, Barbara Murray and Carole Lesley. The working title of the film was ''Girls in Arms'' that features as a marching song in the film ...

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Sands of the Desert ''Sands of the Desert'' is a 1960 British adventure comedy film directed and written by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Charlie Drake (his first lead role in a feature film), Peter Arne, Sarah Branch and Raymond Huntley. Plot Charlie Sands, ...

'' (1960) *'' Girl in a Birdcage'' (1962) (''

Armchair Theatre ''Armchair Theatre'' is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by ABC Weekend TV. Its successor Thames Television took over from mid-1968. The Ca ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Burnaby, Anne English screenwriters 1922 births 1999 deaths Writers from the London Borough of Camden