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Anneke Wills

British actress famous for playing Polly, the swinging sixties companion to the first and second Doctor in Doctor Who from 1966 to 1967. Other roles include Evelyn in the ITC drama The Strange Report (1969-1970) and guest appearances in The Avengers and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased). Film roles include Anne in Some People (1962) and Angela in The Pleasure Girls (1965). From 1962 to 1979 she was married to Michael Gough but has subsequently twice remarried. The father of her first child was Anthony Newley, who left her for Joan Collins. In 1970 Wills effectively gave up acting to be a full time mum. Following her divorce from Gough, she left the UK in 1980 and lived in various places in the 16 years afterwards, including in Laos, Vietnam and India in the early 1980s, in the USA from 1983–1986, and in Canada from 1986–1996. She returned to live in the UK in 1996 and is a popular figure on the Doctor Who convention circuit. She has returned sporadically to acting for Doctor Who themed productions and has published three volumes of her memoirs: Self Portrait (2007), Naked (2009), and In Focus (2012).


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Born:
Oct 20, 1941 In Berkshire, England, UK
Movie/TV Credits:
21
First Appeared:
In the movie Child's Play 1954-10-01
Latest Project:
Movie Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time 2017-12-25
Known For
Poster of Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
Poster of Doctor Who: The Smugglers
Poster of The Pleasure Girls
Poster of Child's Play
Filmography
Movie Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time Polly (archive footage) 2017-12-25
Movie The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot Self 2013-11-23
Movie The Story of Doctor Who 2003-12-30
Movie Myth Makers 53: Patrick Troughton Herself 2002-03-22
Movie Carnival of Monsters 1999-11-13
Movie Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary Self 1996-04-01
Movie The Go-Between (uncredited role) 1971-06-16
Series Strange Report Evelyn McLean 1969-09-21
Movie Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace Polly 1967-02-04
Movie Doctor Who: The Highlanders Polly 1967-01-07
Movie Doctor Who: The Moonbase Polly 1967-03-04
Movie Doctor Who: The Macra Terror Polly 1967-04-01
Movie Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones Polly 1967-05-13
Movie Doctor Who: The War Machines Polly 1966-07-16
Movie Doctor Who: The Smugglers Polly 1966-10-01
Movie Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks Polly 1966-11-05
Movie Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet Polly 1966-10-29
Movie The Pleasure Girls Angela 1965-05-01
Movie Nothing But the Best Young Wife 1964-03-10
Movie Some People Anne 1962-05-31
Movie Child's Play Alice Nightingale 1954-10-01