
Anna Massey
Actor · Died July 3, 2011, aged 73 · Thakeham, West Sussex, England, UK
Anna Raymond Massey CBE (11 August 1937 - 3 July 2011) was an English stage, screen, and television actress. She was the daughter of Hollywood actor Raymond Massey.
Biography from TMDB.
- August 11, 1937
- July 3, 2011 (aged 73)
- Thakeham, West Sussex, England, UK
- Actor
- 48 on MovieCove · 145 credits in all
What are Anna Massey's films like?
Across their 32 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 3 · Earnest 26
A split, not a type: Light 10 · Serious 3 · Dark 17
A split, not a type: Grounded 16 · Stylized 10 · Heightened 4
Gentle 6 · Charged 15 · Intense 9
Steady 12 · Shifting 16 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 20 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 4
Slow burn 17 · Even-paced 12 · Relentless 1
Casual 8 · Engaged 17 · Full focus 5
Easy watch 10 · Affecting 10 · Heavy 10
A split, not a type: Resolved 17 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 7
Roles they play
Usually the Ally: 2 of 8 analyzed roles.
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- Heraldas Helen Stephens in Peeping Tom (1960)
- Allyas Babs Milligan in Frenzy (1972)
- Allyas Kristine Linde in A Doll's House (1973)
- Threshold guardianas Mrs. Norris in Mansfield Park (1983)
- Mentoras Sister Thomas in Sacred Hearts (1984)
- Mentoras Nanny Tess in Haunted (1995)
- Shadowas Megan's mother in Sweet Angel Mine (1996)
- Threshold guardianas Mrs Arbuthnot in Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont (2005)
Moods and endings
- Happy7
- Bittersweet11
- Tragic6
- Ambiguous8
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Anna Massey's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 30 of their 48 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (19).
- Peeping Tom (1960) · actor · free
- Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont (2005) · actor · free
- The Worst Week of My Life (2004) · actor · free
- Midsomer Murders (1997) · actor · free
- Kingdom (2007) · actor · free
- An Angel for May (2002) · actor · free
- Another Country (1984) · actor · free
- A Hazard of Hearts (1987) · actor · free
- Impromptu (1991) · actor · free
- Moving On (2009) · actor · free
- Affinity (2008) · actor · free
- A Doll's House (1973) · actor · free
- +7 more
- Poirot (1989) · actor · free
- Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont (2005) · actor
- Midsomer Murders (1997) · actor · free
- Kingdom (2007) · actor
- Another Country (1984) · actor
- A Hazard of Hearts (1987) · actor
- Alleyn Mysteries (1990) · actor
- Moving On (2009) · actor
- Oliver Twist (2007) · actor
- Affinity (2008) · actor
- Haunted (1995) · actor
- Nash Bridges (1996) · actor · free
- +3 more
- Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont (2005) · actor · free
- The Worst Week of My Life (2004) · actor · free
- Midsomer Murders (1997) · actor · free
- Kingdom (2007) · actor · free
- An Angel for May (2002) · actor · free
- Another Country (1984) · actor · free
- A Hazard of Hearts (1987) · actor · free
- Tales of the Unexpected (1979) · actor · free
- Oliver Twist (2007) · actor · free
- A Doll's House (1973) · actor · free
- Nash Bridges (1996) · actor · free
- Tears in the Rain (1988) · actor · free
- +2 more
- BritBox
- Shout! TV, show their 5 titles on Shout! TV
- Acorn TV, show their 2 titles on Acorn TV
- Lionsgate+, show their 2 titles on Lionsgate+
- Magnolia Selects, show their 2 titles on Magnolia Selects
- Best of British Television, show their title on Best of British Television
- BFI Player, show their title on BFI Player
- Cineverse, show their title on Cineverse
- Dox, show their title on Dox
- Howdy, show their title on Howdy
- Monsters and Nightmares, show their title on Monsters and Nightmares
- MovieSphere+, show their title on MovieSphere+
- PBS Masterpiece, show their title on PBS Masterpiece
- ScreenPix, show their title on ScreenPix
Subscription and free streaming for Anna Massey's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
145 credits, 48 with a MovieCove page; 6 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Moving On(2009)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Affinity(2008)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
The Oxford Murders(2008)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Oliver Twist(2007)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
Kingdom(2007)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Inspector Lewis(2006)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
The Gigolos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

Pinochet's Last Stand(2006)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
A Good Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

A Good Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
The Robinsons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

The Machinist(2004)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

Belonging (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

He Knew He Was Right (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows
Strange (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

Possession(2002)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
An Angel for May(2002)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Room to Rent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

Dark Blue World(2001)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Elizabeth's Pirates (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

The Sleeper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

The Sleeper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Come and Go (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

Mad Cows (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

Captain Jack (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

Déjà Vu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

A Respectable Trade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

Animated World Faiths (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

The Slab Boys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

Midsomer Murders(1997)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Driftwood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies and Mrs. Tittlemouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

Sweet Angel Mine(1996)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Nash Bridges(1996)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows
Haunted(1995)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Angels and Insects (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

The Grotesque (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

The War Within: A Portrait of Virginia Woolf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

Murder in Mind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Nice Day at the Office (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

A Skirt Through History (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

Alleyn Mysteries(1990)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
The Return of the Psammead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

Emily's Ghost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

Impromptu(1991)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
The Darling Buds of May(1991)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all showsThe Diamond Brothers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

Sea Dragon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
The Man from the Pru (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

Mountains of the Moon(1990)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Chillers(1990)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows
Autism - A World Apart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
4 Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

Screen One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
A Tale of Two Cities (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows
The Tall Guy(1989)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Poirot(1989)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
The Color of the Wind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Sun Child (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

Tears in the Rain(1988)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
A Hazard of Hearts(1987)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all filmsDaytime Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

Inspector Morse(1987)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Season's Greetings (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
The Christmas Tree (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

Foreign Body(1986)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Hotel du Lac (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

The McGuffin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
The Day After the Fair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

Sacred Hearts(1984)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Pity in History (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Summer Season (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

Anna Karenina(1985)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Screen Two (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

The Chain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

The Little Drummer Girl(1984)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Sakharov (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

Another Country(1984)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Moving on the Edge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Journey into the Shadows: Portrait of Gwen John 1876-1939 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

Mansfield Park(1983)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows
Five Days One Summer(1982)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all filmsThe Critic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

I Remember Nelson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

American Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Celebrity Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

The Potting Shed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

Virginia Fly is Drowning (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

The Cherry Orchard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Little Girls Don't (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
The Mystery of the Disappearing Schoolgirls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

Sweet William (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

A Little Romance(1979)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Tales of the Unexpected(1979)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
Afternoon Off (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

The Corn Is Green (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

Rebecca (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

You're Not Watching Me, Mummy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

The Mayor of Casterbridge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

Hazell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

The Love of a Good Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Couples (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

Churchill's People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

The Pallisers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

A Doll's House(1973)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all filmsRelics (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

The Vault of Horror(1973)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Dead of Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

Frenzy(1972)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all filmsThe Man Outside (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Third Party (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

Play for Today (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

Wicked Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

The Looking Glass War(1970)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
David Copperfield (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

De Sade(1969)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all filmsRemember the Germans (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
W. Somerset Maugham (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

ITV Saturday Night Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

ITV Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

Light the Blue Touch Paper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
Seven Deadly Sins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

Jackanory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

BBC Play of the Month (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

Bunny Lake Is Missing(1965)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
A Midsummer Night's Dream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Love Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

The Trip to Biarritz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

Peeping Tom(1960)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Gideon of Scotland Yard(1958)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Theatre Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

Armchair Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

ITV Play of the Week (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
Career shape
Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 145 titles from 1955 to 2009; peak year 1972.
Film career
Peak 1972 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 4 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1958Screen debut· Gideon's Day
- 1973First top-billed film· The Vault of Horror
- 1973Breakout· The Vault of Horror
- 1973Career best· The Vault of Horror
- 2007Career best· Oliver Twist
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
How do Anna Massey's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 53rd percentile, the median of all 32; across their 30 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 50th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up18
- 50th to 74th15
- 25th to 49th12
- Below 25th3
Shape of the crowd
24 of their 48 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved8
- Universally Panned1
- Crowd Pleaser24
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed13
Reviewers score the acting 71/100 in their films, across 28 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 45. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Anna Massey's work okay for kids?
Across up to 11 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Anna Massey work with?
People who share at least 2 of Anna Massey's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Edward Fox shares the most, 3.
Writers
- Michael AustinShared titles: Killing Dad or How to Love Your Mother (1989), Five Days One Summer (1982)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Austin
- John le CarréShared titles: The Little Drummer Girl (1984), The Looking Glass War (1970)See all 2 shared titles with John le Carré

Actors
- Edward FoxShared titles: Oliver Twist (2007), The Importance of Being Earnest (2002), A Hazard of Hearts (1987)See all 3 shared titles with Edward Fox

- Julie CoxShared titles: The Oxford Murders (2008), An Angel for May (2002)See all 2 shared titles with Julie Cox

- Zoë TapperShared titles: Affinity (2008), Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Zoë Tapper

- Colin FirthShared titles: The Importance of Being Earnest (2002), Another Country (1984)See all 2 shared titles with Colin Firth

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Roque BañosShared titles: The Oxford Murders (2008), The Machinist (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Roque Baños

- Tony Pierce-RobertsShared titles: The Importance of Being Earnest (2002), Haunted (1995)See all 2 shared titles with Tony Pierce-Roberts

- John JympsonShared titles: Haunted (1995), Frenzy (1972)See all 2 shared titles with John Jympson
- Denys N. CoopShared titles: The Vault of Horror (1973), Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)See all 2 shared titles with Denys N. Coop

Producers
- Albert FennellShared titles: A Hazard of Hearts (1987), Peeping Tom (1960)See all 2 shared titles with Albert Fennell



