Anneke Wills

Anneke Wills

Known For:Acting
Gender:Female
Birthday:1941-10-20
Place of Birth:Berkshire, England, UK
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Anneke Wills is a 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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Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace
Science Fiction Adventure Drama
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
Animation Science Fiction
Doctor Who: The Macra Terror
Science Fiction Adventure Drama
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
Science Fiction Adventure
Doctor Who
Action & Adventure Drama Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Lust in Space
Documentary Comedy
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
Drama Adventure Science Fiction
Doctor Who: The Macra Terror
Drama Adventure Science Fiction
Doctor Who: The Moonbase
Science Fiction Drama Adventure
Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace
Science Fiction Adventure Drama
Doctor Who: The Highlanders
Adventure Science Fiction Drama
Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks
Science Fiction Drama Adventure
Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet
Adventure Science Fiction TV Movie
Doctor Who: The Smugglers
Science Fiction Drama Adventure
Doctor Who: The War Machines
Science Fiction Drama Adventure
Doctor Who
Drama Action & Adventure Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The Saint
Action & Adventure Crime Drama Mystery
Some People
Drama Music
The Avengers
Action & Adventure Crime Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Child's Play
Science Fiction Adventure
  • name:Anneke Wills
  • Known For:Acting
  • Gender:Female
  • Birthday:1941-10-20
  • Place of Birth:Berkshire, England, UK
  • Also Known As:
  • Biography:Anneke Wills is a 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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