Friday, October 17, 2025

Little Known Spaghetti Western actors ~ Anne Curteis

[These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]

Anne McMenamin was born in Johannesburg, South Africa sometime in the 1930s (I can find no specific birthdate). She was trained in Johannesburg in the early 1950s and worked with such famous theatre personalities as Leon Gluckman, Cecil Williams, Taubie Kushlick and Margaret Inglis.

Anne appeared under her maiden name, Anne McMenamin. in Graham Greene’s “The Living Room” (Library Theatre, 1955). On stage she had roles in “Karoo Grand”, “House Guests”, “Black Coffee”, “Tom and Viv”, “Not Now”, “Darling”, “Tribute”, “A Snake in the Garden”, “The Cocktail Hour”. She also played Kay in If This Be Treason filmed for television, 1998.

After getting married she left the industry to be with her family. After her marriage and raising a family, she returned to the theatre in “Karoo Grand” in 1983.

Anne appeared in two Euro-westerns: “Hooded Angels” in 2000 as the old lady and “The Meeksville Ghost” 2000 as Granny.

CURTEIS, Anne (aka Anne Curtis) (Anne McMenamin) [193?, Johannesburg, South Africa -    ] – theater, film, TV actress, married to ?, mother of ?.

Hooded Angels – 2000 (old lady)

The Meeksville Ghost – 2000 (Granny)

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