Anna Thynn, Marchioness of Bath

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The Most Honourable

The Marchioness of Bath
BornAnna Abigail Gyarmathy
(1943-09-27)27 September 1943
Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
Died17 September 2022(2022-09-17) (aged 78)
Paris, France
Spouse(s)
  • Gilbert Pineau (divorced)
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(m. 1969; died 2020)​
Issue
FatherLászló Izsak Gyarmathy
OccupationActress, war correspondent

Anna Abigail Thynn, Marchioness of Bath (née Gyarmathy; 27 September 1943 – 17 September 2022), styled as Viscountess Weymouth between 1969 and 1992, also known by her stage name Anna Gaël, was a Hungarian-British actress and war correspondent.

Early life

Anna Abigail Gyarmarthy was born on 27 September 1943 in

better source needed] was a mathematician and her mother was a poet. She moved to France as a child and began acting when she was fifteen.[2]

Career

Anna Gyarmarthy acted under the stage name 'Anna Gaël'.[3] She starred in Hungarian, German, Italian, American and French films including Via Macau in 1966, Therese and Isabelle in 1968,[4] Zeta One, aka The Love Factor in 1969, The Bridge at Remagen in 1969 and Take Me, Love Me in 1970.[5][6][7][8][2] She retired from acting in 1981. She worked as a news reporter, covering conflicts in Vietnam, and South Africa as well as the Northern Ireland conflict.[citation needed]

Personal life and death

She met

Ceawlin Thynn.[2] In 1992, her husband succeeded his father as the 7th Marquess of Bath
; he died in April 2020.

In 2013 her son married

Emma McQuiston, the daughter of Nigerian businessman Oladipo Jadesimi. She reportedly disapproved of her son's marriage due to her daughter-in-law's African ancestry. She did not attend the wedding.[10]

Thynn died in Paris on 17 September 2022, at the age of 78, ten days before her 79th birthday.[11]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ Lundy, Darryl. "Anne Abigail Gyarmathy". The Peerage. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d Hauptfuhrer, Fred (29 November 1976). "The Really Odd Couple of Noble England: Lord and Lady Weymouth". People. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  3. ^ Kamp, David (25 April 2018). "Meet the Viscountess Transforming the Idea of British Aristocracy". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  4. ^ Nathaniel, Soonest (8 September 2015). "Racism Toward First Black Marchioness Stirs Rift At Longleat". Legit.ng. Naij.com Media Limited. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Anna Gaël Biography". Internet Movie Database. Amazon. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Anna Gaël". MUBI.
  7. ^ Henderson, Eric (30 November 2004). "DVD Review: The Radley Metzger Collection: Volume One". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  8. ^ Henderson, Eric (30 November 2004). "FILMReview: Therese and Isabelle". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  9. ^ Langley, William (27 November 2010). "The Marquess of Bath: the old lion abandons his pride". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  10. ^ Dangremond, Sam (8 September 2015). "British Noble Won't Speak to Her Son Because He Married Nigerian Woman". Town & Country. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  11. ^ "The Dowager Marchioness of Bath". The Times. 24 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.

External links

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