Anneke Wills
Acting
Born: 1941-10-20 in Berkshire, England, UK
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).
Known For
Doctor Who
Polly Wright
Doctor Who
Polly
The Avengers
Judy
The Saint
Fran Roeding
The Wednesday Play
Leda
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Julia
No Hiding Place
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
Self
The Sentimental Agent
Sarah
Strange Report
Evelyn McLean
The Likely Lads
Judith Francis
The Strange World of Gurney Slade
Girl on Airfield (as Annika Wills)
Some People
Anne
Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time
Polly (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
Polly Wright (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nothing But the Best
Young Wife
The Pleasure Girls
Angela
Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace
Polly
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Self
Doctor Who: The Moonbase
Polly
Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace
Polly Wright (voice)
Doctor Who: The Highlanders
Polly
The Ties That Bind Us
Polly Wright (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet
Polly
Doctor Who: The Macra Terror
Polly
Doctor Who: The Smugglers
Polly
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
Polly
Child's Play
Alice Nightingale
Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks
Polly
Candidate for Murder
Jacqueline
Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
Polly Wright (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The War Machines
Polly
The End of the Line?
Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones
Polly (voice)
The Dalek Tapes
Self
Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary
Self
Doctor Who: The Macra Terror
Polly Wright (voice)
Lust in Space
Self
The Light Fantastic
Girl in Flamenco Club
