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Anneke Wills

Anneke Wills

  • Child actor
  • Teen actor

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

Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace

2023

as Polly Wright (voice)

Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones

Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones

2020

as Polly (voice)

Doctor Who: The Macra Terror

Doctor Who: The Macra Terror

2019

as Polly Wright (voice)

Remembering Deborah Watling

Remembering Deborah Watling

2018

as Self

Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time

Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time

2017

as Polly (archive footage)

The Doctors: The Pat Troughton Years

The Doctors: The Pat Troughton Years

2017

Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks

Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks

2016

as Polly (Voice)

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

2013

as Self

The End of the Line?

The End of the Line?

2011

Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2

Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2

2010

as Polly Wright (archive footage)

The Dalek Tapes

The Dalek Tapes

2006

as Self

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

2005

as Polly (archive footage)

The Story of Doctor Who

The Story of Doctor Who

2003

Myth Makers 53: Patrick Troughton

Myth Makers 53: Patrick Troughton

2002

as Herself

Carnival of Monsters

Carnival of Monsters

1999

Myth Makers 43: William Hartnell

Myth Makers 43: William Hartnell

1999

Lust in Space

Lust in Space

1998

as Self

Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary

Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary

1996

as Self

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

1984

as Polly Wright (archive footage) (uncredited)

Strange Report

Strange Report

1969

as Evelyn McLean

Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones

Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones

1967

as Polly

Doctor Who: The Macra Terror

Doctor Who: The Macra Terror

1967

as Polly

Doctor Who: The Moonbase

Doctor Who: The Moonbase

1967

as Polly

Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace

Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace

1967

as Polly

Doctor Who: The Highlanders

Doctor Who: The Highlanders

1967

as Polly

Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks

Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks

1966

as Polly

Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet

Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet

1966

as Polly

Doctor Who: The Smugglers

Doctor Who: The Smugglers

1966

as Polly

Doctor Who: The War Machines

Doctor Who: The War Machines

1966

as Polly

The Pleasure Girls

The Pleasure Girls

1965

as Angela

The Likely Lads

The Likely Lads

1964

as Judith Francis

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

1964

as Leda

Nothing But the Best

Nothing But the Best

1964

as Young Wife

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

1963

as Polly Wright

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

1963

as Polly

The Saint

The Saint

1962

as Fran Roeding

Some People

Some People

1962

as Anne

The Avengers

The Avengers

1961

as Judy

No Hiding Place

No Hiding Place

1959

Child's Play

Child's Play

1954

as Alice Nightingale

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