Anneke Wills

Anneke Wills

1941-10-20

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).

Also appears in

Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time

Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time

8.0

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

7.9

The Pleasure Girls

The Pleasure Girls

4.6

Child’s Play

Child’s Play

7.0

Myth Makers 43: William Hartnell

Myth Makers 43: William Hartnell

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Nothing But the Best

Nothing But the Best

5.1

Some People

Some People

7.0

The Story of Doctor Who

The Story of Doctor Who

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Lust in Space

Lust in Space

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Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace

Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace

1.0

Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary

Bidding Adieu: A Video Diary

6.0

The Doctors: The Pat Troughton Years

The Doctors: The Pat Troughton Years

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Myth Makers 53: Patrick Troughton

Myth Makers 53: Patrick Troughton

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Carnival of Monsters

Carnival of Monsters

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Doctor Who: The Macra Terror

Doctor Who: The Macra Terror

7.7

Remembering Deborah Watling

Remembering Deborah Watling

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