Anna Gaël

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 Budapest, Hungary. Her father, László Izsak Gyarmathy, was a mathematician and her mother was a poet. She moved to France as a child and began acting when she was fifteen.

Career

Anna Gyarmarthy acted under the stage name 'Anna Gaël'. She starred in Hungarian, German, Italian, American and French films including ''Via Macau'' in 1966, ''Therese and Isabelle'' in 1968, '' Zeta One'', aka ''The Love Factor'' in 1969, ''The Bridge at Remagen'' in 1969 and ''Take Me, Love Me'' in 1970. 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.

Personal life and death

She met Alexander Thynn, Viscount Weymouth, the son of Henry Thynne, 6th Marquess of Bath, and Daphne Fielding, in Paris in 1959. She later became the Viscount's mistress while she was married to French film director Gilbert Pineau; in 1969, she and the Viscount married. Later that year she gave birth to their first child, Lady Lenka Thynn. In 1974, she gave birth to their second child, Ceawlin Thynn. 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 and thus did not attend the wedding.

Lady Bath died in Paris on 17 September 2022, at the age of 78, ten days before her 79th birthday.

Filmography

*1962: ''Una storia milanese''
*1966: ''Via Macau''
*1967: ''Hell Is Empty''
*1967: ''Hotel Clausewitz''
*1967: ''To Commit a Murder