Anna Gaël obit

Dowager Marchioness of Bath - who fell out with her son over his marriage to Strictly star Emma Weymouth and whose husband Lord Bath had more than 70 mistresses - dies just 10 days before her 79th birthday

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The actress-turned-aristocrat Dowager Marchioness of Bath has died just 10 days before her 79th birthday.

Hungarian-born Anna Gael died in Paris, where she spent most of her time, despite being married to Alexander Thynn, the 7th Marquess of Bath and châtelain of Longleat House, in Wiltshire, for more than 50 years until his death in 2020.

The couple had, by any measure, an unusual relationship. Not only did they spend most of their time living in separate countries, but Anna also tolerated her eccentric husband keeping more than 70 mistresses, whom he dubbed 'wifelets'.

'It was never quite as easy and harmonious as an 'open marriage',' their son and heir Ceawlin, now the 8th Marquess of Bath, once said, 'but that's the general gist'.

While Mrs Gael put up with her husband's womanising that saw him acquire the nickname 'The Loins of Longleat', she was less understanding of Ceawlin's choice of bride.

She allegedly asked her heir - who now oversees 10,000-acre Longleat, best known for its wildlife park - if he was sure about ruining '400 years of bloodline' by marrying Emma McQuiston, the half-Nigerian daughter of an oil tycoon.

Known as Emma Weymouth after marrying Ceawlin, then Viscount Weymouth, in 2013, she went on to find fame as a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing and is close pals with fashionistas like Naomi Campbell, Edward Enninful and Lady Kitty Spencer.

Lord Bath, who died of pneumonia after testing positive for Covid in 2020, aged 87, failed to attend the couple's wedding. His wife was also absent, claiming they had already accepted another invitation.

Ceawlin was said to have stopped his mother from seeing his son, John, to prevent the child being 'contaminated' by her racism.

Anna later denied she was a racist and said she had 'absolutely nothing' against her daughter-in-law.

Anna was born in Hungary to a mathematician father and poet mother who moved their family to France when their daughter was just a child.

Anna Gaël was born on September 27, 1943 in Budapest, Hungary. She was an actress, known for Nana (1970), The Love Factor (1969) and Mademoiselle de la Ferté (1965). She was married to Alexander Thynne and Gilbert Pineau. She died on September 17, 2022 in Paris, Île-de-France, France.

Actress

We're Not Angels... Neither Are They (1981)

We're Not Angels... Neither Are They

4.6

1981

 

John Thaw and Dennis Waterman in Sweeney 2 (1978)

Sweeney 2

6.6

Mrs. Hill (as Anna Gael)

1978

 

L'hôtel de la plage (1978)

L'hôtel de la plage

6.0

Brenda

1978

 

Le chasseur de chez Maxim's (1976)

Le chasseur de chez Maxim's

5.0

Lulu

1976

 

Dracula and Son (1976)

Dracula and Son

5.4

Miss Gaylor

1976

 

Oliver Reed in Blueblood (1974)

Blueblood

4.5

Carlotta

1974

 

Pierre Brice and Anna Gaël in Mort au jury (1974)

Mort au jury

TV Series

Paulette

1974

4 episodes

 

Le Lit... Ze Bawdy Bed (1974)

Le Lit... Ze Bawdy Bed

3.2

Sylviane, la femme de chambre

1974

 

Manalive (1973)

Manalive

6.0

Marie

1973

 

Jean Marais and D. Schwartz in Karatekas and co (1973)

Karatekas and co

5.0

TV Mini Series

Diana

1973

6 episodes

 

Les mécontents

TV Movie

La comtesse des Tournelles

1973

 

L'obsédée sexuelle (Brutalités amoureuses) (1972)

L'obsédée sexuelle (Brutalités amoureuses)

6.0

Catherine

1972

 

Jason King (1971)

Jason King

6.9

TV Series

Ingrid and Terese Bonival

1972

1 episode

 

Tony Curtis and Roger Moore in The Persuaders! (1971)

The Persuaders!

8.0

TV Series

Suzy (as Anna Gael)

1971

1 episode

 

Anna Gaël in Nana (1970)

Nana

4.8

Nana

1970

 

The Love Factor (1969)

The Love Factor

3.9

Clotho

1969

 

Delitto al circolo del tennis (1969)

Delitto al circolo del tennis

5.2

Benedetta Varzi

1969

 

El ángel (1969)

El ángel

5.2

Ivette Mauvan (as Anna Gael)

1969

 

The Bridge at Remagen (1969)

The Bridge at Remagen

6.7

French Girl (as Anna Gael)

1969

 

A Young Couple (1969)

A Young Couple

Véronique

1969

 

The House of Missing Girls (1969)

The House of Missing Girls

5.6

Agnès

1969

 

Béru et ces dames (1968)

Béru et ces dames

5.3

Nadia Vandel

1968

 

Therese and Isabelle (1968)

Therese and Isabelle

6.1

Isabelle (as Anna Gael)

1968

 

Ces messieurs de la famille (1968)

Ces messieurs de la famille

4.6

Nicole

1968

 

Une femme sans importance

TV Movie

Miss Hester

1968

 

Le démoniaque (1968)

Le démoniaque

5.5

Lucille Baller

1968

 

The Diary of an Innocent Boy (1968)

The Diary of an Innocent Boy

6.4

Célestine

1968

 

Bérénice

Bérénice

1968

 

Lettre à Carla

8.4

Beatrice

1967

 

Hell Is Empty (1967)

Hell Is Empty

6.3

Anna

1967

 

Meurtre en sourdine

TV Movie

Kathleen Fischer

1967

 

Le jeu des vacances

TV Movie

Corinna

1967

 

Pension Clausewitz (1967)

Pension Clausewitz

5.9

Rita

1967

 

To Commit a Murder (1967)

To Commit a Murder

5.6

Kiki (uncredited)

1967

 

Josep Maria Flotats and Anna Gaël in Ne fais pas ça, Isabella! (1967)

Ne fais pas ça, Isabella!

TV Movie

Isabella Cordier

1967

 

Blagapar

TV Series

1967

1 episode

 

Les affaires sont les affaires

TV Movie

Germaine Lechat

1966

 

Meurtre sur commande (1966)

Meurtre sur commande

TV Movie

Laure

1966

 

Via Macau (1966)

Via Macau

Véronique

1966

 

Paul Guers and Fulbert Janin in Une carabine pour deux (1966)

Une carabine pour deux

TV Movie

Lotte

1966

 

La machine à écrire

TV Movie

Margot

1966

 

Le miroir à trois faces: Le Roi d'Ys (1966)

Le miroir à trois faces: Le Roi d'Ys

TV Movie

Rozenn (version dramatique)

1966

 

La mouette

TV Movie

Nina

1966

 

Espions à l'affût (1966)

Espions à l'affût

4.5

Sybil

1966

 

Mademoiselle de la Ferté (1965)

Mademoiselle de la Ferté

9.0

TV Movie

Anne de La Ferté

1965

 

Un inspecteur vous demande

TV Movie

Gladys Birling

1965

 

L'Apollon de Bellac

TV Movie

Agnès

1965

 

Les armes de la nuit

TV Movie

Nicole

1964

 

Una storia milanese (1962)

Una storia milanese

6.3

Amica di Valeria (as Anna Goel)

1962

 

Self

Pour le cinéma (1968)

Pour le cinéma

TV Series

Self

1969

1 episode

 

Archive Footage

Robin Hawdon and Simon Sheridan in Robin Hawdon - Zeta Man (2022)

Robin Hawdon - Zeta Man

Short

Clotho (archive footage)

2022

 

Amicalement Votre, Hollywood au service de sa majesté (2017)

Amicalement Votre, Hollywood au service de sa majesté

TV Movie

Suzy (archive footage)

2017

 

Girls Who Like Girls (2001)

Girls Who Like Girls

5.2

(archive footage)

2001