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Anna Raymond Massey CBE (11 August 1937 – 3 July 2011) was an English actress. She won a BAFTA Award for the role of Edith Hope in the 1986 TV adaptation of Anita Brookner’s novel Hotel du Lac in a role which one of her co-stars, Julia McKenzie, has said 'could have been written for her.'
Massey was born in Thakeham, West Sussex, England, the daughter of British actress Adrianne Allen and Canadian-born Hollywood actor Raymond Massey. Her brother, Daniel Massey, was also an actor. She was the niece of Vincent Massey, a Governor General of Canada, and her godfather was film director John Ford.
Although she had no formal training at either drama school or in repertory, in May 1955 at the age of 17 Anna Massey made her first appearance on stage at the Theatre Royal, Brighton, as Jane in The Reluctant Debutante, subsequently making her first London appearance in the same play at the Cambridge Theatre in May 1955 "and was suddenly famous". She then left the cast in London to repeat her performance in New York in October 1956.
It's a gloomy day
Sun hides behind grey cloud
Depression and hate
Now inside of me
Dies irae - earth starts to shake
Dies irae - there's no escape
Dies irae - against me you can't provide
Dies irae - god must die
Dies irae - earth starts to shake
Dies irae - the time of change
Dies irae - against me you can't provide
Dies irae - christ must die
Wrath is the source
Of each emotion (of mine)
Dies irae - earth starts to shake
Dies irae - there's no escape
Dies irae - against me you can't provide
Dies irae - god must die
Dies irae - earth starts to shake
Dies irae - the time of change
Dies irae - against me you can't provide