Anna Thynn, Marchioness of Bath


Anna Thynn, Dowager Marchioness of Bath, also known by her stage name Anna Gaël, is 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, and French films including Via Macau in 1966, Therese and Isabelle in 1968, The Love Factor 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, South Africa, and the Northern Ireland conflict.

Personal life

Gaël met Alexander Thynn, Viscount Weymouth, the son of Henry Thynne, 6th Marquess of Bath and Daphne Fielding, in Paris in 1959. She later became his mistress while she was married to French film director Gilbert Pineau. On 9 May 1969 Gaël married Viscount Weymouth at a London registry office. Later that year she gave birth to their first child, 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 McQuinston, the daughter of Nigerian businessman Oladipo Jadesimi. Gaël reportedly disapproved of her son's marriage due to her daughter-in-law's African ancestry. She was disinvited from the wedding.

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