Mary McAnally

Mary Basil Hamilton McAnally (9 April 1945 – 3 March 2016) was a British television producer and tennis player.[1]

Mary McAnally

Full name	Mary Basil Hamilton McAnally
Country (sports)	Great Britain
Born	(1945-04-09)9 April 1945 Epsom, Surrey
Died	3 March 2016(2016-03-03) (aged 70)
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	2R (1966)
Wimbledon	1R (1963, 1964, 1965, 1966)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	3R (1966)
Wimbledon	2R (1963)
US Open	2R (1969)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	3R (1965)
US Open	1R (1969)

McAnally was born in Epsom, Surrey and attended Tiffin Girls' School. She was the twin sister of Royal Navy officer John McAnally. Their father Patrick, a scholar, was involved in establishing the John Lewis Partnership and their mother, Basil, was notably the London Fire Brigade's first female officer during World War II.[2]

Active in tennis in the 1960s, McAnally was a British junior covered court champion, winning the final against Virginia Wade. She featured in four editions of the Wimbledon Championships and played at county level for Surrey.[3]

In 1979 she married journalist Hugh Macpherson.[3]

McAnally, a graduate of London Business School, has production credits which include Money-Go-Round, The John Smith Show, 4 What It’s Worth and The Time, the Place. In 1996 she was appointed managing director of Meridian Broadcasting, before leaving the television industry in the early 2000s.[1]