Anna Bethell (1882 – 2 March 1969) was an English actress, singer and stage director.
Born in Lancashire, Bethell was engaged by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1909, singing in the chorus and playing the smaller mezzo-soprano roles of Kate in The Pirates of Penzance, Lady Saphir in Patience, Leila in Iolanthe and Chloe in Princess Ida.
[2][3] In 1921, she resumed the small part of Chloe, with D'Oyly Carte, and the next year also began again to play Kate.
[4] Bethell is heard as Mrs Partlett on the D'Oyly Carte's 1933 recording of excerpts from The Sorcerer.
[4] In his 1952 memoir, the former principal comedian of the company, Martyn Green, wrote: "During Anna Bethell's regime ... there had been growing signs of discontent and suggestions of favouritism being shown to some of the members of the chorus in respect to passing over existing understudies, selections for small parts, and so on.