Damaris Hayman

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1929-06-16 (92 years old)

Deathday

2021-06-03

Place of Birth

Kensington, London, United Kingdom

Damaris Hayman

Biography

Damaris Hayman is an English character actress, often cast in upper class or eccentric roles. She is perhaps best known for her role as the white witch, Miss Hawthorne, in the 1971 Doctor Who serial The Dæmons, a role which she returned to in recent years for the six-part straight-to-dvd drama White Witch of Devil's End which commended production in 2012, concluding in 2017. Her film credits include The Belles of St Trinians, Only Two Can Play, Bunny Lake Is Missing, The Pink Panther Strikes Again and The Missionary.

Acting

1973

Paganini Strikes Again

as Miss Lanyard

1972

Mutiny on the Buses

as Mrs. Jenkins

1972

The Man and the Snake

as Mrs. Gordon

1964

Smokescreen

as Mrs Roper's Nurse (Uncredited)

1978

Full Circle

as Miss Pinner

1982

The Missionary

as Lady Quimby

2017

1972

1962

Only Two Can Play

as Lady Committee Member

1992

Memento Mori

as Miss Lottinville

1976

1987

The Death of the Heart

as Miss Paullie

1971

Doctor Who: The Dæmons

as Miss Hawthorne

1963

West 11

as Schoolteacher

1978

Liza

as Madame Belitzkoy

1974

Man About the House

as Old Lady (uncredited)

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