Athene Seyler

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1889-05-31 (101 years old)

Deathday

1990-09-12

Place of Birth

Hackney, London, England, UK

Athene Seyler

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Athene Seyler, CBE (31 May 1889 – 12 September 1990) was an English actress. Although better known as a stage actress - she first appeared on the stage in 1909 - she made her film debut in 1921, and became known for playing slightly dotty old ladies in many British films from the 1930s to the 1960s. Her most memorable stage credits included Mrs. Malaprop in The Rivals, Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest, and a double-act, with her good friend Dame Sybil Thorndike, as the murderous spinster sisters in Arsenic and Old Lace. Her film and television career lasted into the 1960s, and include...

Acting

1952

Secret People

as Mrs. Reginald Kellick

1958

1957

Night of the Demon

as Mrs. Karswell

1935

Scrooge

as Scrooge's Charwoman

1954

For Better, for Worse

as Miss Mainbrace

1960

Make Mine Mink

as Dame Beatrice Appleby

1933

Early to Bed

as Frau Waiser

1939

The Saint in London

as Mother Buckley

1938

The Citadel

as Lady Raebank

1957

Campbell's Kingdom

as Miss Abigail

1949

The Queen of Spades

as Princess Ivashin

1962

I Thank a Fool

as Aunt Heather Chandler

1961

Francis of Assisi

as Aunt Buona

1936

It's Love Again

as Mrs. Durland

1952

Made in Heaven

as Miss Honeycroft

1954

The Weak and the Wicked

as Millie Williams

1962

Satan Never Sleeps

as Sister Agness

1957

How to Murder a Rich Uncle

as Grannie (Victoria Clitterbern)

1938

Jane Steps Out

as Grandma

1934

Moscow Nights

as Madame Anna Sabine

1960

Visa to Canton

as Mao Tai Tai

1938

Sailing Along

as Victoria Gulliver

1941

Quiet Wedding

as Aunt Mary

1951

Young Wives' Tale

as Nanny Gallop

1935

Drake of England

as Queen Elizabeth

1934

Blossom Time

as Archduchess Maria Victoria

1958

Happy Is the Bride

as Aunt Harriet

1958

1938

The Ware Case

as Mrs Pinto

1937

The Mill on the Floss

as Mrs. Pullet

1941

Letter from Home

as Mrs Ashford

1951

1955

As Long as They're Happy

as Mrs. Arbuthnot

1948

The First Gentleman

as Miss Knight

1963

The Invasion

as Lady Corm

1966

Don't Utter a Note

as Nellie Pringle

1937

The Sky’s the Limit

as Miss Prinny

1957

Doctor at Large

as Lady Hawkins

1953

The Beggar's Opera

as Mrs. Trapes

1936

Sensation

as Madame Henry

1960

A French Mistress

as Beatrice Peake

1921

1943

Dear Octopus

as Aunt Belle

1931

The Perfect Lady

as Lady Westhaven

1932

Tell Me Tonight

as Mrs. Pategg

1952

Treasure Hunt

as Consuelo Howard

1956

Yield to the Night

as Miss Bligh

1937

The Lilac Domino

as Madame Alary

1934

The Private Life of Don Juan

as Theresa, the Innkeeper, a Middle Aged Lady of Young Sentiment

1963

Nurse on Wheels

as Miss Farthingale

1962

The Girl on the Boat

as Mrs Adelaide Hignett

1952

The Pickwick Papers

as Miss Witherfield

1937

Non-Stop New York

as Aunt Veronica

1962

Two and Two Make Six

as Aunt Phoebe Tonks

1939

1936

Southern Roses

as Mrs. Rowland

1947

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