Billie Whitelaw

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1932-06-06 (82 years old)

Deathday

2014-12-21

Place of Birth

Coventry, Warwickshire, England, UK

Billie Whitelaw

Biography

Billie Honor Whitelaw (6 June 1932 – 21 December 2014) was an English stage and screen actress. She worked in close collaborration with Irish playwright Samuel Beckett for 25 years and wass regarded as one of the foremost interpreters of his works. She was also known for her portrayal of Mrs Baylock, the demonic nanny in The Omen.

Acting

1972

Frenzy

as Hetty Porter

1976

The Omen

as Mrs. Baylock

2000

Quills

as Madame LeClerc

1990

The Krays

as Violet Kray

1999

The Lost Son

as Mrs. Spitz

1988

Joyriders

as Tammi O'Moore

1983

Jamaica Inn

as Aunt Patience

1982

The Dark Crystal

as Aughra (voice)

1987

Maurice

as Mrs. Hall

1992

1971

Gumshoe

as Ellen

1973

Night Watch

as Sarah Cooke

1960

Hell Is a City

as Chloe Hawkins

1961

Payroll

as Jackie Parker

1991

1987

The Secret Garden

as Mrs. Medlock

1960

1960

The Flesh and the Fiends

as Mary Patterson

1968

Twisted Nerve

as Joan Harper

1954

The Sleeping Tiger

as Receptionist at Pearce & Mann

1968

1970

Leo the Last

as Margaret

1988

1990

Lorna Doone

as Sarah Ridd

1989

The Fifteen Streets

as Beatrice Llewellyn

1955

1979

Leopard in the Snow

as Isabel James

1972

Eagle in a Cage

as Madame Bertrand

1989

The Picnic

as Margie

1985

Shadey

as Doctor Cloud

1994

Deadly Advice

as Kate Webster

1957

1996

Jane Eyre

as Grace Poole

1984

An Audience with Mel Brooks

as Self (uncredited)

1962

The Devil's Agent

as Piroska Maslov

1984

Camille

as Prudence Duvorney

1969

The Adding Machine

as Daisy Devore

1959

Bobbikins

as Lydia Simmons

1960

1953

The Fake

as Waitress

1959

Breakout

as Rose Munro

1985

Murder Elite

as Margaret Baker

2007

Hot Fuzz

as Joyce Cooper

1957

Small Hotel

as Caroline Mallet

1973

1955

Mr. Arkadin

as Raina Arkadin (voice) (uncredited)

1982

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

as Elizabeth Leaming

1983

Slayground

as Madge

1972

Poet Game

as Jeanne Saunders

1984

The Chain

as Mrs. Andreos

1980

A Tale of Two Cities

as Madame Therese Defarge

1994

Skallagrigg

as Margaret

1961

Mr. Topaze

as Ernestine

1964

1991

Morrissey - Hulmerist

as Cast - Everyday is Like Sunday

1985

Tangiers

as Louise

1993

The Entertainer

as Phoebe Rice

1978

The Water Babies

as Mrs. Doasyouwouldbedoneby / Old Crone / Mrs. Tripp / Woman in Black / Water Babies 'Gate Keeper'

1981

2015

Notfilm

as Self

1981

Last Summer's Child

as Rose Marriott

1992

Freddie as F.R.O.7.

as Messina (voice)

1972

Night Duty

as Wendy

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