Born in Liverpool to a church-organ builder and his wife, she began professional acting at sixteen with a four-week trial in a local repertory company, remaining there for five years and mastering a wide range of roles before debuting on the Liverpool stage at twenty-three. Subsequent West End appearances included productions such as Mr. Todd’s Experiment (1920) and The Smiths of Surbiton (1922),… Read more
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Known for Alice in Wonderland 1951 Mary Poppins 1964 The Sound of Music 1965 The Time Machine 1960 Series ★ 7.8 Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955
Miss Wilkinson ★ 7.3 The Letter 1940
Mrs. Cooper Series ★ 7.9 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 1962
The Callendars' Maid ★ 7.1 Adam's Rib 1949
Lady with Attinger Kids in Court (uncredited) ★ 6.9 Phantom Lady 1944
Madame Kettisha ★ 6.9 The House of Fear 1945
Bessie ★ 7.1 The Old Maid 1939
Miss Ford (uncredited) ★ 7 Peter Ibbetson 1935
Mrs. Dorian ★ 7 The Great Lie 1941
Sandra's Maid Bertha (uncredited) ★ 6.9 The Prisoner of Zenda 1952
★ 6.9 Waterloo Bridge 1931
Kitty ★ 6.8 The Notorious Landlady 1962
Lady Fallott ★ 6.9 The Swan 1956
Countess Sibenstoyn ★ 6.6 Tarzan the Ape Man 1932
Mrs. Cutten ★ 6.7 My Name Is Julia Ross 1945
Mrs. Mackie ★ 6.6 Midnight Lace 1960
Nora Stanley ★ 6.7 Intermezzo: A Love Story 1939
Schoolteacher at Accident Scene (Uncredited) ★ 6.8 This Above All 1942
WAAF Sergeant ★ 6.7 The White Cliffs of Dover 1944
Plump Lady at Boardinghouse (uncredited) Series ★ 6.7 Thriller 1960
Mother Evans ★ 6.7 Journey for Margaret 1942
Mrs. Barrie ★ 6.5 The Lodger 1944
Jennie ★ 6.5 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1941
Mrs. Marley (uncredited) ★ 6.4 The Blackbird 1926
Limehouse Polly ★ 6.4 The Black Shield of Falworth 1954
Dame Ellen, Lady-in-Waiting ★ 6.4 Three Strangers 1946
Mrs. Proctor ★ 6.3 The Constant Nymph 1943
Miss Hamilton ★ 6.2 Keep 'Em Flying 1941
Lady with Lipstick (uncredited) ★ 6.3 They Made Me a Criminal 1939
Mrs. Williamson (uncredited) ★ 6.4 The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex 1939
Handmaiden (uncredited) ★ 6 The Woman in Red 1935
Mrs. Casserly ★ 6.2 Night Monster 1942
Sarah Judd ★ 5.8 Young Bess 1953
Mother Jack ★ 5.7 The Plough and the Stars 1936
Woman at Barricades ★ 5.8 Frenchman's Creek 1944
Undetermined Role (uncredited) ★ 5.7 Mission to Moscow 1943
Mrs. Churchill (uncredited) ★ 5.7 British Agent 1934
Lady Carrister ★ 5.7 Becky Sharp 1935
Duchess of Richmond ★ 5.4 Kiss and Make-Up 1934
Mme. Durand ★ 6.2 A Farewell to Arms 1932
Nurse (uncredited) ★ 5.5 A Study in Scarlet 1933
Mrs. Annabel Mary Murphy ★ 5.7 Tarzan and the Leopard Woman 1946
Miss Wetherby (uncredited) ★ 6.2 Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man 1943
Cardiff Hospital Nurse (uncredited) ★ 5.2 Disraeli 1929
Mrs. Agatha Travers ★ 5.8 The Ghost of Frankenstein 1942
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