Billie Whitelaw
- Acting
- June 6, 1932 · Coventry, Warwickshire, England, UK
- December 21, 2014
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.
Known for
Filmography
- Notfilm · Self
- I, Of Whom I Know Nothing
- Hot Fuzz · Joyce Cooper
- The Curse of 'The Omen' · Self
- Judge John Deed
- The Story of 'Frenzy' · Self
- A Dinner of Herbs · Kate Makepeace
- Quills · Madame LeClerc
- The Last of the Blonde Bombshells · Evelyn
- The Lost Son · Mrs. Spitz
- Shooting the Past · Veronica
- Wife of Bath · Wife of Bath (Voice)
- Merlin · Ambrosia
- Born to Run · Lili Flitch
- Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told · interviewee
- Jane Eyre · Grace Poole
- Deadly Advice · Kate Webster
- Skallagrigg · Margaret
- The Entertainer · Phoebe Rice
- Freddie As F.R.O.7. · Messina (Voice)
- Firm Friends · Rose Gutteridge
- The Cloning of Joanna May · Mavis
- Duel of Hearts · Dorcas
- Performance · Phoebe Rice
- A Murder of Quality · Mad Janie
- Morrissey - Hulmerist · Cast - Everyday is Like Sunday
- Lorna Doone · Sarah Ridd
- The Krays · Violet Kray
- The Fifteen Streets · Beatrice Llewellyn
- The Picnic · Margie
- The Dressmaker · Margo
- Joyriders · Tammi O'Moore
- The Secret Garden · Mrs. Medlock
- Maurice · Mrs. Hall
- Imaginary Friends · Elsie Novar
- Shadey · Doctor Cloud
- Screen Two · Margie
- Murder Elite · Margaret Baker
- Camille · Prudence Duvorney
- Samuel Beckett: Silence to Silence · Self
- The Chain · Mrs. Andreos
- An Audience with Mel Brooks · Self
- Slayground · Madge
- Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby' · The Actress
- Jamaica Inn · Aunt Patience
- Jamaica Inn · Aunt Patience
- The Dark Crystal · Aughra (Voice)
- Wogan · Self
- An Unsuitable Job for a Woman · Elizabeth Leaming
- Tangiers · Louise
- Last Summer's Child · Rose Marriott
- Private Schulz · Bertha Freyer
- Rockaby · W
- A Tale of Two Cities · Madame Therese Defarge
- Happy Days · Winnie
- Leopard in the Snow · Isabel James
- The Water Babies · Mrs. Doasyouwouldbedoneby / Old Crone / Mrs. Tripp / Woman in Black / Water Babies 'Gate Keeper'
- Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man · Emma Hardy
- An Audience with... · Self
- Supernatural · Countess Ilona
- Ghost Trio
- The Lively Arts · Self
- The Omen · Mrs. Baylock
- Space: 1999 · Zamara
- Ten from the Twenties · Eulalia 'Lally' Burnes
- Playhouse · Rose Marriott
- Napoleon and Love · Josephine Bonaparte
- Not I · Auditor/Mouth
- Night Watch · Sarah Cooke
- Wessex Tales · Rhoda
- Follow the Yellow Brick Road · Judy Black
- Night Duty · Wendy
- The Sextet · Megan, Wendy
- Frenzy · Hetty Porter
- Poet Game · Jeanne Saunders
- Eagle in a Cage · Madame Bertrand
- Gumshoe · Ellen Ginley
- Film '72 · Self
- Brown Skin Gal, Stay Home and Mind Bay-Bee · Ruth
- Leo the Last · Margaret