Ellen Pollock
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 29, 1903
- Died
- March 29, 1997 (aged 93)
- Birthplace
- Heidelberg, Germany
Biography
Ellen Pollock (29 June 1902 – 29 March 1997) was a British character actress, mainly appeared on stage in London's West End. She also appeared in several films and TV productions. A devotee of Bernard Shaw, she was president of the Shaw Society from 1949. In their obituary, the Independent wrote "Pollock is believed to have played, in a career spanning 72 years, more Shavian heroines than anyone else. She directed London seasons of his plays; and it was during the London premiere of one of his lesser-known works – Farfetched Fables (Watergate, 1950) – that she announced Shaw's death from the stage." Pollock's dedication to acting began as a seven-year-old, when she saw Sarah Bernhardt on stage; she knew then that she wanted to be an actress herself. Pollock was also a theatre director and a teacher of drama at RADA and Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art; and her varied television work included several appearances in The Forsyte Saga for the BBC. She outlived both husbands, Captain Leslie Hancock and the artist James Proudfoot. She had one child with Captain Hancock. Pollock was the subject of TV's This Is Your Life in 1992. Ellen Pollock's mother, Hedwig Kahn, was the sister of Otto Hermann Kahn (wealthy investment banker, collector, philanthropist, and patron of the arts) and composer Robert Kahn. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Known For
Filmography
Florence Nightingale
Movie · as Lady Monteagle
The Wicked Lady
Movie · as Mrs. Munce
The Old Men at the Zoo
TV · as Sophie Englander · 1 ep
Horror Hospital
Movie · as Olga ("Aunt Harris")
Chéri
TV · as Baroness de la Berche · 1 ep
Cousin Bette
TV · as Mme. Nourisson · 1 ep
Ooh La La!
TV · as Mama · 1 ep
The Forsyte Saga
TV · as Madame Lamotte · 4 eps
Finders Keepers
Movie · as Grandma
Who Killed the Cat?
Movie · as Ruth Prendergast
Rapture
Movie · as Landlady
Master Spy
Movie · as Dr. Morrell
Richard the Lionheart
TV · as Lady Melinda · 1 ep
So Evil, So Young
Movie · as Miss Smith
The Long Knife
Movie · as Mrs. Cheam
The Hypnotist
Movie · as Miss Barbara Barton
Mrs. Wickens in the Fall
Movie · as Mme Charcot
The Time of His Life
Movie · as Lady Florence
The Golden Link
Movie · as Mme Sonia
The Fake
Movie · as Miss Fossett
To Have and to Hold
Movie · as Roberta
The Galloping Major
Movie · as Horsey Lady (uncredited)
Something in the City
Movie · as Mrs. Holley
Warning to Wantons
Movie · as Baroness de Jammes
Bedelia
Movie · as McKelvey's Housekeeper
Kiss the Bride Goodbye
Movie · as Gladys Dodd
Don Chicago
Movie · as Lady Vanessa
Spare a Copper
Movie · as Lady Hardstaff
Sons of the Sea
Movie · as Margaret Hulls
The Street Singer
Movie · as Gloria Weston
Millions
Movie · as Janet Mason
Splinters in the Air
Movie · as Charles' Wife
Aren't Men Beasts!
Movie · as The Vamp
Non-Stop New York
Movie · as Miss Harvey
The Happy Family
Movie · as Leo Hutt
It's a Bet
Movie · as Mrs. Joe
Heads We Go
Movie · as Madame
The Last Coupon
Movie
The First Mrs Fraser
Movie · as Maid
My Wife's Family
Movie · as Dolly White
Night Birds
Movie · as Flossie
Too Many Crooks
Movie · as The Other Girl
Piccadilly
Movie · as Vamp (uncredited)
The Informer
Movie · as Prostitute
Moulin Rouge
Movie · as Girl