Billie Whitelaw

Billie Whitelaw

Known for
Acting
Born
June 6, 1932
Died
December 21, 2014 (aged 82)
Birthplace
Coventry, Warwickshire, England, UK

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.

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Filmography

2015
Notfilm poster

Notfilm

Movie · as Self

2014
I, Of Whom I Know Nothing

I, Of Whom I Know Nothing

Movie

2007
Hot Fuzz poster

Hot Fuzz

Movie · as Joyce Cooper

2005
The Curse of 'The Omen' poster

The Curse of 'The Omen'

Movie · as Self

2001
The Story of 'Frenzy' poster

The Story of 'Frenzy'

Movie · as Self

2001
Judge John Deed poster

Judge John Deed

TV · 1 ep

2000
Quills poster

Quills

Movie · as Madame LeClerc

2000
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells poster

The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

Movie · as Evelyn

2000
A Dinner of Herbs poster

A Dinner of Herbs

TV · as Kate Makepeace · 4 eps

1999
The Lost Son poster

The Lost Son

Movie · as Mrs. Spitz

1999
Shooting the Past poster

Shooting the Past

TV · as Veronica · 3 eps

1998
Wife of Bath poster

Wife of Bath

Movie · as Wife of Bath (voice)

1998
Merlin poster

Merlin

TV · as Ambrosia · 2 eps

1997
Born to Run poster

Born to Run

TV · as Lili Flitch · 6 eps

1996
Jane Eyre poster

Jane Eyre

Movie · as Grace Poole

1996
Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told poster

Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told

Movie · as interviewee

1994
Deadly Advice poster

Deadly Advice

Movie · as Kate Webster

1994
Skallagrigg poster

Skallagrigg

Movie · as Margaret

1993
The Entertainer poster

The Entertainer

Movie · as Phoebe Rice

1992
Duel of Hearts poster

Duel of Hearts

Movie · as Dorcas

1992
Freddie As F.R.O.7. poster

Freddie As F.R.O.7.

Movie · as Messina (voice)

1992
The Cloning of Joanna May poster

The Cloning of Joanna May

TV · as Mavis · 2 eps

1992
Firm Friends poster

Firm Friends

TV · as Rose Gutteridge · 8 eps

1991
A Murder of Quality poster

A Murder of Quality

Movie · as Mad Janie

1991
Morrissey - Hulmerist poster

Morrissey - Hulmerist

Movie · as Cast - Everyday is Like Sunday

1991
Performance poster

Performance

TV · as Phoebe Rice · 1 ep

1990
The Krays poster

The Krays

Movie · as Violet Kray

1990
Lorna Doone poster

Lorna Doone

Movie · as Sarah Ridd

1989
The Fifteen Streets poster

The Fifteen Streets

Movie · as Beatrice Llewellyn

1989
The Picnic poster

The Picnic

Movie · as Margie

1988
Joyriders poster

Joyriders

Movie · as Tammi O'Moore

1988
The Dressmaker poster

The Dressmaker

Movie · as Margo

1987
Maurice poster

Maurice

Movie · as Mrs. Hall

1987
The Secret Garden poster

The Secret Garden

Movie · as Mrs. Medlock

1987
Imaginary Friends poster

Imaginary Friends

TV · as Elsie Novar · 3 eps

1985
Shadey poster

Shadey

Movie · as Doctor Cloud

1985
Murder Elite poster

Murder Elite

Movie · as Margaret Baker

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Margie · 1 ep

1984
An Audience with Mel Brooks poster

An Audience with Mel Brooks

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

1984
Camille poster

Camille

Movie · as Prudence Duvorney

1984
Slayground poster

Slayground

Movie · as Madge

1984
The Chain poster

The Chain

Movie · as Mrs. Andreos

1984
Samuel Beckett: Silence to Silence poster

Samuel Beckett: Silence to Silence

Movie · as Self

1983
Jamaica Inn poster

Jamaica Inn

Movie · as Aunt Patience

1983
Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby' poster

Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'

Movie · as The Actress

1983
Jamaica Inn poster

Jamaica Inn

TV · as Aunt Patience · 2 eps

1982
The Dark Crystal poster

The Dark Crystal

Movie · as Aughra (voice)

1982
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman poster

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

Movie · as Elizabeth Leaming

1982
Tangiers

Tangiers

Movie · as Louise

1982
Wogan poster

Wogan

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1981
Rockaby poster

Rockaby

Movie · as W

1981
Last Summer's Child poster

Last Summer's Child

Movie · as Rose Marriott

1981
Private Schulz poster

Private Schulz

TV · as Bertha Freyer · 4 eps

1980
A Tale of Two Cities poster

A Tale of Two Cities

Movie · as Madame Therese Defarge

1979
Leopard in the Snow poster

Leopard in the Snow

Movie · as Isabel James

1979
Happy Days poster

Happy Days

Movie · as Winnie

1978
The Water Babies poster

The Water Babies

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

1978
Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man poster

Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man

Movie · as Emma Hardy

1978
An Audience with... poster

An Audience with...

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1977
Ghost Trio poster

Ghost Trio

Movie

1977
Supernatural poster

Supernatural

TV · as Countess Ilona · 2 eps

1976
The Omen poster

The Omen

Movie · as Mrs. Baylock

1976
The Lively Arts

The Lively Arts

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1975
Space: 1999 poster

Space: 1999

TV · as Zamara · 1 ep

1975
Ten from the Twenties

Ten from the Twenties

TV · as Eulalia 'Lally' Burnes · 1 ep

1974
Playhouse poster

Playhouse

TV · as Rose Marriott · 1 ep

1974
Napoleon and Love poster

Napoleon and Love

TV · as Josephine Bonaparte · 8 eps

1973
Night Watch poster

Night Watch

Movie · as Sarah Cooke

1973
Not I poster

Not I

Movie · as Auditor/Mouth

1973
Wessex Tales poster

Wessex Tales

TV · as Rhoda · 1 ep

1972
Frenzy poster

Frenzy

Movie · as Hetty Porter

1972
Eagle in a Cage poster

Eagle in a Cage

Movie · as Madame Bertrand

1972
Follow the Yellow Brick Road poster

Follow the Yellow Brick Road

Movie · as Judy Black

1972
Poet Game poster

Poet Game

Movie · as Jeanne Saunders

1972
Night Duty

Night Duty

Movie · as Wendy

1972
The Sextet poster

The Sextet

TV · as Megan, Wendy, Eileen Firebrace, Judy Black, Dora, Katherine, Valerie Goodis, Stella Ramsdale · 1 ep

1971
Gumshoe poster

Gumshoe

Movie · as Ellen Ginley

1971
Brown Skin Gal, Stay Home and Mind Bay-Bee poster

Brown Skin Gal, Stay Home and Mind Bay-Bee

Movie · as Ruth

1971
Film '72

Film '72

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1970
Start the Revolution Without Me poster

Start the Revolution Without Me

Movie · as Queen Marie

1970
Leo the Last poster

Leo the Last

Movie · as Margaret

1970
Wicked Women poster

Wicked Women

TV · as Madeleine Jury · 1 ep

1969
The Adding Machine poster

The Adding Machine

Movie · as Daisy Devore

1968
Twisted Nerve poster

Twisted Nerve

Movie · as Joan Harper

1968
Charlie Bubbles poster

Charlie Bubbles

Movie · as Lottie

1968
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde poster

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Movie · as Gwyn Thomas

1967
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle poster

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

TV · as Mrs. Janetta O'James · 1 ep

1965
Thirty-Minute Theatre poster

Thirty-Minute Theatre

TV · as Greta · 1 ep

1965
Knock on Any Door

Knock on Any Door

TV · as Queenie Swann · 1 ep

1964
The Comedy Man poster

The Comedy Man

Movie · as Judy

1963
Festival

Festival

TV · as Marguerite Gautier · 1 ep

1963
Espionage poster

Espionage

TV · as Doreen McBride · 1 ep

1962
The Devil's Agent poster

The Devil's Agent

Movie · as Piroska Maslov

1961
Payroll poster

Payroll

Movie · as Jackie Parker

1961
No Love for Johnnie poster

No Love for Johnnie

Movie · as Mary

1961
Mr. Topaze poster

Mr. Topaze

Movie · as Ernestine

1961
Stryker of the Yard

Stryker of the Yard

TV · 1 ep

1960
Hell Is a City poster

Hell Is a City

Movie · as Chloe Hawkins

1960
Lena, O My Lena poster

Lena, O My Lena

Movie · as Lena

1960
The Flesh and the Fiends poster

The Flesh and the Fiends

Movie · as Mary Patterson

1960
Make Mine Mink poster

Make Mine Mink

Movie · as Lily

1959
Bobbikins poster

Bobbikins

Movie · as Lydia Simmons

1959
Breakout poster

Breakout

Movie · as Rose Munro

1958
Carve Her Name with Pride poster

Carve Her Name with Pride

Movie · as Winnie

1957
Miracle in Soho poster

Miracle in Soho

Movie · as Maggie

1957
Small Hotel poster

Small Hotel

Movie · as Caroline Mallet

1956
Armchair Theatre poster

Armchair Theatre

TV · as Agnes Mawson, Gloria, Marlene Watts, Lena, Nancy Harper, Francesca, Ruth · 1 ep

1955
Room in the House poster

Room in the House

Movie · as Margaret

1955
Mr. Arkadin poster

Mr. Arkadin

Movie · as Raina Arkadin (voice) (uncredited)

1955
The Adventures of Robin Hood poster

The Adventures of Robin Hood

TV · as Brenda · 1 ep

1954
The Sleeping Tiger poster

The Sleeping Tiger

Movie · as Receptionist at Pearce & Mann

1953
The Fake poster

The Fake

Movie · as Waitress

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Prudence, Mrs. Medlock · 1 ep