Billie Whitelaw Biography (1932-)
Born June 6, 1932, in Coventry, England; daughter of Gerry and Frances Mary (maiden name, Williams) Whitelaw; married Peter Vaughan (divorced); married Robert Muller; children: a son. Addresses: Agent: Joy Jameson Ltd., Seven W. Easton Place Mews, London SW1, England.
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Actress
- Birth Details
- June 6, 1932
- Coventry, England
Famous Works
- CREDITS
- Stage Appearances
- (Stage debut) Pink String and Sealing Wax, Princes Theatre, Bradford, England, 1950
- (London debut) Victoire, Hotel Paradiso, Winter Garden Theatre, 1956
- Mag Keenan, Progress to the Park, Theatre Royal, Stratford, England, 1960, then Saville Theatre, London, 1961
- Ensemble, England, Our England (revue), Princes Theatre, 1962
- Sara Melody, A Touch of the Poet, Dublin Festival, then Venice Festival, 1962
- Second woman, Play, National Theatre Company, Old Vic Theatre, London, 1964
- Francischina, The Dutch Courtesan, National Theatre Company, Chichester Festival, 1964
- Desdemona, Othello, National Theatre Company, Chichester Festival,1964
- Francischina, The Dutch Courtesan, Old Vic Theatre, 1964
- Maggie Hobson, Hobson's Choice, Old Vic Theatre, 1965
- Avonia Bunn, Trelawny of the Wells, Chichester Festival, later OldVic Theatre, 1965
- Clare, After Haggerty, Royal Shakespeare Company, Criterion Theatre, London, 1971
- Mouth, Not I, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1973, again, 1975
- Lucy, Alphabetical Order, Hampstead Theatre Club, then May Fair Theatre, both London, 1975
- May, Footfalls, Royal Court Theatre, 1976
- Title role, Molly, Comedy Theatre, London, 1978
- Winnie, Happy Days, Royal Court Theatre, 1979
- Andromache and Athene, The Greeks, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1980
- Eleanor, Passion Play, Aldwych Theatre, 1981, then National Theatre, London, 1982
- Woman, Rockabye, La Mama Etc. Theatre, New York City, 1982
- Nellie Mann, Tales from Hollywood, National Theatre, 1983
- Also appeared with the National Theatre Company as Desdemona in Othello, and as Maggie Hobson in Hobson's Choice, Moscow and Berlin,1965; appeared in productions of Samuel Beckett's plays Rockabye, Enough, and Footfalls, New York City, 1984.
- Major Tours
- June Hodge, Where There's a Will ..., British cities, 1954
- Film Appearances
- Waitress, The Fake, 1953
- Secretary, The Sleeping Tiger, 1954
- Companions in Crime, 1954
- Room in the House, 1955
- Caroline Mallet, Small Hotel, 1957
- Maggie, Miracle in Soho, 1957
- Winnie, Carve Her Name with Pride, 1958
- Christine, Gideon's Day, 1958, released in the U.S. as Gideon of Scotland Yard, 1959
- Mary Patterson, The Flesh and the Fiends (also known as The Fiendish Ghouls, Mania, and Psycho Killers), 1959
- Rose Munro, Breakout, 1959
- Lydia, Bobbikins, 1960
- Chloe Hawkins, Hell Is a City, 1960
- Lily, Make Mine Mink, 1960
- Piroska, The Devil's Agent (also known as Im Namen des Teufels), 1961
- Ernestine, Mr. Topaze (also known as I Like Money), 1961
- Mary, No Love for Johnnie, 1961
- Jackie Parker, Payroll (also known as I Promised to Pay), Allied Artists, 1961
- Judy, The Comedy Man, 1961
- Lottie Bubbles, Charlie Bubbles, Regional, 1968
- Joan Harper, Twisted Nerve, National General, 1969
- Daisy Devore, The Adding Machine, 1969
- Margaret, Leo the Last, 1970
- Queen Marie, Start the Revolution without Me (also known as TwoTime Two), Warner Bros., 1970
- Madame Bertrand, Eagle in a Cage, National General, 1971
- Ellen, Gumshoe, Columbia, 1972
- Hetty Porter, Frenzy, Universal, 1972
- Sarah Cooke, Night Watch, Avco Embassy, 1973
- Mrs. Baylock, The Omen (also known as Omen I, Omen I: The Antichrist, and Omen I: The Birthmark), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1976
- Mrs. Doasyouwouldbedoneby, The Water Babies (also known as SlipSlide Adventures) 1978
- Isabel James, Leopard in the Snow, 1978
- Elizabeth Leaming, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, 1981
- Voice of Aughra, The Dark Crystal, Universal, 1982
- Tangier, 1982
- Madge, Slayground, Universal, 1984
- Doctor Cloud, Shadey, 1985
- Margaret Baker, Murder Elite, 1985
- Mrs. Andreos, The Chain, 1985
- Mrs. Hall, Maurice, 1987
- Margo, The Dressmaker, 1988
- Violet Kray, The Krays, 1990
- Voice of Messina, Freddie as F.R.O.7 (also known as Freddie theFrog), 1992
- Kate Webster, Deadly Advice, 1993
- Margaret, Skallagrigg, 1994
- Grace Pool, Jane Eyre, Miramax, 1996
- Mrs. Spitz, The Lost Son, Artisan Entertainment, 1999
- Madame LeClerc, Quills, Fox Searchlight, 2000
- Television Appearances
- Movies
- No Trams to Lime Street (also known as Armchair Theatre: No Trams to Lime Street), 1959
- Lena, O My Lena (also known as Armchair Theatre: Lena, O My Lena), 1960
- Gwyn Thomas, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (also known as The StrangeCase of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), 1968
- Judy Black, Follow the Yellow Brick Road (also known as Sextet:Follow the Yellow Brick Road), 1972
- Jeanne Saunders, Poet Game, 1972
- Madame Defarge, A Tale of Two Cities, 1980
- Prudence Duvorney, Camille, CBS, 1984
- Patience, Jamaica Inn, 1985
- Mrs. Medlock, The Secret Garden, CBS, 1987
- Beatrice Llewellyn, The Fifteen Streets, 1989
- Sarah Ridd, Lorna Doone, 1990
- Mavis, The Cloning of Joanna May, Arts and Entertainment, 1992
- Dorcas, Duel of Hearts, TNT, 1992
- Evelyn, The Last of the Blonde Bombshells, HBO, 2000
- Also appeared in A World of Time; The Withered Arm; Happy Days; The Serpent Son; Lady of the Camellias; The Pityof It All; You and Me; Resurrection; Wessex Tales; The Fifty Pound Note; Supernatural; Eustace and Hilda; and Haunted Man.
- Series
- Mary Crawford, Dixon of Dock Green, 1955
- Peggy Spencer, Time Out for Peggy, 1958
- Lili Flitch, Born to Run, 1997
- Miniseries
- Josephine, Napoleon and Love, 1974
- Bertha Freyer, Private Schultz, 1981
- Aunt Elsie, Imaginary Friends, 1987
- Rose Guttridge, Firm Friends, 1992
- Auntie Ambrosia, Merlin, NBC, 1998
- Specials
- Mad Janie, A Murder of Quality, PBS, 1991
- Voice of Wife of Bath, The Canterbury Tales, HBO Family, 1999
- Veronica, Shooting the Past, PBS, 1999
- Also appeared in a WNET documentary on the creation of Samuel Beckett's play Rockabye; Three Plays by Samuel Beckett; and The Oresteia of Aeschylus.
- Episodic
- Zamara, "One Moment of Humanity," Space: 1999, 1976
- WRITINGS
- Books
- Billie Whitelaw ... Who He? (autobiography), St. Martin's Press (New York), 1996
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
- American Theatre, April, 1994, p. 24; July-August, 1996, p. 56.
- Films in Review, -October, 1996, p. 89.
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pearl luter
Aug 15, 2015 @ 6:06 am
Hell do anyone have miss whitelaw in the BBC 6 part series BORN TO RUN 1997 the BBC do not have on ther list series thank you pearl