Billie Whitelaw

Billie Honor Whitelaw , CBE (born June 6, 1932 in Coventry , England , † December 21, 2014 in London ) was a British actress .

Life

Whitelaw grew up in Thornton and attended Grammar School in Bradford . She then studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and made her theater debut in 1950. After her first roles on British television in 1952, she made her feature film debut in a minor supporting role the following year . In the following years she had constant engagements in film and television and was nominated for the first time for the British Film Award in 1961 . In 1969 she received the award twice, for Albert Finney's Charlie Bubbles - a successful dud from 1967 and for the horror film Teufelskreis Y from 1968. In the 1970s, she played in internationally successful productions such as Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy and Das Omen . Most recently, she was in Hot Fuzz . Samuel Beckett , with whom she worked closely from 1963 until his death in 1989, called her his favorite actress. In 1991 she was appointed Commander of the British Empire.

Whitelaw was married twice. The first marriage to actor Peter Vaughan was divorced in 1966; her second husband, screenwriter Robert Muller , died in 1998. Whitelaw died in December 2014 at the age of 82 in a retirement home in Hampstead, London .

Coventry Walk of Fame

Filmography

Movies

• 1952: Without the Prince (TV movie)
• 1953: The Fake
• 1954: The Sleeping Tiger
• 1954: Companions in Crime
• 1955: Room in the House
• 1955: Othello (TV movie)
• 1956: Without Love (TV movie)
• 1957: A Bride on Every Street (Miracle in Soho)
• 1957: Small Hotel
• 1957: Chief Inspector Gideon ( Gideon's Day )
• 1958: You're a Long Time Dead (TV movie)
• 1958: Carve Her Name with Pride
• 1958: This Day in Fear (TV movie)
• 1959: breakout
• 1959: Bobbikins
• 1960: The Flesh and the Fiends
• 1960: Hetzjagd (Hell Is a City)
• 1960: Make Mine Mink
• 1961: Dirty Money (Payroll)
• 1961: And Tomorrow Everything (No Love for Johnnie)
• 1961: Mr. Topaze
• 1962: In the Name of the Devil (The Devil's Agent)
• 1964: The career of Chick B. (The Comedy Man)
• 1967: A Successful Dud (Charlie Bubbles)
• 1968: The Strange Story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ( The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde , Movie made for TV)
• 1968: Vicious circle Y (Twisted Nerve)
• 1969: The Adding Machine
• 1970: The French Revolution did not take place (Start the Revolution Without Me)
• 1970: Leo the Last
• 1971: On quiet feet (Gumshoe)
• 1972: A certain General Bonaparte ( Eagle in a Cage )
• 1972: Poet Game (TV movie)
• 1972: Frenzy
• 1973: The Night of a Thousand Eyes (Night Watch)
• 1973: Not I (short film)
• 1976: The Omen (The Omen)
• 1977: Ghost Trio (short film)
• 1977: ... but the clouds ... (short film)
• 1977: Eustace and Hilda (TV movie)
• 1978: The Little Chimney Sweep on the Sea Floor (The Water Babies)
• 1978: Leopard in the Snow
• 1980: A Tale of Two Cities (TV movie)
• 1982: An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
• 1982: The Dark Crystal (The Dark Crystal)
• 1983: Jamaica Inn (TV movie)
• 1983: The Merciless Shadow (Slayground)
• 1984: Moving Seldom Comes Alone (The Chain)
• 1984: Camille (TV movie)
• 1985: Operation Tangiers (Tangiers)
• 1985: Shadey
• 1985: Murder Elite
• 1987: Maurice
• 1987: The Secret Garden ( The Secret Garden , TV movie)
• 1988: Joyriders
• 1988: The Dressmaker
• 1989: 15 Streets of Luck ( The Fifteen Streets , TV movie)
• 1990: The Krays (The Krays)
• 1990: Lorna Doone (TV movie)
• 1991: Duel of Passions ( Duel of Hearts , TV movie)
• 1991: A Murder of Quality (TV movie)
• 1992: Artificial Sisters ( The Cloning of Joanna May , TV movie)
• 1992: Freddie, the super frog ( Freddie as FRO7. , Voice)
• 1994: Deadly Advice - A murderous fun (Deadly Advice)
• 1996: Jane Eyre
• 1998: Merlin (two-part)
• 1999: Shooting the Past (TV movie)
• 1999: The Lost Son
• 2000: The Last of the Blonde Bombshells ( The Last of the Blonde Bombshells , TV movie)
• 2000: Quills - Power of Obsession (Quills)
• 2007: Hot Fuzz - Two deviated professionals (Hot Fuzz)

TV Shows

• 1952: The Secret Garden (seven episodes)
• 1953: The Pattern of Marriage (four episodes)
• 1954: Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents (an episode)
• 1955: Terminus (a series)
• 1955: Dixon of Dock Green (six episodes)
• 1955: Lilli Palmer Theater (one episode)
• 1956: Tales from Soho (two episodes)
• 1956–1971: Armchair Theater (11 episodes)
• 1957: My Pal Bob (four episodes)
• 1957: Robin Hood (an episode)
• 1957, 1959: BBC Sunday-Night Theater (two episodes)
• 1957, 1960: ITV Play of the Week (two episodes)
• 1957–1961: ITV Television Playhouse (three episodes)
• 1958–1959: Time Out for Peggy (24 episodes)
• 1960: BBC Sunday-Night Play (one episode)
• 1960: Armchair Mystery Theater (an episode)
• 1961: Kraft Mystery Theater (one episode)
• 1961: Stryker of the Yard (an episode)
• 1963: Espionage (an episode)
• 1963: First Night (an episode)
• 1964: Festival (one episode)
• 1966: Thirty-Minute Theater (one episode)
• 1966: Knock on Any Door (an episode)
• 1966: Love Story (an episode)
• 1967: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (an episode)
• 1969: Jackanory (five episodes)
• 1970: Wicked Women (an episode)
• 1970: ITV Saturday Night Theater (one episode)
• 1972: The Sextet (eight episodes)
• 1973: Wessex Tales (miniseries, one episode)
• 1974: Napoleon and Love (miniseries, eight episodes)
• 1974: Whodunnit? (one episode)
• 1976: Moon base Alpha 1 ( Space: 1999 , one episode)
• 1977: Supernatural (miniseries, two episodes)
• 1977–1978: The Lively Arts (two episodes)
• 1979: Oresteia (miniseries, one episode)
• 1981: Private Schulz (four episodes)
• 1981: BBC2 Playhouse (an episode)
• 1987: Imaginary Friends (miniseries, three episodes)
• 1989, 1994: Screen Two (two episodes)
• 1992–1994: Firm Friends (eight episodes)
• 1993: Performance (one episode)
• 1997: Born to Run (six episodes)
• 1998, 2000: The Canterbury Tales (two episodes)
• 2000: A Dinner of Herbs (miniseries, four episodes)
• 2002: Judge John Deed (an episode)

Awards

• 1961: Nomination for the British Film Academy Award for Hunting
• 1969: Society of Film and Television Arts Award for Charlie Bubbles - a successful dud
• 1969: Society of Film and Television Arts Award for Vicious Circle Y
• 1973: Society of Film and Television Arts Award for The Sextet
• 1974: Nomination for the Society of Film and Television Arts Award for Wessex Tales: The Withered Arm
• 1977: BAFTA nomination for The Omen
• 1991: BAFTA nomination for The Krays

Web links

• Billie Whitelaw in theInternet Movie Database(English)
• Billie Whitelaw in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
• Billie Whitelaw in the Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Billie Whitelaw in the German dubbing index
• Samuel Beckett's Muse: Actress Billie Whitelaw is dead , Spiegel Online , December 22, 2014

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Actress Billie Whitelaw dies aged 82
2. ↑ ORF
3. ↑ Entry at filmreference.com
4. ^ RIP Billie Whitelaw Passes Away At Age 82