Ursula Howells
Ursula Howells (born September 17, 1922 in London - Hammersmith , † October 16, 2005 in Petworth , West Sussex , United Kingdom ) was a British actress in stage, film and television.
Live and act
The daughter of composer Herbert Howells went to school at St. Paul's School in London and began her stage work in 1939 at the Dundee Repertory Theater Company with the play Bird in Hand . After numerous other theater appearances in her native England (from 1942 in Oxford, from 1945 in London) the artist even made it to Broadway in New York in March / April 1951 with Springtime for Henry . She had already made her debut in front of the camera in 1946. Initially, Ursula Howells was seen in television productions, mostly based on literary models by authors such as Ronald Millar , Alexander Pushkin , William Shakespeare and Ian Hay . In the course of the 1950s, offers from the cinema were also added.
Ursula Howells often embodied elegant, ladylike upper-class ladies, often from the upper class as well as nobility and nobility such as Frances Forsyte in the legendary BBC series The Forsyte Saga from 1966, which was also very successful in the 1970s the ARD was that Madame Bersac in another television series, Ryan International (1970), the Duchess of Buckminster in two episodes of the equally popular in Germany series Upstairs, Downstairs (1975) and as Lady Doughty in the Tichborne Claimant , her last movie (1997). In addition, the London artist was seen now and then in some inexpensive horror films, such as the two 1960s productions The Death Cards of Dr. Schreck and The Torture Garden of Dr. Diabolo . Ursula Howells last appeared in 2001 in an episode of the British crime series Inspector Barnaby .
Ursula Howells was married to the British stage, film and television producer Anthony Pelissier from 1968 to 1988 (his death) . A daughter came from this relationship.
Filmography
Until 1950 only television films:
- 1946: Frieda
- 1946: The Queen of Spades
- 1948: The Case of the Frightened Lady
- 1948: The Tragedy of King Lear
- 1948: Tilly of Bloomsbury
- 1950: October Horizon
- 1950: Master of Arts
- 1951: Flesh and Blood (cinema debut)
- 1951: I Believe in You
- 1952: The Cocktail Party (TV movie)
- 1952: The Oracle
- 1953: The Case of Dr. Ambrose (TV movie)
- 1953: The Weak and the Wicked
- 1954: This is what women love (The Constant Husband)
- 1955: The Gilded Cage
- 1955: The Last Deadline (They Can't Hang Me)
- 1956: The Long Arm
- 1956: West of Suez
- 1957: The bill is paid (Account Rendered)
- 1957: Joyous Errand (TV series)
- 1959: Mine Own Executioner (TV movie)
- 1961: Warning Signal (TV movie)
- 1961: Two Letter Alibi
- 1963: 80,000 suspects
- 1964: The Sicilians
- 1964: The death cards of Dr. Schreck (Dr Terror's House of Horrors)
- 1966: Emergency Ward 10 (TV series)
- 1966: The torture garden of Dr. Diabolo (Torture Garden)
- 1967: Geheimauftrag K (Assignment K)
- 1969: Deadly Salute (Crossplot)
- 1969: Homicide (Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny and Girly)
- 1971: Cousin Bette (TV series)
- 1973: Father, Dear Father
- 1976–78: The Many Wives of Patrick (TV series)
- 1982: Something in Disguise (TV series)
- 1985: Bon Voyage (TV movie)
- 1997: The Tichborne Claimant
- 2001: The Cazalets (TV series)
literature
- International Motion Picture Almanac 1991, Quigley Publishing Company, New York 1991, p. 153
Web links
- Obituary in The Guardian , Nov. 3, 2005
- Ursula Howells in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ursula Howells in the Internet Broadway Database
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Howells, Ursula |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British theater, film and television actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 17, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London - Hammersmith |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 16, 2005 |
| Place of death | Petworth , West Sussex , United Kingdom |