
Billie Whitelaw
Known for Acting · 110 credits
- Born
- 1932-06-06
- Died
- 2014-12-21
- Place of birth
- Coventry, Warwickshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Билли Уайтлоу · Billie Honor Whitelaw
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.
Known For
TV Shows (29)

Wogan
1982
as Self

Screen Two
1985
as Margie

Playhouse
1974
as Rose Marriott
Film '72
1971
as Self

Space: 1999
1975
as Zamara

An Audience with...
1978
as Self

Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Greta

Performance
1991
as Phoebe Rice

Merlin
1998
as Ambrosia

Judge John Deed
2001
Festival
1963
as Marguerite Gautier

Espionage
1963
as Doreen McBride

A Dinner of Herbs
2000
as Kate Makepeace

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Prudence / Mrs. Medlock

Supernatural
1977
as Countess Ilona
Stryker of the Yard
1961

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1967
as Mrs. Janetta O'James

The Sextet
1972
as Megan / Wendy / Eileen Firebrace / Judy Black / Dora / Katherine / Valerie Goodis / Stella Ramsdale

Private Schulz
1981
as Bertha Freyer

Wessex Tales
1973
as Rhoda

Armchair Theatre
1956
as Agnes Mawson / Gloria / Marlene Watts / Lena / Nancy Harper / Francesca / Ruth

Napoleon and Love
1974
as Josephine Bonaparte
The Lively Arts
1976
as Self

Jamaica Inn
1983
as Aunt Patience

The Cloning of Joanna May
1992
as Mavis

Shooting the Past
1999
as Veronica

Born to Run
1997
as Lili Flitch
Ten from the Twenties
1975
as Lally

Firm Friends
1992
as Rose Gutteridge
Movies (81)

Hot Fuzz
2007
as Joyce Cooper

The Dark Crystal
1982
as Aughra (voice)

The Omen
1976
as Mrs. Baylock

Maurice
1987
as Mrs. Hall

Jane Eyre
1996
as Grace Poole
Murder Elite
1985
as Margaret Baker
I, Of Whom I Know Nothing
2014

Frenzy
1972
as Hetty Porter

Quills
2000
as Madame LeClerc

The Entertainer
1993
as Phoebe Rice

Morrissey - Hulmerist
1991
as Cast - Everyday is Like Sunday
Night Duty
1972
as Wendy

A Murder of Quality
1991
as Mad Janie

Breakout
1959
as Rose Munro

The Fifteen Streets
1989
as Beatrice Llewellyn

Not I
1973
as Auditor/Mouth

The Krays
1990
as Violet Kray

Twisted Nerve
1968
as Joan Harper

A Tale of Two Cities
1980
as Madame Therese Defarge

Freddie As F.R.O.7.
1992
as Messina (voice)

Start the Revolution Without Me
1970
as Queen Marie

Bobbikins
1959
as Lydia Simmons
Tangiers
1982
as Louise

The Flesh and the Fiends
1960
as Mary Patterson

Camille
1984
as Prudence Duvorney

The Water Babies
1978
as Mrs. Doasyouwouldbedoneby / Old Crone / Mrs. Tripp / Woman in Black / Water Babies 'Gate Keeper'

Carve Her Name with Pride
1958
as Winnie

The Story of 'Frenzy'
2001
as Self

Night Watch
1973
as Sarah Cooke

Lena, O My Lena
1960
as Lena

The Secret Garden
1987
as Mrs. Medlock

Deadly Advice
1994
as Kate Webster

Leo the Last
1970
as Margaret

Wife of Bath
1998
as Wife of Bath (voice)

No Love for Johnnie
1961
as Mary

Mr. Arkadin
1955
as Raina Arkadin (voice) (uncredited)

Follow the Yellow Brick Road
1972
as Judy Black

The Dressmaker
1988
as Margo

The Comedy Man
1964
as Judy

The Chain
1984
as Mrs. Andreos

Happy Days
1979
as Winnie

Leopard in the Snow
1979
as Isabel James

Hell Is a City
1960
as Chloe Hawkins

Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man
1978
as Emma Hardy

Charlie Bubbles
1968
as Lottie

Lorna Doone
1990
as Sarah Ridd

Mr. Topaze
1961
as Ernestine

The Lost Son
1999
as Mrs. Spitz

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1968
as Gwyn Thomas

The Curse of 'The Omen'
2005
as Self

An Audience with Mel Brooks
1984
as Self (uncredited)

The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
2000
as Evelyn

Eagle in a Cage
1972
as Madame Bertrand

The Devil's Agent
1962
as Piroska Maslov

Miracle in Soho
1957
as Maggie

Slayground
1983
as Madge

The Cloning of Joanna May
1992
as Mavis

Duel of Hearts
1992
as Dorcas

Jamaica Inn
1983
as Aunt Patience

The Sleeping Tiger
1954
as Receptionist at Pearce & Mann

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
1982
as Elizabeth Leaming

Gumshoe
1971
as Ellen Ginley

Poet Game
1972
as Jeanne Saunders

Last Summer's Child
1981
as Rose Marriott

The Adding Machine
1969
as Daisy Devore

Payroll
1961
as Jackie Parker

Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told
1996
as interviewee

Make Mine Mink
1960
as Lily

Shadey
1985
as Doctor Cloud

Small Hotel
1957
as Caroline Mallet

The Fake
1953
as Waitress

Notfilm
2015
as Self

Room in the House
1955
as Margaret

Joyriders
1988
as Tammi O'Moore

Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'
1983
as The Actress

The Picnic
1989
as Margie

Skallagrigg
1994
as Margaret

Rockaby
1981
as W

Samuel Beckett: Silence to Silence
1987

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

Ghost Trio
1977
About Billie Whitelaw
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. With 110 credits spanning from 1951 to 2015, Billie Whitelaw has appeared in 81 films and 29 TV shows.
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Most Popular Billie Whitelaw Movies
- Hot Fuzz (2007) — as Joyce Cooper
- The Dark Crystal (1982) — as Aughra (voice)
- The Omen (1976) — as Mrs. Baylock
- Maurice (1987) — as Mrs. Hall
- Jane Eyre (1996) — as Grace Poole
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