
Billie Whitelaw
Known for Acting · 104 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 (23)

Wogan
1982
as Self

Playhouse
1974
as Rose Marriott

Screen Two
1985
as Margie

Space: 1999
1975
as Zamara

An Audience with...
1978
as Self

Performance
1991
as Phoebe Rice
Festival
1963
as Marguerite Gautier

Judge John Deed
2001

Espionage
1963
as Doreen McBride

Merlin
1998
as Ambrosia

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Prudence / Mrs. Medlock

Napoleon and Love
1974
as Josephine Bonaparte

Supernatural
1977
as Countess Ilona

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

A Dinner of Herbs
2000
as Kate Makepeace

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

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1967
as Mrs. Janetta O'James
Stryker of the Yard
1961

Private Schulz
1981
as Bertha Freyer

Wessex Tales
1973
as Rhoda

Shooting the Past
1999
as Veronica

Jamaica Inn
1983
as Aunt Patience

Born to Run
1997
as Lili Flitch
Movies (81)

Hot Fuzz
2007
as Joyce Cooper

The Omen
1976
as Mrs. Baylock

Quills
2000
as Madame LeClerc

The Dark Crystal
1982
as Aughra (voice)

Frenzy
1972
as Hetty Porter

Maurice
1987
as Mrs. Hall

Jane Eyre
1996
as Grace Poole

The Krays
1990
as Violet Kray

The Secret Garden
1987
as Mrs. Medlock

Twisted Nerve
1968
as Joan Harper

A Tale of Two Cities
1980
as Madame Therese Defarge

A Murder of Quality
1991
as Mad Janie

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

The Fifteen Streets
1989
as Beatrice Llewellyn

Start the Revolution Without Me
1970
as Queen Marie

Camille
1984
as Prudence Duvorney

The Chain
1984
as Mrs. Andreos

Carve Her Name with Pride
1958
as Winnie

Mr. Topaze
1961
as Ernestine

An Audience with Mel Brooks
1984
as Self (uncredited)

The Lost Son
1999
as Mrs. Spitz

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

Gumshoe
1971
as Ellen Ginley

Night Watch
1973
as Sarah Cooke

Shadey
1985
as Doctor Cloud

Hell Is a City
1960
as Chloe Hawkins

No Love for Johnnie
1961
as Mary

Payroll
1961
as Jackie Parker

The Comedy Man
1964
as Judy

The Dressmaker
1988
as Margo

The Devil's Agent
1962
as Piroska Maslov

Leo the Last
1970
as Margaret

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

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

Charlie Bubbles
1968
as Lottie

The Picnic
1989
as Margie

Slayground
1983
as Madge

The Flesh and the Fiends
1960
as Mary Patterson

Poet Game
1972
as Jeanne Saunders

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
1982
as Elizabeth Leaming

The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
2000
as Evelyn

The Adding Machine
1969
as Daisy Devore

Miracle in Soho
1957
as Maggie

The Sleeping Tiger
1954
as Receptionist at Pearce & Mann
Tangiers
1982
as Louise

Notfilm
2015
as Self

Bobbikins
1959
as Lydia Simmons

Jamaica Inn
1983
as Aunt Patience

Lorna Doone
1990
as Sarah Ridd

Make Mine Mink
1960
as Lily

Eagle in a Cage
1972
as Madame Bertrand

Deadly Advice
1994
as Kate Webster

Duel of Hearts
1992
as Dorcas

Follow the Yellow Brick Road
1972
as Judy Black

The Cloning of Joanna May
1992
as Mavis

The Fake
1953
as Waitress

Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told
1996
as interviewee
Murder Elite
1985
as Margaret Baker

The Story of 'Frenzy'
2001
as Self

Wife of Bath
1998
as Wife of Bath (voice)

The Curse of 'The Omen'
2005
as Self

Skallagrigg
1994
as Margaret

Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'
1983
as The Actress
Night Duty
1972
as Wendy
I, Of Whom I Know Nothing
2014

Leopard in the Snow
1979
as Isabel James

Samuel Beckett: Silence to Silence
1987

Room in the House
1955
as Margaret

Breakout
1959
as Rose Munro

Joyriders
1988
as Tammi O'Moore

Small Hotel
1957
as Caroline Mallet

Morrissey - Hulmerist
1991
as Cast - Everyday is Like Sunday

Last Summer's Child
1981
as Rose Marriott

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

Ghost Trio
1977

Lena, O My Lena
1960
as Lena

Not I
1973
as Auditor/Mouth

The Entertainer
1993
as Phoebe Rice

Rockaby
1981
as W

Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man
1978
as Emma Hardy

Happy Days
1979
as Winnie
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 104 credits spanning from 1951 to 2015, Billie Whitelaw has appeared in 81 films and 23 TV shows.
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Most Popular Billie Whitelaw Movies
- Hot Fuzz (2007) — as Joyce Cooper
- The Omen (1976) — as Mrs. Baylock
- Quills (2000) — as Madame LeClerc
- The Dark Crystal (1982) — as Aughra (voice)
- Frenzy (1972) — as Hetty Porter
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