Billie Whitelaw

Born: 1932-06-06

Billie Honor Whitelaw, CBE 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.


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The Omen

as Mrs. Baylock
Released: 1976-06-25

Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn adopts the newborn Damien...

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as Joyce Cooper
Released: 2007-02-14

Former London constable Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the...

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Quills

as Madame LeClerc
Released: 2000-11-22

A nobleman with a literary flair, the Marquis de Sade lives in a madhouse where a beautiful...

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Mr. Arkadin

as Raina Arkadin (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1955-08-09

Claiming that he doesn't know his own past, a rich man enlists an ex-con with an odd bit of...

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The Dark Crystal

as Aughra (voice)
Released: 1982-12-17

On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard...

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Maurice

as Mrs. Hall
Released: 1987-09-18

After his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the...

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The Krays

as Violet Kray
Released: 1990-04-27

The Krays is a film based on the lives and crimes of the British gangsters Ronald and Reginald...

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Frenzy

as Hetty Porter
Released: 1972-05-25

After a serial killer strangles several women with a necktie, London police identify a...

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Carve Her Name with Pride

as Winnie
Released: 1958-02-18

London, England, during World War II. After living a tragic life experience, young Violette...

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Jane Eyre

as Grace Poole
Released: 1996-01-20

Jane Eyre is an orphan cast out as a young girl by her aunt, Mrs. Reed, and sent to be raised in...

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Start the Revolution Without Me

as Queen Marie
Released: 1970-02-04

Two sets of identical twins are accidentally switched at birth. One pair, Phillipe and Pierre...

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The Flesh and the Fiends

as Mary Patterson
Released: 1960-02-02

Edinburgh surgeon Dr. Robert Knox requires cadavers for his research into the functioning of the...

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The Secret Garden

as Mrs. Medlock
Released: 1987-11-30

When a spoiled English girl living in 19th century India loses both parents in a cholera...

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Twisted Nerve

as Joan Harper
Released: 1968-12-20

Martin Durnley is a young man with an infantilizing mother, resentful stepfather and an...

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A Tale of Two Cities

as Madame Therese Defarge
Released: 1980-12-02

Dissolute barrister Sydney Carton becomes enchanted and then hopelessly in love with the...

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The Sleeping Tiger

as Receptionist at Pearce & Mann
Released: 1954-06-21

A petty thief breaks into the home of a psychiatrist and gets caught in a web of a doctor who...

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No Love for Johnnie

as Mary
Released: 1961-02-14

Johnnie Byrne is a member of the British Parliament. In his 40s, he's feeling frustrated with...

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Freddie as F.R.O.7.

as Messina (voice)
Released: 1992-08-14

The story about a man-sized frog named Prince Frederic who is turned into a frog by his wicked...

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Gumshoe

as Ellen
Released: 1971-12-01

A would be private eye gets mixed up in a smuggling case.

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The Chain

as Mrs. Andreos
Released: 1984-01-01

Comedy featuring interweaving stories of seven households caught up in a property chain on...

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The Water Babies

as Mrs. Doasyouwouldbedoneby / Old Crone / Mrs. Tripp / Woman in Black / Water Babies 'Gate Keeper'
Released: 1978-06-23

Grimes, an amoral chimney sweep, occasionally likes to steal valuables from his clients. One...

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The Lost Son

as Mrs. Spitz
Released: 1999-06-25

Xavier Lombard is a world-weary private eye in London, in exile from his native Paris; his best...

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The Adding Machine

as Daisy Devore
Released: 1969-09-23

An accountant whose job is about to be taken over by a computer starts to re-examine his life...

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Hell Is a City

as Chloe Hawkins
Released: 1960-04-10

Set in Manchester, heartland of England's industrial north, Don Starling escapes from jail...

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Night Watch

as Sarah Cooke
Released: 1973-11-08

A woman recovering from a nervous breakdown tries to convince her husband and and the local...

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Make Mine Mink

as Lily
Released: 1960-08-09

In a mansion block in Knightsbridge, a gang of middle-aged biddies decide to brighten up "the...

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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as Gwyn Thomas
Released: 1968-01-07

In this Dan Curtis production of the Robert Louis Stevenson classic, Jack Palance stars as Dr....

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The Comedy Man

as Judy
Released: 1964-09-03

A middle-aged stock actor goes to London to try the big time. After much frustration, he lands a...

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Eagle in a Cage

as Madame Bertrand
Released: 1972-01-09

1815. A soldier becomes the governor of St. Helena and jailer of Napoleon

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Slayground

as Madge
Released: 1983-12-01

Stone (Peter Coyote) hits an armored truck without his usual driver. The ensuing getaway leads...

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Camille

as Prudence Duvorney
Released: 1984-12-11

Camille is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand...

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Charlie Bubbles

as Lottie
Released: 1968-02-11

Charlie Bubbles, a writer, up from the working class of Manchester, England, who, in the course...

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Jamaica Inn

as Aunt Patience
Released: 1983-05-01

The respected squire of a quiet Cornish village is in reality the leader of a gang of murderous...

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Lorna Doone

as Sarah Ridd
Released: 1990-12-26

A feisty 17th-century Scotswoman falls in love with a despised landowner, to the dismay of her...

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Payroll

as Jackie Parker
Released: 1961-01-01

A vicious gang of crooks plan to steal the wages of a local factory, but their carefully laid...

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The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

as Evelyn
Released: 2000-08-26

After Elizabeth's husband dies, she begins to play her tenor saxophone again, and remembers when...

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A Murder of Quality

as Mad Janie
Released: 1991-10-04

At the request of his old war time colleague Ailsa Brimley, George Smiley agrees to look into...

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The Story of 'Frenzy'

as Self
Released: 2001-03-06

Documentary about the making of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Frenzy'.

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Duel of Hearts

as Dorcas
Released: 1992-01-01

Lady Caroline Faye meets Lord Vane Brecon and is attracted to him. When she finds out that he is...

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Leo the Last

as Margaret
Released: 1970-09-04

Prince Leo, last in the line of rulers of a long-deposed monarchy on continental Europe and...

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Breakout

as Rose Munro
Released: 1959-03-01

A local government official leads a double life when organising a breakout from a prison.

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The Curse of 'The Omen'

as Self
Released: 2005-10-26

The filming of "The Omen" (1976) was plagued by tragedy and bizarre incidents. "The devil was at...

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Mr. Topaze

as Ernestine
Released: 1961-04-04

Mr. Topaze is an unassuming school teacher in an unassuming small French town, who is honest to...

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Shadey

as Doctor Cloud
Released: 1985-05-31

A young man discovers that not only does he have the ability to read minds, but that if he holds...

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The Cloning of Joanna May

as Mavis
Released: 1992-01-16

Joanna once was married to Carl May, a very rich and powerful nuclear energy magnate. They love...

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The Fifteen Streets

as Beatrice Llewellyn
Released: 1989-01-01

In northern England around 1900, the worker John O'Brien lives near poverty in a small house in...

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Poet Game

as Jeanne Saunders
Released: 1972-03-14

Mercurial, hard-drinking poet Hugh Saunders (Sir Anthony Hopkins) awaits his fortieth birthday,...

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Ghost Trio

as uncredited
Released: 1977-04-17

A female voice identifies a lone man in a room. The shots cut closer, revealing he is holding a...

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The Dressmaker

as Margo
Released: 1988-12-16

In England during World War II, a repressed dressmaker and her sister struggle looking after...

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An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

as Elizabeth Leaming
Released: 1982-02-16

After finding her boss, a private detective, has committed suicide and has left her his agency,...

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The Fake

as Waitress
Released: 1953-09-25

Someone is stealing priceless paintings from the great museums of the world and replacing them...

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An Audience with Mel Brooks

as Self (uncredited)
Released: 1984-02-04

Mel Brooks delivers an enjoyable hour of comic diversion with his lovely actress-wife Anne...

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Deadly Advice

as Kate Webster
Released: 1994-04-29

Mother rules the house with an iron hand and has such power over her daughters that they see...

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Samuel Beckett: Silence to Silence

as uncredited
Released: 1987-04-15

The elusive author of Waiting for Godot cooperated in the production of this portrait, which...

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Bobbikins

as Lydia Simmons
Released: 1959-07-28

Shirley Jones and Max Bygraves portray parents of the title character, an infant who talks like...

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Skallagrigg

as Margaret
Released: 1994-03-09

Back in the 'bad old days' when the physically and mentally disabled were locked away in...

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The Devil's Agent

as Piroska Maslov
Released: 1962-09-01

German actor Peter van Eyck stars as Droste, a mild-mannered businessman who was an intelligence...

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The Entertainer

as Phoebe Rice
Released: 1993-12-04

Adaptation of John Osborne's play.

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The Picnic

as Margie
Released: 1989-02-19

A widowed teacher marries again, but her hopes of her daughter accepting a stepfather her own...

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Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told

as interviewee
Released: 1996-04-13

A two-part biography of the Irish writer Samuel Beckett. The first part covers the traumas of...

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Leopard in the Snow

as Isabel James
Released: 1979-04-01

A tender romance develops between an attractive young woman and a famous race car driver who...

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Notfilm

as Self
Released: 2015-10-27

NOTFILM is a feature-length experimental essay on FILM -- its author Samuel Beckett, its star...

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Small Hotel

as Caroline Mallet
Released: 1957-10-14

The dining room of the Jolly Fiddler has long been presided over by Albert, an aged but very...

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Joyriders

as Tammi O'Moore
Released: 1988-10-14

The growing relationship of two people who travel through Ireland in a series of stolen cars.

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Room in the House

as Margaret
Released: 1955-07-25

Betsy Richards, a hard-working widow, tries to solve the domestic problems of her three grown-up...

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Not I

as uncredited
Released: 1973-11-27

Performed at the Royal Court Theatre on 16th January, 1973 Produced for the BBC in 1977 by...

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Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man

as Emma Hardy
Released: 1978-03-05

Drama documentary from 1978 exploring the private feelings of novelist Thomas Hardy through the...

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Lena, O My Lena

as Lena
Released: 1960-09-25

Tom, a sensitive Liverpool student, takes a job on a loading dock in a Lancashire factory town....

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Morrissey - Hulmerist

as Cast - Everyday is Like Sunday
Released: 1991-07-01

Hulmerist is a VHS and DVD release that includes seven promotional films by Morrissey, released...

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Miracle in Soho

as Maggie
Released: 1957-07-09

In London's colourful but seedy Soho, Michael Morgan is working mending the road. He is unhappy,...

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Brown Skin Gal, Stay Home and Mind Bay-Bee

as Ruth
Released: 1971-09-07

In this sad world where words unspoken do more damage than words spoken too much, a woman and...

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Rockaby

as W
Released: 1981-04-08

A one-woman play written by Samuel Beckett at the request of Daniel Labeille. The piece was...

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Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'

as The Actress
Released: 1983-11-23

The filmmakers accompany Alan Schneider, director of the American premieres of most of Beckett's...

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Last Summer's Child

as Rose Marriott
Released: 1981-11-06

Young Col is not enjoying his Cornish holiday and wishes his father would not join the family....

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Space: 1999

as Zamara
First aired: 1975-09-04

The crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon...

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Wogan

as Self
First aired: 1982-05-04

Chat show hosted by Terry Wogan, featuring live studio interviews with famous and notable...

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An Audience with...

as Self
First aired: 1978-01-08

An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend...

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Merlin

as Ambrosia
First aired: 1998-04-26

A retelling of the legend of King Arthur from the perspective of the wizard Merlin. Sam Neill...

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Judge John Deed

as uncredited
First aired: 2001-11-26

Judge John Deed is a British legal drama television series produced by the BBC in association...

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Napoleon and Love

as uncredited
First aired: 1974-03-05

Napoleon and Love was a 1974 British television series originally aired on ITV and lasting for 9...

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Private Schulz

as Bertha Freyer
First aired: 1981-05-06

Private Schulz is a BBC television comedy drama serial set mostly in Germany, during and...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Prudence
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Mrs. Medlock
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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Jamaica Inn

as Aunt Patience
First aired: 1983-01-30

Mary Yellan has her life changed after her father is murdered by shipwreckers. When her mother...

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Shooting the Past

as Veronica
First aired: 1999-01-10

A US property developer realises that he has a battle on his hands when he tries to renovate a...

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Supernatural

as uncredited
First aired: 1977-06-11

Anthology series in which a prospective “Club of the Damned” member is required to tell a horror...

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A Dinner of Herbs

as Kate Makepeace
First aired: 2000-11-24

After taking his young son Roddy to a remote Northumberland village, Peter Greenbank meets a...

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Wessex Tales

as uncredited
First aired: 1973-11-07

An anthology series based on the Wessex Tales, a collection of short stories written by novelist...

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Born to Run

as Lili Flitch
First aired: 1997-05-25

Byron Flitch is not enjoying his anniversary party. Instead of making him a partner in their...

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