Hilda Barry

Born: 1884-06-09

Born Hilda Gentle on June 9, 1884, in Edmonton, London, England, Hilda Barry was a very active British character actress who had a very long and extensive career as well in comedies as in dramas. She appeared in over 150 roles on stage, on the big screen and on television. She died on Tuesday, May 29th, 1979 at the age of 94.


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Battle of Britain

as Old Lady (uncredited)
Released: 1969-09-15

In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for...

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Carry On Loving

as Grandma Grub
Released: 1970-09-20

The Wedded Bliss computer dating agency aims to bring together the lonely hearts of...

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Melody

as Granma Perkins
Released: 1971-03-28

Two youngsters declare to their parents that they want to get married. Not sometime in the...

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House of Mortal Sin

as Mrs. Meldrum
Released: 1976-02-03

Also known as 'The Confessional', another of Pete Walkers's critiques of institutional...

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Horrors of the Black Museum

as Woman in Hall
Released: 1959-04-29

A writer of murder mysteries finds himself caught up in a string of murders in London.

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Steptoe & Son Ride Again

as Woman with Carrot
Released: 1973-05-01

Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, complete with horse and cart to tour the...

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Fragment of Fear

as Miss Dacey
Released: 1970-09-03

A reformed drug addict travels to Italy to find out who murdered his aunt.

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Frieda

as Woman Talking to Official (uncredited)
Released: 1947-06-19

An RAF pilot who was shot down during WWII returns home to his English village with his new...

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One Million Dollars

as Dana
Released: 1964-12-29

Don Giuliano Niccolini Borges, Roman prince and member of the Pontifical Noble Guard, is very...

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The Yellow Balloon

as Newspaper Vendor (uncredited)
Released: 1953-02-10

A young boy is blackmailed by a crook who saw him unwittingly cause his friend's death.

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Up the Junction

as Old May
Released: 1965-11-03

The lives and loves of three young working class women, set in the pubs, terraced houses and...

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Goodbye Gemini

as Stallholder
Released: 1970-08-06

Unnaturally close, jet-setting twins become enmeshed in the Swinging London scene, where their...

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Innocent Sinners

as Ellen
Released: 1958-03-25

A neglected girl in post-World War II London befriends street urchins who help her build a tiny...

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Never Back Losers

as Mrs. Sanders
Released: 1961-12-01

Two rival gangs are trying to fix horse races and a jockey is attacked and left for dead in a...

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Secrets

as Mrs. Function
Released: 1973-08-14

Secrets Chocolates receive an unexpected sales boost when three maintenance workers fall into...

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Tiger in the Smoke

as Mrs. Mary Talisman
Released: 1956-11-27

In wartime, a young officer is killed during a raid to kill a German general at the house that...

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Red Riding Hood

as The Grandmother
Released: 1973-09-10

A repressed junior librarian, frustrated with looking after her sick father, finds herself drawn...

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The Snow Queen

as Granny
Released: 1976-12-25

The Devil makes a mirror -and it shatters.This is the story of what happens to little Kay when...

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Dal sabato al lunedì

as Lady Van Berg
Released: 1963-03-22

The misadventures of Enrico and Sandro: two eighteen year olds looking for their 'first time'.

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The Coming Out Party

as Grandma
Released: 1965-12-22

When a boy discovers that both his parents are in prison, he sets out to find them.

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The Piano

as Ada
Released: 1971-01-28

Play about an elderly couple who don't want to be moved from the house in which they have lived...

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The Drayton Case

as Mrs. Drayton
Released: 1953-02-01

During the early years of World War II, a bomb from a German airplane uncovers the corpse of a...

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Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

as Old Lady
First aired: 1973-01-09

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? is a British sitcom which was broadcast between 9 January...

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The Prisoner

as No. 38
First aired: 1967-09-29

After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but...

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Gideon's Way

as Mrs. Critchley
First aired: 1965-03-18

Gideon's Way is a British television crime series made by ITC Entertainment in 1964/65, based on...

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