- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 29, 1903
- Place of Birth
- Heidelberg, Germany
- Died
- March 29, 1997
Ellen Pollock
Ellen Pollock (29 June 1902 – 29 March 1997) was a British character actress, mainly appeared on stage in London's West End. She also appeared in several films and TV productions. A devotee of Bernard Shaw, she was president of the Shaw Society from 1949. In their obituary, the Independent wrote "Pollock is believed to have played, in a career spanning 72 years, more Shavian heroines than anyone else. She directed London seasons of his plays; and it was during the London premiere of one of his lesser-known works – Farfetched Fables (Watergate, 1950) – that she announced Shaw's death from the stage." Pollock's dedication to acting began as a seven-year-old, when she saw Sarah Bernhardt on stage; she knew then that she wanted to be an actress herself. Pollock was also a theatre director and a teacher of drama at RADA and Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art; and her varied television w…
Filmography
movieFlorence Nightingale
1985 · Lady Monteagle
The Old Men at the Zoo
tvThe Old Men at the Zoo
1983 · Sophie Englander
movieThe Wicked Lady
1983 · Mrs. Munce
movieHorror Hospital
1973 · Olga ("Aunt Harris")
Chéri
tvChéri
1973 · Baroness de la Berche
tvCousin Bette
1971 · Mme. Nourisson
tvOoh La La!
1968 · Mama
movieFinders Keepers
1966 · Grandma
movieWho Killed the Cat?
1966 · Ruth Prendergast
movieRapture
1965 · Landlady
movieMaster Spy
1964 · Dr. Morrell
tvRichard the Lionheart
1962 · Lady Melinda
movieSo Evil, So Young
1961 · Miss Smith
movieThe Long Knife
1958 · Mrs. Cheam
movieMrs. Wickens in the Fall
1957 · Mme Charcot
movieThe Hypnotist
1957 · Miss Barbara Barton
movieThe Time of His Life
1955 · Lady Florence
The Golden Link
movieThe Golden Link
1954 · Mme Sonia
movieThe Fake
1953 · Miss Fossett
movieThe Galloping Major
1951 · Horsey Lady (uncredited)
movieTo Have and to Hold
1951 · Roberta
movieSomething in the City
1950 · Mrs. Holley
movieWarning to Wantons
1949 · Baroness de Jammes
movieBedelia
1946 · McKelvey's Housekeeper
Don Chicago
movieDon Chicago
1945 · Lady Vanessa
movieKiss the Bride Goodbye
1945 · Gladys Dodd
movieSpare a Copper
1940 · Lady Hardstaff
movieSons of the Sea
1939 · Margaret Hulls
Millions
movieMillions
1937 · Janet Mason
movieNon-Stop New York
1937 · Miss Harvey
movieThe Street Singer
1937 · Gloria Weston
movieAren't Men Beasts!
1937 · The Vamp
Splinters in the Air
movieSplinters in the Air
1937 · Charles' Wife
The Happy Family
movieThe Happy Family
1936 · Leo Hutt
movieIt's a Bet
1935 · Mrs. Joe
movieHeads We Go
1933 · Madame
The Last Coupon
movieThe Last Coupon
1932
The First Mrs Fraser
movieThe First Mrs Fraser
1932 · Maid
My Wife's Family
movieMy Wife's Family
1931 · Dolly White
movieNight Birds
1930 · Flossie
movieToo Many Crooks
1930 · The Other Girl
movieThe Informer
1929 · Prostitute
moviePiccadilly
1929 · Vamp (uncredited)
movieMoulin Rouge
1928 · Girl