Billie Whitelaw

Biography

Billie Whitelaw, CBE (born 6 June 1932) is an English actress of both stage and film. The actress has won multiple BAFTA awards and Evening Standard British Film Awards for her film work and has appeared in many theatrical productions in a career spanning more than fifty years. She has worked with Irish playwright Samuel Beckett for 25 years and is regarded as one of the foremost interpreters of his works.[1] She continues to gives lectures on her experiences working with Beckett. Their collaboration has produced some of the most distinctive and innovative techniques in experimental theatre. In 1991, Whitelaw was awarded the CBE.

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Birth Name

Billie Honor Whitelaw

Birth Place

Coventry, Warwickshire, England, UK

Birth Date

6/6/1932

Death Date

12/21/2014
Known For
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Quills

Madame LeClerc

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The Water Babies

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

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Gumshoe

Ellen

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Twisted Nerve

Joan Harper

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An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

Elizabeth Leaming

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Eagle in a Cage

Madame Bertrand

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Night Watch

Sarah Cooke

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Slayground

Madge

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A Murder Of Quality

Mad Janie

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Payroll

Jackie Parker

Starring In
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Self

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Hot Fuzz

Joyce Cooper

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Quills

Madame LeClerc

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The Last of the Blonde Bombshells

Evelyn

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The Lost Son

Mrs. Spitz

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Shooting the Past

Veronica

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Merlin

Ambrosia 2 episodes, 1998

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Jane Eyre

Grace Poole

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Deadly Advice

Kate Webster

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Lorna Doone

Sarah Ridd

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Freddie as F.R.O.7.

Messina (voice)

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Duel of Hearts

Dorcas

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A Murder Of Quality

Mad Janie

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The Krays

Violet Kray

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The Fifteen Streets

Beatrice Llewellyn

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The Secret Garden

Mrs. Medlock

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Maurice

Mrs. Hall

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Doctor Cloud

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Murder Elite

Margaret Baker

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Jamaica Inn

Aunt Patience

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Camille

Prudence Duvorney

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Terror in the Aisles

Mrs. Baylock (in 'The Omen') (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Slayground

Madge

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An Audience with Mel Brooks

Herself - Audience member (uncredited)

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The Dark Crystal

Aughra (voice)

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An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

Elizabeth Leaming

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Private Schulz

Bertha Freyer / ... (4 episodes, 1981)

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A Tale of Two Cities

Madame Therese Defarge

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The Water Babies

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

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The Omen

Mrs. Baylock

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A Wake for Sam: Not I

Auditor/Mouth

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Night Watch

Sarah Cooke

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Frenzy

Hetty Porter

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Eagle in a Cage

Madame Bertrand

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Gumshoe

Ellen

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Leo the Last

Margaret

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Start the Revolution Without Me

Queen Marie

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Daisy Devore

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Twisted Nerve

Joan Harper

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Charlie Bubbles

Lottie Bubbles

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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Gwyn Thomas

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The Comedy Man

Judy

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The Devil's Agent

Piroska Maslov

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Payroll

Jackie Parker

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Mr. Topaze

Ernestine

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No Love for Johnnie

Mary

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Hell Is a City

Chloe Hawkins

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The Flesh and the Fiends

Mary Patterson

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Gideon of Scotland Yard

Christine (uncredited)

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Carve Her Name with Pride

Winnie

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Small Hotel

Caroline Mallet

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Miracle in Soho

Maggie

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The Sleeping Tiger

Receptionist at Pearce & Mann

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The Fake

Waitress

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