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Billie Honor Whitelaw was an English actress. She worked in close collaboration with Irish playwright Samuel Beckett for 25 years and was 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 1976 horror film The Omen.
Birth Name
Billie Honor Whitelaw
Born
Monday, 06 June 1932
Died
Sunday, 21 December 2014
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| NOTFILM | Self | 2015 |
| I, Of Whom I Know Nothing | 2014 | |
| Hot Fuzz | Joyce Cooper | 2007 |
| Hell's Kitchen | Self | 2004 |
| The Story of 'Frenzy' | Self | 2001 |
| Judge John Deed | Dorothy Lomax | 2001 |
| A Dinner of Herbs | Kate Makepeace | 2000 |
| Quills | Madame LeClerc | 2000 |
| The Last of the Blonde Bombshells | Evelyn | 2000 |
| The Lost Son | Mrs. Spitz | 1999 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| NOTFILM | Self | 2015 |
| I, Of Whom I Know Nothing | 2014 | |
| Hot Fuzz | Joyce Cooper | 2007 |
| Hell's Kitchen | Self | 2004 |
| The Story of 'Frenzy' | Self | 2001 |
| Judge John Deed | Dorothy Lomax | 2001 |
| A Dinner of Herbs | Kate Makepeace | 2000 |
| Quills | Madame LeClerc | 2000 |
| The Last of the Blonde Bombshells | Evelyn | 2000 |
| The Lost Son | Mrs. Spitz | 1999 |
| Shooting the Past | Veronica | 1999 |
| The Canterbury Tales | The Wife of Bath | 1998 |
| Merlin | Ambrosia | 1998 |
| The Crimean War | Self - Narrator | 1997 |
| Jane Eyre | Grace Poole | 1996 |
| An Audience with Bob Monkhouse | Self - Audience Member | 1994 |
| Deadly Advice | Kate Webster | 1994 |
| Freddie as F.R.O.7. | Messina | 1992 |
| Firm Friends | Rose Gutteridge | 1992 |
| The Cloning of Joanna May | Mavis | 1992 |
| Performance | Phoebe Rice | 1991 |
| A Murder of Quality | Mad Janie | 1991 |
| Hulmerist | Cast - Everyday is Like Sunday | 1991 |
| Duel of Hearts | Dorcas | 1991 |
| Masterchef | Self | 1990 |
| The Krays | Violet Kray | 1990 |
| Lorna Doone | Sarah Ridd | 1990 |
| The Fifteen Streets | Beatrice Llewellyn | 1989 |
| The Dressmaker | Margo | 1988 |
| The Secret Garden | Mrs. Medlock | 1987 |
| Maurice | Mrs. Hall | 1987 |
| Samuel Beckett: Silence to Silence | 1987 | |
| Shadey | Doctor Cloud | 1985 |
| Screen Two | Margie / Margaret | 1985 |
| Murder Elite | Margaret Baker | 1985 |
| Tangiers | Louise | 1985 |
| Camille | Prudence Duvorney | 1984 |
| Terror in the Aisles | Mrs. Baylock | 1984 |
| The Chain | Mrs. Andreos | 1984 |
| Slayground | Madge | 1983 |
| Jamaica Inn | Aunt Patience | 1983 |
| An Unsuitable Job for a Woman | Elizabeth Leaming | 1983 |
| The Dark Crystal | Aughra / Aughra (voice) | 1982 |
| Private Schulz | Bertha Freyer | 1981 |
| A Tale of Two Cities | Madame Therese Defarge | 1980 |
| Golden Gala | Self | 1978 |
| Leopard in the Snow | Isabel James | 1978 |
| The Water Babies | Mrs. Doasyouwouldbedoneby / Old Crone / Mrs. Tripp / Woman in Black / Water Babies 'Gate Keeper' | 1978 |
| Supernatural | Countess Ilona | 1977 |
| The Omen | Mrs. Baylock | 1976 |
| Arena | Herself (archive footage) | 1975 |
| Space: 1999 | Zamara | 1975 |
| BBC2 Playhouse | Rose Marriott | 1974 |
| Napoleon and Love | Josephine | 1974 |
| Wessex Tales | Rhoda | 1973 |
| Night Watch | Sarah Cooke | 1973 |
| Whodunnit? | Panellist | 1972 |
| The Sextet | Dora / Eileen Firebrace / Judy Black / Katherine / Megan / Stella Ramsdale / Valerie Goodis / Wendy | 1972 |
| Frenzy | Hetty Porter | 1972 |
| Eagle in a Cage | Madame Bertrand | 1972 |
| Gumshoe | Ellen | 1971 |
| Film '72 | Self | 1971 |
| Not a Word | Self | 1970 |
| Leo the Last | Margaret | 1970 |
| Wicked Women | Madeleine Jury | 1970 |
| Start the Revolution Without Me | Queen Marie | 1970 |
| The Adding Machine | Daisy Devore | 1969 |
| ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Madeleine July | 1969 |
| Twisted Nerve | Joan Harper | 1968 |
| Charlie Bubbles | Lottie Bubbles / Lottie | 1968 |
| The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Gwyn Thomas | 1968 |
| Jackanory | Storyteller | 1965 |
| Call My Bluff | Self | 1965 |
| Thirty-Minute Theatre | Greta | 1965 |
| Knock on Any Door | Queenie Swann | 1965 |
| The Comedy Man | Judy | 1964 |
| Espionage | Doreen McBride | 1963 |
| Love Story | Margaret | 1963 |
| The Devil's Agent | Piroska Maslov | 1962 |
| Kraft Mystery Theater | Rose Munro | 1961 |
| I Like Money | Ernestine | 1961 |
| No Love for Johnnie | Mary | 1961 |
| I Promised to Pay | Jackie Parker | 1961 |
| Make Mine Mink | Lily | 1960 |
| Armchair Mystery Theatre | Magna | 1960 |
| Hell Is a City | Chloe Hawkins | 1960 |
| The Flesh and the Fiends | Mary Patterson | 1960 |
| Bobbikins | Lydia Simmons | 1959 |
| Gideon of Scotland Yard | Christine | 1958 |
| Carve Her Name with Pride | Winnie | 1958 |
| Small Hotel | Caroline Mallet | 1957 |
| Miracle in Soho | Maggie | 1957 |
| Emergency-Ward 10 | Wendy Holter | 1957 |
| Armchair Theatre | Ruth / Nancy Harper / Marlene Watts / Lena / Joyce / Gloria / Francesca / Connie May O'Leary / Betty / Ann Johnson / Agnes Mawson in | 1956 |
| ITV Play of the Week | Monica Twigg / Ruth Mayo | 1955 |
| The Adventures of Robin Hood | Brenda | 1955 |
| Lilli Palmer Theatre | Elsie - Wife | 1955 |
| ITV Television Playhouse | Middie Paradock / Liz Anderson | 1955 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
| Dixon of Dock Green | Mary Dixon | 1955 |
| Room in the House | 1955 | |
| The Sleeping Tiger | Receptionist at Pearce & Mann | 1954 |
| Companions in Crime | 1954 | |
| The Fake | Waitress | 1953 |
| Rheingold Theatre | Sheila | 1953 |
| The Secret Garden | Martha | 1952 |
