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person_profile-Ellen Pollock

Ellen Pollock Died at age: 93

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Ellen Pollock

Date of Birth:

Jul 29, 1903

Country of birth:

Germany

Died:

Mar 29, 1997

Biography of

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 work included several appearances in The Forsyte Saga for the BBC.

    She outlived both husbands, Captain Leslie Hancock and the artist James Proudfoot. She had one child with Captain Hancock. Pollock was the subject of TV's This Is Your Life in 1992.

    Ellen Pollock's mother, Hedwig Kahn, was the sister of Otto Hermann Kahn (wealthy investment banker, collector, philanthropist, and patron of the arts) and composer Robert Kahn. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Filmography of

Ellen Pollock

Found 26 Movies in total

Horror Hospital

Olga ("Aunt Harris") ( Actor )

... 1973

Finders Keepers

Grandma ( Actor )

... 1966

Who Killed the Cat?

Ruth Prendergast ( Actor )

... 1966

Rapture

Landlady ( Actor )

... 1965

Master Spy

Dr. Morrell ( Actor )

... 1964

So Evil, So Young

Miss Smith ( Actor )

... 1961

The Hypnotist

Miss Barbara Barton ( Actor )

... 1957

The Time of His Life

Lady Florence ( Actor )

... 1955

The Fake

Miss Fossett ( Actor )

... 1953

The Galloping Major

Horsey Lady (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1951

To Have and to Hold

Roberta ( Actor )

... 1951

Something in the City

Mrs. Holley ( Actor )

... 1950

Warning to Wantons

Baroness de Jammes ( Actor )

... 1949

Bedelia

McKelvey's Housekeeper ( Actor )

... 1946

Kiss the Bride Goodbye

Gladys Dodd ( Actor )

... 1945

Spare a Copper

Lady Hardstaff ( Actor )

... 1940

Sons of the Sea

Margaret Hulls ( Actor )

... 1939

Non-Stop New York

Miss Harvey ( Actor )

... 1937

The Street Singer

Gloria Weston ( Actor )

... 1937

Aren't Men Beasts!

The Vamp ( Actor )

... 1937

It's a Bet

Mrs. Joe ( Actor )

... 1935

Heads We Go

Madame ( Actor )

... 1933

Night Birds

Flossie ( Actor )

... 1930

The Informer

Prostitute ( Actor )

... 1929

Piccadilly

Vamp (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1929

Moulin Rouge

Girl ( Actor )

... 1928