Billie Whitelaw

Known for: Acting

Born: 1932-06-06 – 2014-12-21 (aged 82)

From: Coventry, Warwickshire, England, UK

Billie Honor Whitelaw (6 June 1932 – 21 December 2014) was an English stage and screen actress. She worked in close collaborration with Irish playwright Samuel Beckett for 25 years and wass 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 Omen.

Filmography (109)

MOVIE★ 5.0
Notfilm
2015
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.0
I, Of Whom I Know Nothing
2014
MOVIE★ 7.6
Hot Fuzz
2007
as Joyce Cooper
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Curse of 'The Omen'
2005
as Self
TV★ 6.8
Judge John Deed
2001
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Story of 'Frenzy'
2001
as Self
TV★ 6.4
A Dinner of Herbs
2000
as Kate Makepeace
MOVIE★ 7.1
Quills
2000
as Madame LeClerc
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
2000
as Evelyn
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Lost Son
1999
as Mrs. Spitz
TV★ 7.1
Shooting the Past
1999
as Veronica
MOVIE★ 7.0
Wife of Bath
1998
as Wife of Bath (voice)
TV★ 6.9
Merlin
1998
as Ambrosia
TV★ 9.0
Born to Run
1997
as Lili Flitch
MOVIE
Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told
1996
as interviewee
MOVIE★ 6.9
Jane Eyre
1996
as Grace Poole
MOVIE★ 4.7
Deadly Advice
1994
as Kate Webster
MOVIE★ 4.0
Skallagrigg
1994
as Margaret
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Entertainer
1993
as Phoebe Rice
MOVIE★ 5.3
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
1992
as Messina (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Cloning of Joanna May
1992
as Mavis
TV
The Cloning of Joanna May
1992
as Mavis
MOVIE★ 7.0
Duel of Hearts
1992
as Dorcas
TV★ 6.3
Performance
1991
as Phoebe Rice
MOVIE★ 5.6
A Murder of Quality
1991
as Mad Janie
MOVIE
Morrissey - Hulmerist
1991
as Cast - Everyday is Like Sunday
MOVIE★ 6.2
Lorna Doone
1990
as Sarah Ridd
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Krays
1990
as Violet Kray
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Fifteen Streets
1989
as Beatrice Llewellyn
MOVIE
The Picnic
1989
as Margie
MOVIE★ 4.6
The Dressmaker
1988
as Margo
MOVIE★ 10.0
Joyriders
1988
as Tammi O'Moore
MOVIE★ 7.7
The Secret Garden
1987
as Mrs. Medlock
MOVIE★ 7.6
Maurice
1987
as Mrs. Hall
MOVIE
Samuel Beckett: Silence to Silence
1987
MOVIE★ 4.4
Shadey
1985
as Doctor Cloud
TV★ 7.1
Screen Two
1985
as Margie
MOVIE★ 7.7
Murder Elite
1985
as Margaret Baker
MOVIE★ 5.5
Camille
1984
as Prudence Duvorney
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Chain
1984
as Mrs. Andreos
MOVIE★ 7.0
An Audience with Mel Brooks
1984
as Self (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 4.7
Slayground
1983
as Madge
MOVIE★ 7.5
Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'
1983
as The Actress
MOVIE★ 4.0
Jamaica Inn
1983
as Aunt Patience
TV★ 5.0
Jamaica Inn
1983
as Aunt Patience
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Dark Crystal
1982
as Aughra (voice)
TV★ 5.3
Wogan
1982
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.4
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
1982
as Elizabeth Leaming
MOVIE★ 7.5
Tangiers
1982
as Louise
MOVIE
Last Summer's Child
1981
as Rose Marriott
TV★ 5.3
Private Schulz
1981
as Bertha Freyer
MOVIE
Rockaby
1981
as W
MOVIE★ 6.1
A Tale of Two Cities
1980
as Madame Therese Defarge
MOVIE
Happy Days
1979
as Winnie
MOVIE★ 5.0
Leopard in the Snow
1979
as Isabel James
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Water Babies
1978
as Mrs. Doasyouwouldbedoneby / Old Crone / Mrs. Tripp / Woman in Black / Water Babies 'Gate Keeper'
MOVIE★ 10.0
Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man
1978
as Emma Hardy
TV★ 5.3
An Audience with...
1978
as Self
TV★ 7.2
Supernatural
1977
as Countess Ilona
MOVIE
Ghost Trio
1977
TV
The Lively Arts
1976
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Omen
1976
as Mrs. Baylock
TV★ 7.1
Space: 1999
1975
as Zamara
TV
Ten from the Twenties
1975
as Lally
TV★ 7.0
Playhouse
1974
as Rose Marriott
TV★ 7.0
Napoleon and Love
1974
as Josephine Bonaparte
MOVIE★ 6.6
Not I
1973
as Auditor/Mouth
MOVIE★ 6.3
Night Watch
1973
as Sarah Cooke
TV★ 7.0
Wessex Tales
1973
as Rhoda
MOVIE
Follow the Yellow Brick Road
1972
as Judy Black
MOVIE
Night Duty
1972
as Wendy
TV★ 10.0
The Sextet
1972
as Megan
MOVIE★ 7.1
Frenzy
1972
as Hetty Porter
MOVIE
Poet Game
1972
as Jeanne Saunders
MOVIE★ 6.0
Eagle in a Cage
1972
as Madame Bertrand
MOVIE★ 6.3
Gumshoe
1971
as Ellen Ginley
TV★ 4.7
Film '72
1971
as Self
MOVIE
Brown Skin Gal, Stay Home and Mind Bay-Bee
1971
as Ruth
MOVIE★ 5.3
Leo the Last
1970
as Margaret
MOVIE★ 6.0
Start the Revolution Without Me
1970
as Queen Marie
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Adding Machine
1969
as Daisy Devore
MOVIE★ 6.8
Twisted Nerve
1968
as Joan Harper
MOVIE★ 6.6
Charlie Bubbles
1968
as Lottie
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1968
as Gwyn Thomas
TV
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1967
as Mrs. Janetta O'James
TV★ 4.2
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Greta
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Comedy Man
1964
as Judy
TV★ 8.0
Festival
1963
as Marguerite Gautier
TV★ 10.0
Espionage
1963
as Doreen McBride
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Devil's Agent
1962
as Piroska Maslov
TV
Stryker of the Yard
1961
MOVIE★ 5.9
Mr. Topaze
1961
as Ernestine
MOVIE★ 6.7
No Love for Johnnie
1961
as Mary
MOVIE★ 6.8
Payroll
1961
as Jackie Parker
MOVIE★ 8.0
Lena, O My Lena
1960
as Lena
MOVIE★ 6.9
Make Mine Mink
1960
as Lily
MOVIE★ 6.6
Hell Is a City
1960
as Chloe Hawkins
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Flesh and the Fiends
1960
as Mary Patterson
MOVIE★ 6.0
Bobbikins
1959
as Lydia Simmons
MOVIE★ 7.1
Breakout
1959
as Rose Munro
MOVIE★ 6.0
Carve Her Name with Pride
1958
as Winnie
MOVIE★ 7.0
Small Hotel
1957
as Caroline Mallet
MOVIE★ 5.6
Miracle in Soho
1957
as Maggie
TV★ 6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Agnes Mawson
MOVIE★ 10.0
Room in the House
1955
as Margaret
MOVIE★ 6.8
Mr. Arkadin
1955
as Raina Arkadin (voice) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Sleeping Tiger
1954
as Receptionist at Pearce & Mann
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Fake
1953
as Waitress
TV★ 8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Prudence