Billie Whitelaw

Nationality:
English
Birthdate:
06/06/1932
Birthplace:
Coventry, England
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biography
A distinguished actress who worked extensively in radio during childhood and made her mark as one of the leading young performers of British TV in the 1960s, Billie Whitelaw made her big-screen debut in "The Fake" (1953) and went on to co-star with Peter Finch in "No Love for Johnnie" (1960) as well as gain particular acclaim, including a British Academy Best Actress award, for her turn in Albert Finney's "Charlie Bubbles" (1967). She has since turned in highly effective, if intermittent, movie performances. Whitelaw was particularly memorable as the ill-fated nanny in 1976's "The Omen" and Continued
Credits
Mrs Baylock
2003
Madame LeClerc
2000
Margaret
1998
Mrs Hall
1987
Hetty Porter
1972
of Messina
Receptionist
1954
Margaret
Kate Webster
Ernestine
Mrs Spitz
Mrs Andreos
Extracts from Beckett's Plays
Actor
Madame Bertrand
Sarah Cooke
Madge
Tammy O'Moore
Joan Harper
Lottie Bubbles
Dr Cloud
Mrs Doasyouwouldbedoneby
Aunt Margo
Ellen
Violet Kray
Elizabeth Leaming
milestones
Year
Milestone
 
Evacuated to Liverpool due to intense bombing of hometown during WWII
 
As a juvenile, worked with the Bradford Civic Playhouse Group and acted in hundreds of (mostly children's) radio programs for the BBC
1954 
Film debut in "The Sleeping Tiger" (directed by Joseph Losey)
1964 
Joined National Theatre Company; appeared in Samuel Beckett's "Play"