Billie Whitelaw

Highest Rated: 95% Maurice (1987)

Lowest Rated: 33% Night Watch (1973)

Birthday: Jun 6, 1932

Birthplace: Coventry, Warwickshire, England, UK

Launching her career on radio at age 11, British actress Billie Whitelaw spent several seasons as an assistant stage manager before making her theatrical acting debut in 1950. The blonde, hypertense Whitelaw started out in films as a standard leading lady, but quickly distinguished herself in neurotic, single-purposed roles. She won a BFA award for her portrayal of Albert Finney's disgruntled ex-wife in Charlie Bubbles (1968). Billie Whitelaw's next screen assignment of note was as the smothering "monster mommy" of two of Britain's most vicious mob leaders in The Krays (1990). She played nurse Grace Poole in the 1996 version of Jane Eyre and appeared in the 1998 TV miniseries Merlin, playing Ambrosia. Whitelaw's final film appearance was Hot Fuzz (2007). She is also noted for having a close professional relationship with playwright Samuel Beckett, often being called his muse, and appeared in a number of his stage productions. Whitelaw died in 2014, at age 82.

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Highest Rated Movies

Maurice
95%
Notfilm
93%
Hot Fuzz
91%
Frenzy
87%

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
93%	Notfilm	Actor	—	2015
No Score Yet	The Power of the Dark Crystal	Actor	—	2013
76%	Stardust	Actor	$38.3M	2007
91%	Hot Fuzz	Joyce Cooper	$23.7M	2007
75%	Quills	Madame LeClerc	$4.3M	2000
No Score Yet	The Last of the Blonde Bombshells	Actor Director	—	2000
No Score Yet	Shooting the Past	Actor	—	1999
No Score Yet	The Lost Son	Mrs. Spitz	—	1999
82%	Merlin	Ambrosia	—	1998
74%	Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre	Grace Pool	—	1996
No Score Yet	Deadly Advice	Kate Webster	—	1993
No Score Yet	Duel Of Hearts	Dorcas	—	1992
No Score Yet	Freddie as F.R.O.7	Messina	—	1992
No Score Yet	A Murder of Quality	Mad Janie	—	1991
85%	The Krays	Violet Kray	—	1990
No Score Yet	Lorna Doone	Sarah Ridd	—	1990
No Score Yet	The Fifteen Streets	Beatrice Llewellyn	—	1989
No Score Yet	The Dressmaker	Margo	—	1988
No Score Yet	A Dinner of Herbs	Kate Makepeace	—	1988
No Score Yet	The Secret Garden	Actor	—	1987
95%	Maurice	Mrs. Hall	—	1987
No Score Yet	Shadey	Dr. Cloud	—	1987
No Score Yet	Murder Elite	Actor	—	1986
No Score Yet	The Chain	Mrs. Andreos	—	1985
No Score Yet	Camille	Prudence Duvorney	—	1984
No Score Yet	Slayground	Madge	—	1984
No Score Yet	Samuel Beckett: Silence To Silence	Actor	—	1984
No Score Yet	Jamaica Inn	Patience	—	1983
74%	The Dark Crystal	Aughra	—	1982
No Score Yet	Tangier	Actor	—	1982
No Score Yet	Unsuitable Job for a Woman	Elizabeth	—	1982
No Score Yet	A Tale of Two Cities	Madame Defarge	—	1980
No Score Yet	The Water Babies	Mrs. Doasyou... /Crone /Tipp /Woman in Black /Gate Keeper	—	1978
No Score Yet	Leopard in the Snow	Actor	—	1978
86%	The Omen	Mrs. Baylock	—	1976
33%	Night Watch	Sarah Cooke	—	1973
No Score Yet	Poet Game	Actor	—	1972
87%	Frenzy	Hetty	—	1972
No Score Yet	Gumshoe	Ellen	—	1971
No Score Yet	Leo the Last	Margaret	—	1970
83%	Start The Revolution Without Me	Marie Antoinette	—	1970
No Score Yet	The Adding Machine	Daisy Devore	—	1969
No Score Yet	Twisted Nerve	Joan Harper	—	1969
No Score Yet	Charlie Bubbles	Lottie	—	1968
No Score Yet	The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Actor	—	1968
No Score Yet	No Love for Johnnie	Mary	—	1961
No Score Yet	The Flesh and The Fiends	Mary Patterson	—	1961
No Score Yet	Payroll (I Promised to Pay)	Jackie Parker	—	1961
No Score Yet	Make Mine Mink	Lily	—	1960
No Score Yet	Hell Is a City	Chloe Hawkins	—	1960
No Score Yet	Bobbikins	Lydia Simmons	—	1959
No Score Yet	Carve Her Name with Pride	Winnie	—	1958
No Score Yet	Small Hotel	Caroline Mallet	—	1957
No Score Yet	Miracle in Soho	Maggie	—	1957
No Score Yet	The Sleeping Tiger	Receptionist	—	1954

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
No Score Yet	Masterpiece 1971-2014	Veronica	1999

Quotes from Billie Whitelaw's Characters

Mary Patterson:

If you were half a man you'd drag me out of here by the roots of my hair but just try it and I'll kill you.

Mrs. Baylock:

It's all for you, Damien! It's all for you!

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