Billie Whitelaw

Biography

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

Frenzy
Hetty Porter
The Omen
Mrs. Baylock
Quills
Madame LeClerc
The Krays
Violet Kray
The Lost Son
Mrs. Spitz
Joyriders
Tammi O'Moore
Jamaica Inn
Aunt Patience
The Dark Crystal
Aughra (voice)
Maurice
Mrs. Hall
Duel of Hearts
Dorcas
Gumshoe
Ellen
Night Watch
Sarah Cooke
Hell Is a City
Chloe Hawkins
Payroll
Jackie Parker
A Murder of Quality
Mad Janie
The Secret Garden
Mrs. Medlock
Lena, O My Lena
Lena
Start the Revolution Without Me
Queen Marie
The Flesh and the Fiends
Mary Patterson
Twisted Nerve
Joan Harper
The Sleeping Tiger
Receptionist at Pearce & Mann
Charlie Bubbles
Lottie
Leo the Last
Margaret
The Dressmaker
Margo
Lorna Doone
Sarah Ridd
The Fifteen Streets
Beatrice Llewellyn
Room in the House
Margaret
Leopard in the Snow
Isabel James
Eagle in a Cage
Madame Bertrand
No Love for Johnnie
Mary
The Picnic
Margie
Shadey
Doctor Cloud
Deadly Advice
Kate Webster
Miracle in Soho
Maggie
Jane Eyre
Grace Poole
An Audience with Mel Brooks
Self (uncredited)
The Devil's Agent
Piroska Maslov
The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
Evelyn
Follow The Yellow Brick Road
Judy Black
Camille
Prudence Duvorney
The Adding Machine
Daisy Devore
Bobbikins
Lydia Simmons
Make Mine Mink
Lily
The Fake
Waitress
Breakout
Rose Munro
Murder Elite
Margaret Baker
Hot Fuzz
Joyce Cooper
Small Hotel
Caroline Mallet
Not I
Mr. Arkadin
Raina Arkadin (voice) (uncredited)
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
Elizabeth Leaming
Slayground
Madge
Poet Game
Jeanne Saunders
The Chain
Mrs. Andreos
The Cloning of Joanna May
Mavis
A Tale of Two Cities
Madame Therese Defarge
I, Of Whom I Know Nothing
Skallagrigg
Margaret
Mr. Topaze
Ernestine
Brown Skin Gal, Stay Home and Mind Bay-Bee
Ruth
The Comedy Man
Judy
Morrissey - Hulmerist
Cast - Everyday is Like Sunday
Tangiers
Louise
The Story of 'Frenzy'
Self
The Entertainer
Phoebe Rice
Samuel Beckett: Silence to Silence
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Gwyn Thomas
The Water Babies
Mrs. Doasyouwouldbedoneby / Old Crone / Mrs. Tripp / Woman in Black / Water Babies 'Gate Keeper'
The Curse of 'The Omen'
Self
Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told
interviewee
Rockaby
W
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Self
Carve Her Name with Pride
Winnie
Ghost Trio
Last Summer's Child
Rose Marriott
Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man
Emma Hardy
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
Messina (voice)
Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby'
The Actress
Night Duty
Wendy