Ursula Howells

Actor Sep 17 (died age 83) Hammersmith, London, England, UK 1950–2001 (51 year career)

6.2 avg rating

Biography

Howells was born in London, the daughter of composer Herbert Howells, and was educated at St Paul's Girls' School, where her father worked as Director of Music. She made her first stage appearance at Dundee in 1939, in John Drinkwater's Bird in Hand, then moved to Oxford in 1942 and three years later made her London debut at the Embassy Theatre, Swiss Cottage. In 1947 she appeared in the comedy Jane at the Aldwych Theatre. After several years in the West End, and a brief stint on Broadway where …

Known For

Film

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

Mrs. Deirdre Biddulph (segment 1 "Werewolf")

Film

Torture Garden

Miss Maxine Chambers (segment 3 "Mr. Steinway")

Film

Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly

Mumsy

Film

The Long Arm

Mrs. Elliot / Mrs. Gilson

Film

Crossplot

Maggi Thwaites

Film

The Weak and the Wicked

Pam Vickers

Film

80,000 Suspects

Joanna Duten

Film

The Constant Husband

Ann

Filmography

Acting (76)

Movies (37)

The Tichborne Claimant

1999

as Lady Doughty

8.0

A Rather English Marriage

1998

as Mary

5.3

A Pinch of Snuff

1994

as Alice Andover

Time After Time

1986

as May Swift

The Cold Room

1984

as Headmistress

4.0

Gentle Folk

1980

as Mrs Menant

The Enigma

1980

as Mrs Fielding

When the Actors Come

1978

as Barbara Karolina

Miss Nightingale

1974

as Aunt May

Little Fears

1974

as The Older Woman

Father Dear Father

1973

as Barbara

4.8

Franklin's Farm

1972

as Prue

Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly

as Mumsy

Crossplot

as Maggi Thwaites

Assignment K

as Estelle

Torture Garden

as Miss Maxine Chambers (segment 3 "Mr. Steinway")

6.2

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

1965

as Mrs. Deirdre Biddulph (segment 1 "Werewolf")

6.5

A Choice of Coward: Present Laughter

1964

as Liz Essendine

The Madhouse on Castle Street

1963

as Martha Tompkins

The Sicilians

as Mme. Perrault

80,000 Suspects

as Joanna Duten

Two Letter Alibi

as Louise

West of Suez

as Eileen

Account Rendered

1957

as Lucille Ainsworth

5.8

Now Let Him Go

1957

as Nurse Judith

Keep It Clean

1956

as Pat Anstey

4.6

The Long Arm

1956

as Mrs. Elliot / Mrs. Gilson

They Can't Hang Me

as Antonia Pitt

The Gilded Cage

as Brenda Lucas

The Constant Husband

as Ann

Track the Man Down

as Mary Dennis

The Weak and the Wicked

as Pam Vickers

The Oracle

as Peggy

The Blakes Slept Here

1953

as Emily

The Cocktail Party

I Believe in You

as Hon. Ursula

Flesh and Blood

as Harriet Marshall

Television (39)

The Cazalets

2001

8.5

Midsomer Murders

1997

as Lady Isabel Aubrey

Heartbeat

as Miriam Wakefield

Jewels

as The Duchess

Lovejoy

as Olive Nettleton

Bulman

Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced

1985

as Miss Blacklock

7.3

The Barchester Chronicles

1982

as Miss Thorne

7.0

Something in Disguise

1982

as May Browne-Lacey

Bergerac

as Elizabeth Fouchet

Father, Dear Father

as Barbara Mossman

BBC2 Play of the Week

as Barbara Karolina

Hard Times

as Mrs Gradgrind

The Many Wives Of Patrick

Playhouse

as Mrs. Menant

Fall of Eagles

as Empress Maria Fyodorovna

6.9

Upstairs, Downstairs

1971

as Duchess of Buckminster

Cousin Bette

as Adeline Hulot

Play for Today

as Sarah Chandler

Ryan International

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

1969

as Mrs. Clissold

7.0

Ooh La La!

1968

as Mme Pontagnac

Father, Dear Father

as Barbara

Man in a Suitcase

All Gas and Gaiters

as Mrs Buckley

Half Hour Story

as Peggy

The Informer

as Lady Tregunter

The Liars

1966

as Miss. Bracegirdle

The Wednesday Thriller

1965

as Hilda

A Choice of Coward

as Liz Essendine

The Human Jungle

as Julia Gray

Drama 61-67

as Claire

Sunday-Night Play

1960

as Janet Ormund

No Hiding Place

Interpol Calling

as Miki

Armchair Theatre

as Violet Green

Lilli Palmer Theatre

as Mary

Sherlock Holmes

Sunday Night Theatre

as Mary Winsloe