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Ursula Howells

Acting

Born: 1922-09-17 · Hammersmith, London, England, UK

Died: 2005-10-16

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

🎬 Movies (20)

The Tichborne Claimant

The Tichborne Claimant

1999

Lady Doughty

A Rather English Marriage

A Rather English Marriage

1998

Mary

A Pinch of Snuff

A Pinch of Snuff

1994

Alice Andover

Time After Time

Time After Time

1986

May Swift

The Cold Room

The Cold Room

1984

Headmistress

The Enigma

The Enigma

1980

Mrs Fielding

Gentle Folk

Gentle Folk

1980

Mrs Menant

When the Actors Come

When the Actors Come

1978

Barbara Karolina

Little Fears

1974

The Older Woman

Miss Nightingale

1974

Aunt May

Father Dear Father

Father Dear Father

1973

Barbara

Franklin's Farm

1972

Prue

Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly

Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly

1970

Mumsy

Crossplot

Crossplot

1969

Maggi Thwaites

Assignment K

Assignment K

1968

Estelle

Torture Garden

Torture Garden

1967

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

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

1965

Mrs. Deirdre Biddulph (segment 1 "Werewolf")

A Choice of Coward: Present Laughter

A Choice of Coward: Present Laughter

1964

Liz Essendine

80,000 Suspects

80,000 Suspects

1963

Joanna Duten

The Madhouse on Castle Street

The Madhouse on Castle Street

1963

Martha Tompkins

📺 TV Shows (20)