Ellen Pollock
Ellen Pollock (29 June 1902 – 29 March 1997) was a British character actress, mainly appeared on stage in London's West End. She also appeared in several films and TV productions.
A devotee of Bernard Shaw, she was president of the Shaw Society from 1949. In their obituary, the Independent wrote "Pollock is believed to have played, in a career spanning 72 years, more Shavian heroines than anyone else. She directed London seasons of his plays; and it was during the London premiere of one of his lesser-known works – Farfetched Fables (Watergate, 1950) – that she announced Shaw's death from the stage."
Pollock's dedication to acting began as a seven-year-old, when she saw Sarah Bernhardt on stage; she knew then that she wanted to be an actress herself. Pollock was also a theatre director and a teacher of drama at RADA and Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art; and her varied television work included several appearances in The Forsyte Saga for the BBC.
She outlived both husbands, Captain Leslie Hancock and the artist James Proudfoot. She had one child with Captain Hancock. Pollock was the subject of TV's This Is Your Life in 1992.
Ellen Pollock's mother, Hedwig Kahn, was the sister of Otto Hermann Kahn (wealthy investment banker, collector, philanthropist, and patron of the arts) and composer Robert Kahn. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
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Películas (39)
Florence Nightingale
1985 · Lady Monteagle
The Wicked Lady
1983 · Mrs. Munce
Horror Hospital
1973 · Olga ("Aunt Harris")
Finders Keepers
1966 · Grandma
Who Killed the Cat?
1966 · Ruth Prendergast
Rapture
1965 · Landlady
Master Spy
1964 · Dr. Morrell
So Evil, So Young
1961 · Miss Smith
The Long Knife
1958 · Mrs. Cheam
Mrs. Wickens in the Fall
1957 · Mme Charcot
The Hypnotist
1957 · Miss Barbara Barton
The Time of His Life
1955 · Lady Florence
The Golden Link
1954 · Mme Sonia
The Fake
1953 · Miss Fossett
The Galloping Major
1951 · Horsey Lady (uncredited)
To Have and to Hold
1951 · Roberta
Something in the City
1950 · Mrs. Holley
Warning to Wantons
1949 · Baroness de Jammes
Bedelia
1946 · McKelvey's Housekeeper
Don Chicago
1945 · Lady Vanessa
Kiss the Bride Goodbye
1945 · Gladys Dodd
Spare a Copper
1940 · Lady Hardstaff
Sons of the Sea
1939 · Margaret Hulls
Millions
1937 · Janet Mason
Non-Stop New York
1937 · Miss Harvey
The Street Singer
1937 · Gloria Weston
Aren't Men Beasts!
1937 · The Vamp
Splinters in the Air
1937 · Charles' Wife
The Happy Family
1936 · Leo Hutt
It's a Bet
1935 · Mrs. Joe
Heads We Go
1933 · Madame
The Last Coupon
1932
The First Mrs Fraser
1932 · Maid
My Wife's Family
1931 · Dolly White
Night Birds
1930 · Flossie
Too Many Crooks
1930 · The Other Girl
The Informer
1929 · Prostitute
Piccadilly
1929 · Vamp (uncredited)
Moulin Rouge
1928 · Girl
