Ursula Howells
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 she appeared in Springtime for Henry in 1951, she began to appear in films.
After the death of her father in 1983, Ursula Howells instigated the "Herbert Howells Society" and became a standard bearer for the promotion of his work. She financially supported the recording of his compositions and did much to encourage the publishing and promotion of church music.
Películas (38)
The Tichborne Claimant
1999 · Lady Doughty
A Rather English Marriage
1998 · Mary
A Pinch of Snuff
1994 · Alice Andover
Time After Time
1986 · May Swift
The Cold Room
1984 · Headmistress
The Enigma
1980 · Mrs Fielding
Gentle Folk
1980 · Mrs Menant
When the Actors Come
1978 · Barbara Karolina
Little Fears
1974 · The Older Woman
Miss Nightingale
1974 · Aunt May
Father Dear Father
1973 · Barbara
Franklin's Farm
1972 · Prue
Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly
1970 · Mumsy
Crossplot
1969 · Maggi Thwaites
Assignment K
1968 · Estelle
Torture Garden
1967 · Miss Maxine Chambers (segment 3 "Mr. Steinway")
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
1965 · Mrs. Deirdre Biddulph (segment 1 "Werewolf")
A Choice of Coward: Present Laughter
1964 · Liz Essendine
80,000 Suspects
1963 · Joanna Duten
The Madhouse on Castle Street
1963 · Martha Tompkins
The Sicilians
1963 · Mme. Perrault
Two Letter Alibi
1962 · Louise
Now Let Him Go
1957 · Nurse Judith
Account Rendered
1957 · Lucille Ainsworth
West of Suez
1957 · Eileen
The Long Arm
1956 · Mrs. Elliot / Mrs. Gilson
Keep It Clean
1956 · Pat Anstey
They Can't Hang Me
1955 · Antonia Pitt
Track the Man Down
1955 · Mary Dennis
The Constant Husband
1955 · Ann
The Gilded Cage
1955 · Brenda Lucas
The Weak and the Wicked
1954 · Pam Vickers
The Blakes Slept Here
1953 · Emily
The Oracle
1953 · Peggy
Number Three
1953 · Maureen Dartington
I Believe in You
1952 · Hon. Ursula
The Cocktail Party
1952
Flesh and Blood
1951 · Harriet Marshall
Series (49)
The Cazalets
2001
Midsomer Murders
1997 · Lady Isabel Aubrey
She's Out
1995 · Mrs Lawson
Jewels
1992 · The Duchess
Downtown Lagos
1992 · Ticker Dawson
Heartbeat
1992 · Miriam Wakefield
Lovejoy
1986 · Olive Nettleton
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
1985 · Miss Blacklock
Miss Marple
1984 · Miss Blacklock
The Barchester Chronicles
1982 · Miss Thorne
Something in Disguise
1982 · May Browne-Lacey
Bergerac
1981 · Elizabeth Fouchet, Laura Atherton
A Question of Guilt
1980 · Lady Uredale (voice)
Father, Dear Father
1978 · Barbara Mossman
Hard Times
1977 · Mrs Gradgrind
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · Barbara Karolina
The Many Wives Of Patrick
1976
Ten from the Twenties
1975 · Mrs Isobel Asterley
Fall of Eagles
1974 · Empress Maria Fyodorovna
Playhouse
1974 · Mrs. Menant, Mrs. Fielding
Late Night Theatre
1972 · The Older Woman
Upstairs, Downstairs
1971 · Duchess of Buckminster
Cousin Bette
1971 · Adeline Hulot
Play for Today
1970 · Sarah Chandler
Ryan International
1970
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · Mrs. Clissold
The Root of All Evil?
1968 · Angela
Father, Dear Father
1968 · Barbara
Ooh La La!
1968 · Mme Pontagnac
Man in a Suitcase
1967
Half Hour Story
1967 · Peggy
All Gas and Gaiters
1967 · Mrs Buckley
The Forsyte Saga
1967 · Frances Forsyte
The Informer
1966 · Lady Tregunter
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Ellen
Knock on Any Door
1965 · Ann Gibbs
The Wednesday Thriller
1965 · Hilda
Six Shades of Black
1965 · Netta Bartholomew
A Choice of Coward
1964 · Liz Essendine
The Human Jungle
1963 · Julia Gray
Drama 61-67
1961 · Claire
Sunday-Night Play
1960 · Janet Ormund
Theatre '70
1960 · Jessy Tomson
No Hiding Place
1959
Interpol Calling
1959 · Miki
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Margaret, Violet Green, Nurse Judith, Prue
Lilli Palmer Theatre
1955 · Mary
Sherlock Holmes
1954
Sunday Night Theatre
1950 · Mary Winsloe, Maureen Dartington