Billie Whitelaw
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 6 June 1932 · Coventry, Warwickshire, England, UK
- Died
- 21 December 2014
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.
Known for
Acting 81
- 2015Notfilm as Self
- 2014I, Of Whom I Know Nothing
- 2007Hot Fuzz as Joyce Cooper
- 2005The Curse of 'The Omen' as Self
- 2001The Story of 'Frenzy' as Self
- 2000Quills as Madame LeClerc
- 2000The Last of the Blonde Bombshells as Evelyn
- 1999The Lost Son as Mrs. Spitz
- 1998Wife of Bath as Wife of Bath (voice)
- 1996Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told as interviewee
- 1996Jane Eyre as Grace Poole
- 1994Deadly Advice as Kate Webster
- 1994Skallagrigg as Margaret
- 1993The Entertainer as Phoebe Rice
- 1992Freddie As F.R.O.7. as Messina (voice)
- 1992The Cloning of Joanna May as Mavis
- 1992Duel of Hearts as Dorcas
- 1991A Murder of Quality as Mad Janie
- 1991Morrissey - Hulmerist as Cast - Everyday is Like Sunday
- 1990Lorna Doone as Sarah Ridd
- 1990The Krays as Violet Kray
- 1989The Fifteen Streets as Beatrice Llewellyn
- 1989The Picnic as Margie
- 1988The Dressmaker as Margo
- 1988Joyriders as Tammi O'Moore
- 1987The Secret Garden as Mrs. Medlock
- 1987Maurice as Mrs. Hall
- 1987Samuel Beckett: Silence to Silence as Self
- 1985Shadey as Doctor Cloud
- 1985Murder Elite as Margaret Baker
- 1984Camille as Prudence Duvorney
- 1984The Chain as Mrs. Andreos
- 1984An Audience with Mel Brooks as Self (uncredited)
- 1984Slayground as Madge
- 1983Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby' as The Actress
- 1983Jamaica Inn as Aunt Patience
- 1982The Dark Crystal as Aughra (voice)
- 1982An Unsuitable Job for a Woman as Elizabeth Leaming
- 1982Tangiers as Louise
- 1981Last Summer's Child as Rose Marriott
- 1981Rockaby as W
- 1980A Tale of Two Cities as Madame Therese Defarge
- 1979Happy Days as Winnie
- 1979Leopard in the Snow as Isabel James
- 1978The Water Babies as Mrs. Doasyouwouldbedoneby / Old Crone / Mrs. Tripp / Woman in Black / Water Babies 'Gate Keeper'
- 1978Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man as Emma Hardy
- 1977Ghost Trio
- 1976The Omen as Mrs. Baylock
- 1973Not I as Auditor/Mouth
- 1973Night Watch as Sarah Cooke
- 1972Follow the Yellow Brick Road as Judy Black
- 1972Night Duty as Wendy
- 1972Frenzy as Hetty Porter
- 1972Poet Game as Jeanne Saunders
- 1972Eagle in a Cage as Madame Bertrand
- 1971Gumshoe as Ellen Ginley
- 1971Brown Skin Gal, Stay Home and Mind Bay-Bee as Ruth
- 1970Leo the Last as Margaret
- 1970Start the Revolution Without Me as Queen Marie
- 1969The Adding Machine as Daisy Devore
- 1968Twisted Nerve as Joan Harper
- 1968Charlie Bubbles as Lottie
- 1968The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Gwyn Thomas
- 1964The Comedy Man as Judy
- 1962The Devil's Agent as Piroska Maslov
- 1961Mr. Topaze as Ernestine
- 1961No Love for Johnnie as Mary
- 1961Payroll as Jackie Parker
- 1960Lena, O My Lena as Lena
- 1960Make Mine Mink as Lily
- 1960Hell Is a City as Chloe Hawkins
- 1960The Flesh and the Fiends as Mary Patterson
- 1959Bobbikins as Lydia Simmons
- 1959Breakout as Rose Munro
- 1958Carve Her Name with Pride as Winnie
- 1957Small Hotel as Caroline Mallet
- 1957Miracle in Soho as Maggie
- 1955Room in the House as Margaret
- 1955Mr. Arkadin as Raina Arkadin (voice) (uncredited)
- 1954The Sleeping Tiger as Receptionist at Pearce & Mann
- 1953The Fake as Waitress