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Ellen Pollock

Ellen Pollock

Known For Acting
Birthday Jul 29, 1903
Died Mar 29, 1997 (93)
Birthplace Heidelberg, Germany
Popularity 0.1 (history)
Updated Aug 04, 2024
Entry Date Apr 20, 2024
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Biography

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 "P ... ollock 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)

Known For

Filmography

Horror Hospital

Horror Hospital

1973

as Olga ("Aunt Harris")

Who Killed the Cat?

Who Killed the Cat?

1966

as Ruth Prendergast

Finders Keepers

Finders Keepers

1966

as Grandma

Rapture

Rapture

1965

as Landlady

So Evil, So Young

So Evil, So Young

1961

as Miss Smith

The Hypnotist

The Hypnotist

1957

as Miss Barbara Barton

The Time of His Life

The Time of His Life

1955

as Lady Florence

The Fake

The Fake

1953

as Miss Fossett

To Have and to Hold

To Have and to Hold

1951

as Roberta

Something in the City

Something in the City

1950

as Mrs. Holley

Warning to Wantons

Warning to Wantons

1949

as Baroness de Jammes

Bedelia

Bedelia

1946

as McKelvey's Housekeeper

Kiss the Bride Goodbye

Kiss the Bride Goodbye

1945

as Gladys Dodd

Don Chicago

Don Chicago

1945

as Lady Vanessa

Spare a Copper

Spare a Copper

1940

as Lady Hardstaff

Sons of the Sea

Sons of the Sea

1939

as Margaret Hulls

Splinters in the Air

Splinters in the Air

1937

as Charles' Wife

Aren't Men Beasts!

Aren't Men Beasts!

1937

as The Vamp

The Street Singer

The Street Singer

1937

as Gloria Weston

Millions

Millions

1937

as Janet Mason

Non-Stop New York

Non-Stop New York

1937

as Miss Harvey

The Happy Family

The Happy Family

1936

as Leo Hutt

It's a Bet

It's a Bet

1935

as Mrs. Joe

Heads We Go

Heads We Go

1933

as Madame

The First Mrs Fraser

The First Mrs Fraser

1932

as Maid

My Wife's Family

My Wife's Family

1931

as Dolly White

Too Many Crooks

Too Many Crooks

1930

as The Other Girl

Night Birds

Night Birds

1930

as Flossie

The Informer

The Informer

1929

as Prostitute

Piccadilly

Piccadilly

1929

as Vamp (uncredited)

Moulin Rouge

Moulin Rouge

1928

as Girl

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Ooh La La!

as Mama

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 06, 1968

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