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Beatrice Varley (1896–1964)

Actress

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British character actress whose best-known film role as Robert Newton's downtrodden wife of 'Hatter's Castle' (1941), typecast her in similar parts thereafter. During her lengthy career, she portrayed a host of long-suffering housekeepers, landladies or spinster aunts and was Aggie the junk dealer, who supplies a lethal dagger to Michael Gough... See more trivia »

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in Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK

Died:

(age 67) in Ealing, London, England, UK
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1964 The Villains (TV series)
The Old Woman
– Victim (1964) … The Old Woman
 
1957-1963 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
Mrs. Corbie / Mrs. Holmes / Mrs.Beeston
– A Way of Living (1963) … Mrs. Corbie
– The Stranger (1960)
– Now Let Him Go (1957) … Mrs.Beeston
– This Was a Woman (1957) … Mrs. Holmes
 
1958-1963 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
Catherine Alan / Mrs. Grey
– The Eve of St. Marks (1963) … Mrs. Grey
– A Room with a View (1958) … Catherine Alan
 
1963 The Human Jungle (TV series)
Clare Bridges
– The Two-Edged Sword (1963) … Clare Bridges
 
1963 ITV Television Playhouse (TV series)
Mrs. Milne
– There's No Room for You Here for a Start (1963) … Mrs. Milne
 
1963/I Hedda Gabler (TV movie)
Berta
 
1962 Zero One (TV series)
Miss. Pinto
– The Liar (1962) … Miss. Pinto
 
1961 Coronation Street (TV series)
Mrs. Stark
– Episode #1.46 (1961) … Mrs. Stark
 
1961 Night Without Pity
Mother
 
1961 Echo of Barbara
Mrs. Roscoe
 
1960 Kipps (TV mini-series)
Mrs. Kipps
– Episode #1.6 (1960) … Mrs. Kipps
– Episode #1.5 (1960) … Mrs. Kipps
– Episode #1.3 (1960) … Mrs. Kipps
– Episode #1.2 (1960) … Mrs. Kipps
– Episode #1.1 (1960) … Mrs. Kipps
 
1960 The Mystery of Edwin Drood (TV mini-series)
Mrs. Tope
– The Strangler (1960) … Mrs. Tope
– An Inquisitive Stranger (1960) … Mrs. Tope
– Daggers Drawn (1960) … Mrs. Tope
– A Strange Power (1960) … Mrs. Tope
– A Dream of Murder (1960) … Mrs. Tope
 
1960 Identity Unknown
Matron
 
1960 Man from Interpol (TV series)
Mrs. Roper
– Escape Route (1960) … Mrs. Roper
 
1960 Portrait of a Sinner
Hotel Manager
 
1959 Hilda Lessways (TV series)
Mrs. Lessways
– Episode #1.1 (1959) … Mrs. Lessways
 
1959 Horrors of the Black Museum
Aggie
 
1959 Room at the Top
Aunt
 
1959 The Nightwatchman's Stories (TV series)
Bill's wife
– The Castaway (1959) … Bill's wife
 
1959 Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens (TV series)
Mrs. Heep
– Uriah Heep (1959) … Mrs. Heep
 
1959 The Flying Doctor (TV series)
Sis. Carter
– The Choice (1959) … Sis. Carter
 
1958 Bachelor of Hearts
Mrs. Upcott
 
1958 Television Playwright (TV series)
Mrs. Blundell
– The Inside Chance (1958) … Mrs. Blundell
 
1957-1958 Dick and the Duchess (TV series)
Mathilda
– The Italian Maid (1958) … Mathilda
– The Broach (1957)
 
1957 Dixon of Dock Green (TV series)
Mrs. Dyke / Mrs. Groome
– A Penn'orth of Allsorts (1957) … Mrs. Dyke
– The Silent House (1957) … Mrs. Groome
 
1957 The Surgeon's Knife
Mrs. Waring
 
1957 Sea Wife
Elderly Nun
 
1957 Hell Drivers
Mrs. Yately, Tom's Mother
 
1957 Hour of Mystery (TV series)
Mrs. Catherick
– The Woman in White (1957) … Mrs. Catherick
 
1957 The Good Companions
Mrs. Jimmy Nunn
 
1950-1957 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV series)
Alice Greenleaf / Elizabeth / Madame Mervan / …
– Gaslight (1957) … Elizabeth
– Martine (1952) … Madame Mervan
– Bird in Hand (1952) … Alice Greenleaf
– Hobson's Choice (1950) … Mrs. Hepworth
 
1956 Tiger in the Smoke
Lucy Cash
 
1956 A Man from the Sun (TV movie)
Miss Prior
 
1956 The Gentle Touch
Sister Snow
 
1956 Jumping for Joy
Landlady (uncredited)
 
1955 Lilli Palmer Theatre (TV series)
Mrs. Trent
– A Present from Bessie (1955) … Mrs. Trent
 
1955 As I Was Saying (TV series)
– A Deal in Diving (1955)
 
1955 Rheingold Theatre (TV series)
Emily
– Tony (1955) … Emily
 
1955 Terminus (TV series)
Mrs. Avon
– The Driving Seat (1955) … Mrs. Avon
 
1954 The Black Rider
Mrs. Marsh
 
1954 Game of Danger
Mrs. Maxted
 
1953 Melba
Aunt Catherine
 
1953 Death Goes to School
Miss Hopkinson
 
1952 The Wild Heart
Aunt Prowde
 
1952 Holiday Week
Mrs. Hollins
 
1951 Out of True (short)
Mrs. Green
 
1950 She Shall Have Murder
Mrs. Hawthorne
 
1950 Gone to Earth
Aunt Prowde
 
1950 No Trace
Landlady
 
1950 Paul Temple's Triumph
Mrs. Weston
 
1950 The 20 Questions Murder Mystery
Olive Tavy (uncredited)
 
1949 Marry Me
Mrs. Perrins
 
1949 Adam and Evalyn
Mrs. Parker
 
1948 The Little Ballerina
Mrs. Field
 
1948 No Room at the Inn
Mrs. Jarvis (uncredited)
 
1948 My Brother's Keeper
Mrs. Jenny Martin
 
1948 Good-Time Girl
Mrs. Rawlings
 
1948 My Brother Jonathan
Mrs. Hodgkiss
 
1947 Master of Bankdam
Mrs. Pickersgill
 
1947 Jassy
Mrs. Wicks
 
1947 Holiday Camp
Valerie's Aunt
 
1947 So Well Remembered
Annie
 
1947 I Became a Criminal
Farmer's Wife (uncredited)
 
1947 The Upturned Glass
Injured Girl's Mother
 
1947 Power Without Glory (TV movie)
Maggie
 
1946 The Green Finger
Miss Marchmont
 
1946 Bedelia
Mary
 
1945 The Wicked Lady
Aunt Moll
 
1945 Johnny Frenchman
Mrs Tremayne
 
1945 The Seventh Veil (uncredited)
 
1945 Great Day
Miss Tracy
 
1945 Waterloo Road
Mrs. Colter
 
1945 The Agitator
Mrs. Shackleton
 
1944 A Lady Surrenders
Miss Rossiter
 
1944 Welcome, Mr. Washington
Martha
 
1944 Bees in Paradise
Moagga
 
1944 Victory Wedding (short)
Mrs. Clark
 
1944 Men of Rochdale (short)
Mrs Taylor
 
1943 Millions Like Us
Miss Wells
 
1943 I'll Walk Beside You
Miss McKenzie
 
1943 The Man in Grey
Gipsy
 
1943 We Dive at Dawn
Mrs. Dabbs (uncredited)
 
1943 The Bells Go Down
Ma Turk
 
1943 Squadron Leader X
Mrs. Krohn
 
1943 There's a Future in It (short)
Mother
 
1943 A Welcome to Britain (documentary)
Vi (uncredited)
 
1942 Talk About Jacqueline (uncredited)
 
1942 Secret Mission
British Cook
 
1942 A.J. Cronin's Hatter's Castle
Mrs. Brodie
 
1941 Rush Hour (short)
Shopper (uncredited)
 
1941 South American George
Mrs. Butters
 
1941 The Remarkable Mr. Kipps
Mrs. Kipps
 
1939 Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday
Mrs. Mooney (uncredited)
 
1939 Poison Pen
Mrs. Jenkins
 
1938 When We Are Married (TV movie)
Mrs. Northrop
 
1938 The Man with 100 Faces
Bit Role (uncredited)
 
1937 The Girl Was Young
Accused Man's Wife in First Court Case (uncredited)
 
1937 Oh, Mr. Porter!
Barney's Bar Landlady (uncredited)
 
1937 Spring Handicap
Mrs. Tulip
 
1936 Tomorrow We Live
Patricia's Mother (uncredited)
 

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Trivia:

British character actress whose best-known film role as Robert Newton's downtrodden wife of 'Hatter's Castle' (1941), typecast her in similar parts thereafter. During her lengthy career, she portrayed a host of long-suffering housekeepers, landladies or spinster aunts and was Aggie the junk dealer, who supplies a lethal dagger to Michael Gough... See more »

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