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Amy Veness (1876–1960)

Actress

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Cheerful, motherly British character actress who came to films in middle-age, after a stage career that began at George Edwardes' Gaiety Theatre in musical comedy in the 1890's. Played many housekeepers and was notable in the Noel Coward adaptation of 'The Astonished Heart' and as Grandma Huggett in the Huggett trilogy.

Born:

in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England, UK

Died:

(age 84) in Saltdean, Sussex, England, UK
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1955 The Woman for Joe
Landlady (uncredited)
 
1954 Doctor in the House
Grandma Cooper (uncredited)
 
1952 Angels One Five
Aunt Tabitha
 
1951 The Magic Box
Grandmother in Wedding Group
 
1951 Tom Brown's Schooldays
Mrs. Wixie
 
1951 Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
Mrs. McPhee (Hornblower's Housekeeper)
 
1950 Portrait of Clare
Lady In The Train
 
1950 Her Panelled Door
Sophie
 
1950 Chance of a Lifetime
Lady Davis
 
1950 Madeleine
Miss Aiken
 
1950 The Astonished Heart
Alice Smith
 
1949 The Huggetts Abroad
Grandma Huggett
 
1949 A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
Grandma Bates
 
1949 Vote for Huggett
Grandma Huggett
 
1948 Here Come the Huggetts
Grandma Huggett
 
1948 My Brother's Keeper
Mrs. Gully
 
1948 Oliver Twist
Mrs. Bedwin
 
1948 Bond Street
Seamstress
 
1948 Good-Time Girl
Mrs. Chalk
 
1948 Blanche Fury
Mrs. Winterbourne
 
1947 Master of Bankdam
Mrs. Pilling
 
1947 The Turners of Prospect Road
Grandma
 
1946 Carnival
Aunt Fanny
 
1945 Don Chicago
Bowie Knife Bella
 
1945 They Were Sisters
Mrs. Purley
 
1945 Man of Evil
Mrs. Heaviside
 
1945 Madonna of the Seven Moons
Tessa
 
1945 The World Owes Me a Living
Mrs. Waterman (uncredited)
 
1944 Don't Take It to Heart
Cook
 
1944 This Happy Breed
Mrs. Flint
 
1943 Millions Like Us
Mrs. Blythe
 
1943 The Man in Grey
Mrs. Armstrong (uncredited)
 
1943 The Saint Meets the Tiger
Mrs. Donald Jones
 
1941 This England
Jenny
 
1941 John Smith Wakes Up (short)
Emily Smith
 
1940 Just William
Mrs. Bott
 
1939 A Cup of Happiness (TV movie)
Mrs. Bessie Veryard of Willowbrook
 
1939 Flying Fifty-Five
Aunt Eliza
 
1938 Yellow Sands
Mary Varwell
 
1938 Thistledown
Mary Glenloch
 
1937 The Show Goes On
Mrs. Scowcroft, Sally's Mother
 
1937 Aren't Men Beasts!
Mrs. Flower
 
1937 Our Island Nation (documentary)
Susan Trent
 
1937 The Angelus
Mrs. Grimes
 
1937 The Mill on the Floss
Mrs. Deane
 
1936 Black Roses
Annushka
 
1936 Skylarks
 
1936 Windbag the Sailor
Emma Harbottle
 
1936 Crime Over London (uncredited)
 
1936 The Beloved Vagabond
Cafe Owner
 
1936 King of Hearts
Mrs. Ponsonby
 
1935 Play Up the Band
Lady Heckdyke
 
1935 Joy Ride
Lady Clara Mutch-Twistleton
 
1935 Drake the Pirate
Mother Moore
 
1935 Regal Cavalcade
Suffragette
 
1935 Brewster's Millions
Mrs. Barry
 
1934 Lorna Doone
Betty Muxworthy
 
1934 The Old Curiosity Shop
Mrs. Jarley
 
1933 Red Wagon
Petal Schultze
 
1933 A Southern Maid
Donna Rosa
 
1933 Hawley's of High Street
Mrs. Hawley
 
1933 Their Night Out
Gertrude Bunting
 
1933 The Love Nest
Ma
 
1932 Flat No. 9 (short)
Mrs. Brandon Partridge
 
1932 Self Made Lady
Old Sookey
 
1932 Money for Nothing
Emma Bolt
 
1932 Let Me Explain, Dear
Aunt Fanny
 
1932 Murder on the Second Floor (uncredited)
 
1932 Pyjamas Preferred
Mme. Gautier
 
1932 The Marriage Bond
Mrs. Crust
 
1932 Tonight's the Night: Pass It On
Emily Smithers
 
1931 Hobson's Choice
Mrs. Hepworth
 
1931 The Wife's Family
Arabella Nagg
 
1919 The Brat
Mrs. Forrester
 
1918 My Wife
Mrs. Hammond
 
1917 Please Help Emily
Mrs. Lethbridge
 

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Personal Details

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(November 3,1926-February 1927) She acted in Eden Phillpotts's play, "Yellow Sands," at the Haymarket Theatre in London, England with Cedric Hardwicke, Viola Lyel, Ralph Richardson, Frank Vosper, Muriel Hewitt, Susan Richmond, Edward Petley, Alice Wills, and Drusilla Wills in the cast. See more »

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Alternate Names:

Amy Van Ness
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Cheerful, motherly British character actress who came to films in middle-age, after a stage career that began at George Edwardes' Gaiety Theatre in musical comedy in the 1890's. Played many housekeepers and was notable in the Noel Coward adaptation of 'The Astonished Heart' and as Grandma Huggett in the Huggett trilogy. See more »

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