Ellen Pollock
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 29, 1903
- Died
- Mar 29, 1997 (aged 93)
- Place of birth
- Heidelberg, Germany
- Credits
- 45
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 "Pollock 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
Florence Nightingale
1985Movie
Lady Monteagle
The Old Men at the Zoo
1983TV
Sophie Englander
The Wicked Lady
1983Movie
Mrs. Munce
Horror Hospital
1973Movie
Olga ("Aunt Harris")
Chéri
1973TV
Baroness de la Berche
Cousin Bette
1971TV
Mme. Nourisson
Ooh La La!
1968TV
Mama
The Forsyte Saga
1967TV
Madame Lamotte
Finders Keepers
1966Movie
Grandma
Who Killed the Cat?
1966Movie
Ruth Prendergast
Rapture
1965Movie
Landlady
Master Spy
1964Movie
Dr. Morrell
Richard the Lionheart
1962TV
Lady Melinda
So Evil, So Young
1961Movie
Miss Smith
The Long Knife
1958Movie
Mrs. Cheam
Mrs. Wickens in the Fall
1957Movie
Mme Charcot
The Hypnotist
1957Movie
Miss Barbara Barton
The Time of His Life
1955Movie
Lady Florence
The Golden Link
1954Movie
Mme Sonia
The Fake
1953Movie
Miss Fossett
The Galloping Major
1951Movie
Horsey Lady (uncredited)
To Have and to Hold
1951Movie
Roberta
Something in the City
1950Movie
Mrs. Holley
Warning to Wantons
1949Movie
Baroness de Jammes
Bedelia
1946Movie
McKelvey's Housekeeper
Don Chicago
1945Movie
Lady Vanessa
Kiss the Bride Goodbye
1945Movie
Gladys Dodd
Spare a Copper
1940Movie
Lady Hardstaff
Sons of the Sea
1939Movie
Margaret Hulls
Millions
1937Movie
Janet Mason
Non-Stop New York
1937Movie
Miss Harvey
The Street Singer
1937Movie
Gloria Weston
Aren't Men Beasts!
1937Movie
The Vamp
Splinters in the Air
1937Movie
Charles' Wife
The Happy Family
1936Movie
Leo Hutt
It's a Bet
1935Movie
Mrs. Joe
Heads We Go
1933Movie
Madame
The Last Coupon
1932Movie
The First Mrs Fraser
1932Movie
Maid
My Wife's Family
1931Movie
Dolly White
Night Birds
1930Movie
Flossie
Too Many Crooks
1930Movie
The Other Girl
The Informer
1929Movie
Prostitute
Piccadilly
1929Movie
Vamp (uncredited)
Moulin Rouge
1928Movie
Girl