Wendy Hiller
English film and stage actress (1912-2003) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 90
Dame Wendy Margaret Hiller was an English film and stage actress who enjoyed a varied acting career that spanned nearly 60 years. Writer Joel Hirschorn, in his 1984 compilation Rating the Movie Stars, described her as "a no-nonsense actress who literally took command of the screen whenever she appeared on film".
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I Know Where I'm Going! RevisitedFilm1991
The Best of FriendsFilm, Laurentia McLachlan1988
A Taste for DeathSeries, Lady Ursula Berowne1987
Anne of Green Gables: The SequelFilm, Mrs Margaret Harris1986
All Passion SpentSeries, Lady Slane1983AttractaFilm, Attracta1981
CountryFilm, Daisy - Lady Carlion1978
The BBC Television ShakespeareSeries, Duchess of YorkLast WishesFilm, 1978Mrs. Abercrombie1975Dame Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAward1974
Murder on the Orient ExpressFilm, Prinzessin Dragomiroff1972
ClochemerleSeries, Justine Putet1971Officer of the Order of the British EmpireAward1970
Play for TodaySeries, Daisy - Lady Carlion1969
David CopperfieldFilm, Mrs. Micawber1968
The Growing SummerSeries, Great Aunt Dymphna/Great-Aunt Dymphna1966
A Man for All SeasonsFilm, Alice More1965
BBC Play of the MonthSeries, Harriet1964Profiles in CourageSeries, Anne Hutchinson1960
Sons and LoversFilm, Gertrude Morel1959Academy Award for Best Supporting ActressAward1957
Bernard ShawFilm1953
The OscarsSeries1951
Outcast of the IslandsFilm, Mrs. Almayer1948
Studio OneSeries, Margaret Rose1941
Major BarbaraFilm, Major Barbara Undershaft1937
Lancashire LuckFilm, Betty Lovejoy1912Born15 August 1912People around Wendy
Delbert Mann Directed Separate Tables and David Copperfield- Gabriel Pascal Produced Pygmalion and Major Barbara
Deborah Kerr Also in Major Barbara and Separate Tables
Ralph Richardson Also in Outcast of the Islands (1951)
Roy Boulting Directed Single-Handed (1953)- Frank McCarthy Produced Single-Handed (1953)
George Bernard Shaw Wrote Pygmalion and Major Barbara
Audrey Hepburn Duets: Eliza Doolittle
Orson Welles Also in A Man for All Seasons (1967)
David Lynch Directed The Elephant Man (1980)
Judi Dench Duets: Princess Natalia Dragomiroff
Julie Andrews Duets: Eliza Doolittle
Vanessa Redgrave Also in Murder on the Orient Express (1983)
John Hurt Also in The Elephant Man (1980)
Paul Scofield Also in A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Leslie Howard Directed Pygmalion (1938)
Albert R. Broccoli Produced How to Murder a Rich Uncle (1957)
Anthony Asquith Directed Pygmalion (1938)
Emlyn Williams Also in David Copperfield and Major Barbara
Nigel Patrick Directed How to Murder a Rich Uncle (1957)
Felix Aylmer Also in Separate Tables and Major Barbara
Marie Lohr Also in Pygmalion and Major Barbara
Faith Brook Also in The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (1980)- Anthony Havelock-Allan Produced Lancashire Luck (1937)
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The Elephant Man 1980
Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel 1987
A Man for All Seasons 1966
Murder on the Orient Express 1974
Separate Tables 1958
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
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Television 23
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Despite many notable film performances, Hiller chose to remain primarily a stage actress.
