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Ellen Pollock
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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 s…
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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)
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Ellen Pollock's Filmography
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Florence Nightingale
as Lady Monteagle
The Wicked Lady
as Mrs. Munce
Horror Hospital
as Olga ("Aunt Harris")
Finders Keepers
as Grandma
Who Killed the Cat?
as Ruth Prendergast
Rapture
as Landlady
Master Spy
as Dr. Morrell
So Evil, So Young
as Miss Smith
The Long Knife
as Mrs. Cheam
Mrs. Wickens in the Fall
as Mme Charcot
The Hypnotist
as Miss Barbara Barton
The Time of His Life
as Lady Florence
No Poster
The Golden Link
as Mme Sonia
The Fake
as Miss Fossett
The Galloping Major
as Horsey Lady (uncredited)
To Have and to Hold
as Roberta
Something in the City
as Mrs. Holley
Warning to Wantons
as Baroness de Jammes
Bedelia
as McKelvey's Housekeeper
No Poster
Don Chicago
as Lady Vanessa
Kiss the Bride Goodbye
as Gladys Dodd
Spare a Copper
as Lady Hardstaff
Sons of the Sea
as Margaret Hulls
No Poster
Millions
as Janet Mason
Non-Stop New York
as Miss Harvey
The Street Singer
as Gloria Weston
Aren't Men Beasts!
as The Vamp
No Poster
Splinters in the Air
as Charles' Wife
No Poster
The Happy Family
as Leo Hutt
It's a Bet
as Mrs. Joe
Heads We Go
as Madame
No Poster
The Last Coupon
No Poster
The First Mrs Fraser
as Maid
No Poster
My Wife's Family
as Dolly White
Night Birds
as Flossie
Too Many Crooks
as The Other Girl
The Informer
as Prostitute
Piccadilly
as Vamp (uncredited)
Moulin Rouge
as Girl