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Ursula Howells
Actor
Born September 17, 1922 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK
Howells was born in London, the daughter of composer Herbert Howells, and was educated at St Paul's Girls' School, where her father worked as Director of Music. She made her first stage appearance at Dundee in 1939, in John Drinkwater's Bird in Hand, then moved to Oxford in 1942 and three years later made her London debut at the Embassy Theatre, Swiss Cottage. In 1947 she appeared in the comedy Jane at the Aldwych Theatre. After several years in the West End, and a brief stint on Broadway where she appeared in Springtime for Henry in 1951, she began to appear in films. After the death of her father in 1983, Ursula Howells instigated the "Herbert Howells Society" and became a standard bearer for the promotion of his work. She financially supported the recording of his compositions and did much to encourage the publishing and promotion of church music.
Filmography
The Cazalets
The Tichborne Claimant
Lady Doughty
A Rather English Marriage
Mary
Midsomer Murders
Lady Isabel Aubrey
A Pinch of Snuff
Alice Andover
Jewels
The Duchess
Heartbeat
Miriam Wakefield
Time After Time
May Swift
Lovejoy
Olive Nettleton
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
Miss Blacklock
The Cold Room
Headmistress
The Barchester Chronicles
Miss Thorne
Bergerac
Elizabeth Fouchet
The Enigma
Mrs Fielding
Gentle Folk
Mrs Menant
Father, Dear Father
Barbara Mossman
When the Actors Come
Barbara Karolina
Hard Times
Mrs Gradgrind
BBC2 Play of the Week
Barbara Karolina
Fall of Eagles
Empress Maria Fyodorovna
Playhouse
Mrs. Menant
Father Dear Father
Barbara
Upstairs, Downstairs
Duchess of Buckminster
Cousin Bette
Adeline Hulot
Play for Today
Sarah Chandler
Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly
Mumsy
Crossplot
Maggi Thwaites
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Mrs. Clissold
Father, Dear Father
Barbara
Ooh La La!
Mme Pontagnac
Assignment K
Estelle
Torture Garden
Miss Maxine Chambers (segment 3 "Mr. Steinway")
Man in a Suitcase
Half Hour Story
Peggy
All Gas and Gaiters
Mrs Buckley
The Informer
Lady Tregunter
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Ellen
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
Mrs. Deirdre Biddulph (segment 1 "Werewolf")
A Choice of Coward: Present Laughter
Liz Essendine
A Choice of Coward
Liz Essendine
80,000 Suspects
Joanna Duten
The Human Jungle
Julia Gray
The Madhouse on Castle Street
Martha Tompkins
The Sicilians
Mme. Perrault
Two Letter Alibi
Louise
No Hiding Place
Interpol Calling
Miki
Now Let Him Go
Nurse Judith
Account Rendered
Lucille Ainsworth
West of Suez
Eileen
Armchair Theatre
Margaret
The Long Arm
Mrs. Elliot / Mrs. Gilson
Keep It Clean
Pat Anstey
They Can't Hang Me
Antonia Pitt
Lilli Palmer Theatre
Mary
Track the Man Down
Mary Dennis
The Constant Husband
Ann
The Gilded Cage
Brenda Lucas
Sherlock Holmes
The Weak and the Wicked
Pam Vickers
The Blakes Slept Here
Emily
The Oracle
Peggy
Number Three
Maureen Dartington
I Believe in You
Hon. Ursula
The Cocktail Party
Flesh and Blood
Harriet Marshall
Sunday Night Theatre
Mary Winsloe