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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 29, 1903
Died
March 29, 1997
Place of Birth
Heidelberg, Germany
Also Known As
- Ellen Clara Pollock
Ellen Pollock
0.3 Popularity
Biography
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
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Sophie Englander
The Old Men at the Zoo
1983
4.8
Mrs. Munce
The Wicked Lady
1983
5.1
Olga ("Aunt Harris")
Horror Hospital
1973
2.7
Mme. Nourisson
Cousin Bette
1971
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0.0
Mama
Ooh La La!
1968
5.7
Grandma
Finders Keepers
1966
7.0
Ruth Prendergast
Who Killed the Cat?
1966
7.0
Landlady
Rapture
1965
6.0
Dr. Morrell
Master Spy
1964
0.0
Lady Melinda
Richard the Lionheart
1962
Credits
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The Old Men at the Zoo
as Sophie Englander
1983
5.0
The Wicked Lady
as Mrs. Munce
1983
4.8
Horror Hospital
as Olga ("Aunt Harris")
1973
5.1
Cousin Bette
as Mme. Nourisson
1971
2.7
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Ooh La La!
as Mama
1968
0.0
Finders Keepers
as Grandma
1966
5.7
Who Killed the Cat?
as Ruth Prendergast
1966
7.0
Rapture
as Landlady
1965
7.0
Master Spy
as Dr. Morrell
1964
6.0
Richard the Lionheart
as Lady Melinda
1962
0.0
So Evil, So Young
as Miss Smith
1961
3.8
The Hypnotist
as Miss Barbara Barton
1957
5.3
The Time of His Life
as Lady Florence
1955
6.2
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The Golden Link
as Mme Sonia
1954
0.0
The Fake
as Miss Fossett
1953
5.5
The Galloping Major
as Horsey Lady (uncredited)
1951
6.0
To Have and to Hold
as Roberta
1951
4.0
Something in the City
as Mrs. Holley
1950
5.7
Warning to Wantons
as Baroness de Jammes
1949
6.0
Bedelia
as McKelvey's Housekeeper
1946
4.6
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Don Chicago
as Lady Vanessa
1945
4.0
Kiss the Bride Goodbye
as Gladys Dodd
1945
5.1
Spare a Copper
as Lady Hardstaff
1940
6.8
Sons of the Sea
as Margaret Hulls
1939
6.8
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Millions
as Janet Mason
1937
4.5
Non-Stop New York
as Miss Harvey
1937
6.5
The Street Singer
as Gloria Weston
1937
0.0
Aren't Men Beasts!
as The Vamp
1937
0.0
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Splinters in the Air
as Charles' Wife
1937
0.0
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The Happy Family
as Leo Hutt
1936
0.0
It's a Bet
as Mrs. Joe
1935
5.0
Heads We Go
as Madame
1933
0.0
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The Last Coupon
1932
0.0
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The First Mrs Fraser
as Maid
1932
0.0
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My Wife's Family
as Dolly White
1931
0.0
Night Birds
as Flossie
1930
2.0
Too Many Crooks
as The Other Girl
1930
0.0
The Informer
as Prostitute
1929
6.3
Piccadilly
as Vamp (uncredited)
1929
6.4
Moulin Rouge
as Girl
1928
6.2