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Eileen Essell (October, 8 1922 – February 15, 2015) was an English actress noted in part for the age at which she began her screen acting career. Although she acted on the stage for 13 years in the 1940s and 50s, her first screen performance was in her late 70s, in an episode of Doctors, and has since appeared in many other TV programmes, including The Bill, Doc Martin, Holby City, Hustle, Casualty, Ideal and Sensitive Skin. On film she appeared in Finding Neverland (2004), Ali G Indahouse (2002), The Producers (2005), and as Grandma Josephine in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005).

Known For

7.8

Miss Gwen Ganderton

Land Girls

2009

7.1

Law & Order: UK

2009

6.3

Demons

2009

6.8

Aunt Blossom

Secret Diary of a Call Girl

2007

7.3

Christina

Torchwood

2006

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5.0

Feel the Force

2006

6.2

Hold Me-Touch Me

The Producers

2005

7.0

Grandma Josephine

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

2005

8.1

Mrs Coneybear

Ideal

2005

7.3

Mrs. Snow

Finding Neverland

2004

Credits

Land Girls

as Miss Gwen Ganderton

2009

7.8

Law & Order: UK

2009

7.1

Demons

2009

6.3

Secret Diary of a Call Girl

as Aunt Blossom

2007

6.8

Torchwood

as Christina

2006

7.3

🎬

Feel the Force

2006

5.0

The Producers

as Hold Me-Touch Me

2005

6.2

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

as Grandma Josephine

2005

7.0

Ideal

as Mrs Coneybear

2005

8.1

Finding Neverland

as Mrs. Snow

2004

7.3

Hustle

as Mary

2004

7.7

Duplex

as Mrs. Connelly

2003

6.1

Strange

as Miss Otterman

2003

6.5

Ali G Indahouse

as Mrs. Hugh

2002

6.1

Heartbeat

as Mrs Elsie Gray

1992

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