Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 29, 1903
Died
Mar 29, 1997
Place of Birth
Heidelberg, Germany
Credits
44 titles
Ellen Pollock
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
Filmography
Florence Nightingale
Lady Monteagle
The Old Men at the Zoo
Sophie Englander
The Wicked Lady
Mrs. Munce
Horror Hospital
Olga ("Aunt Harris")
Chéri
Baroness de la Berche
Cousin Bette
Mme. Nourisson
Ooh La La!
Mama
Finders Keepers
Grandma
Who Killed the Cat?
Ruth Prendergast
Rapture
Landlady
Master Spy
Dr. Morrell
Richard the Lionheart
Lady Melinda
So Evil, So Young
Miss Smith
The Long Knife
Mrs. Cheam
Mrs. Wickens in the Fall
Mme Charcot
The Hypnotist
Miss Barbara Barton
The Time of His Life
Lady Florence
The Golden Link
Mme Sonia
The Fake
Miss Fossett
The Galloping Major
Horsey Lady (uncredited)
To Have and to Hold
Roberta
Something in the City
Mrs. Holley
Warning to Wantons
Baroness de Jammes
Bedelia
McKelvey's Housekeeper
Don Chicago
Lady Vanessa
Kiss the Bride Goodbye
Gladys Dodd
Spare a Copper
Lady Hardstaff
Sons of the Sea
Margaret Hulls
Millions
Janet Mason
Non-Stop New York
Miss Harvey
The Street Singer
Gloria Weston
Aren't Men Beasts!
The Vamp
Splinters in the Air
Charles' Wife
The Happy Family
Leo Hutt
It's a Bet
Mrs. Joe
Heads We Go
Madame
The Last Coupon
The First Mrs Fraser
Maid
My Wife's Family
Dolly White
Night Birds
Flossie
Too Many Crooks
The Other Girl
The Informer
Prostitute
Piccadilly
Vamp (uncredited)
Moulin Rouge
Girl