Ellen Pollock
Age: N/A | From: Heidelberg, Germany
Person Details
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Aliases: Ellen Clara Pollock
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Heidelberg, Germany
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Movie Involvements: 16
TV Involvements: 1
Most Famous Work
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)
Most Famous Work
Ooh La La!
(1968) Mama
Piccadilly
(1929) Vamp (uncredited)
Rapture
(1965) Landlady
The Informer
(1929) Prostitute
Who Killed the Cat?
(1966) Ruth Prendergast
Non-Stop New York
(1937) Miss Harvey
Moulin Rouge
(1928) Girl
Night Birds
(1930) FlossieActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Olga ("Aunt Harris") | |
| 1968 | Mama | |
| 1966 | Grandma | |
| Ruth Prendergast | ||
| 1965 | Landlady | |
| 1961 | Miss Smith | |
| 1957 | Miss Barbara Barton | |
| 1955 | Lady Florence | |
| 1953 | Miss Fossett | |
| 1951 | Roberta | |
| 1950 | Mrs. Holley | |
| 1949 | Baroness de Jammes | |
| 1946 | McKelvey's Housekeeper | |
| 1945 | Lady Vanessa | |
| Gladys Dodd | ||
| 1940 | Lady Hardstaff | |
| 1939 | Margaret Hulls | |
| 1937 | Janet Mason | |
| Miss Harvey | ||
| Gloria Weston | ||
| The Vamp | ||
| Charles' Wife | ||
| 1936 | Leo Hutt | |
| 1935 | Mrs. Joe | |
| 1933 | Madame | |
| 1932 | N/A | |
| Maid | ||
| 1931 | Dolly White | |
| 1930 | Flossie | |
| The Other Girl | ||
| 1929 | Prostitute | |
| Vamp (uncredited) | ||
| 1928 | Girl | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
