Ellen Pollock
Known For
Acting
Born
1903-07-29 in Heidelberg, Germany
Died
1997-03-29
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 Known For
Richard the Lionheart
as Lady Melinda
Ooh La La!
as Mama
Cousin Bette
as Mme. Nourisson
The Wicked Lady
as Mrs. Munce
The Old Men at the Zoo
as Sophie Englander
Horror Hospital
as Olga ("Aunt Harris")
Piccadilly
as Vamp (uncredited)
Rapture
as Landlady
Finders Keepers
as Grandma
Spare a Copper
as Lady Hardstaff
The Hypnotist
as Miss Barbara Barton
The Fake
as Miss Fossett
Sons of the Sea
as Margaret Hulls
Bedelia
as McKelvey's Housekeeper
Non-Stop New York
as Miss Harvey
So Evil, So Young
as Miss Smith
Moulin Rouge
as Girl
The Informer
as Prostitute
Master Spy
as Dr. Morrell
Who Killed the Cat?
as Ruth Prendergast