Eileen Essell
Known For
Acting
Born
1922-10-08 in London
Died
2015-02-15
Biography
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).
Most Known For
Heartbeat
as Mrs Elsie Gray
Torchwood
as Christina
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
as Grandma Josephine
Hustle
as Mary
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
as Aunt Blossom
Law & Order: UK
Ideal
as Mrs Coneybear
Duplex
as Mrs. Connelly
Finding Neverland
as Mrs. Snow
The Producers
as Hold Me-Touch Me
Ali G Indahouse
as Mrs. Hugh
Land Girls
as Miss Gwen Ganderton
Strange
as Miss Otterman
Demons
