1903-07-29 ( 121 years old ) in Heidelberg, Germany
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)
Movies
The Wicked Lady
1983-04-21
Horror Hospital
1973-05-11
Finders Keepers
1966-12-08
Who Killed the Cat?
1966-10-07
Rapture
1965-08-23
Master Spy
1964-08-19
So Evil, So Young
1961-01-01
The Hypnotist
1957-07-29
The Time of His Life
1955-01-01
The Fake
1953-09-25
The Galloping Major
1951-05-07
To Have and to Hold
1951-03-01
Something in the City
1950-09-01
Warning to Wantons
1949-01-04
Bedelia
1946-07-08
Don Chicago
1945-08-06
Kiss the Bride Goodbye
1945-01-28
Spare a Copper
1940-12-02
Sons of the Sea
1939-12-23
Millions
1937-09-21
Non-Stop New York
1937-09-13
The Street Singer
1937-03-01
Aren't Men Beasts!
1937-01-19
Splinters in the Air
1937-01-01
The Happy Family
1936-01-01
It's a Bet
1935-02-01
Heads We Go
1933-07-28
The Last Coupon
1932-07-21
The First Mrs Fraser
1932-04-18
My Wife's Family
1931-06-03
Night Birds
1930-10-16
Too Many Crooks
1930-08-01
The Informer
1929-10-16
Piccadilly
1929-02-01
Moulin Rouge
1928-03-21
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