Ursula Howells
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Howells was born in London, the daughter of composer Herbert Howells, and was educated at St Paul's Girls' School, where her father worked as Director of Music. She made her first stage appearance at Dundee in 1939, in John Drinkwater's Bird in Hand, then moved to Oxford in 1942 and three years later made her London debut at the Embassy Theatre, Swiss Cottage. In 1947 she appeared in the comedy Jane at the Aldwych Theatre. After several years in the West End, and a brief stint on Broadway where ...
Known For
Filmography
The Cazalets
2001
The Tichborne Claimant
1999
as Lady Doughty
A Rather English Marriage
1998
as Mary
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Lady Isabel Aubrey
She's Out
1995
as Mrs Lawson
A Pinch of Snuff
1994
as Alice Andover
Heartbeat
1992
as Miriam Wakefield
Jewels
1992
as The Duchess
Downtown Lagos
1992
as Ticker Dawson
Time After Time
1986
as May Swift
Lovejoy
1986
as Olive Nettleton
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
1985
as Miss Blacklock
The Cold Room
1984
as Headmistress
Miss Marple
1984
as Miss Blacklock
The Barchester Chronicles
1982
as Miss Thorne
Something in Disguise
1982
as May Browne-Lacey
Bergerac
1981
as Elizabeth Fouchet
Bergerac
1981
as Laura Atherton
Gentle Folk
1980
as Mrs Menant
The Enigma
1980
as Mrs Fielding
A Question of Guilt
1980
as Lady Uredale (voice)
When the Actors Come
1978
as Barbara Karolina
Father, Dear Father
1978
as Barbara Mossman
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Barbara Karolina
Hard Times
1977
as Mrs Gradgrind
The Many Wives Of Patrick
1976
Ten from the Twenties
1975
as Mrs Isobel Asterley
Miss Nightingale
1974
as Aunt May
Little Fears
1974
as The Older Woman
Fall of Eagles
1974
as Empress Maria Fyodorovna
Playhouse
1974
as Mrs. Menant
Playhouse
1974
as Mrs. Fielding
Father Dear Father
1973
as Barbara
Franklin's Farm
1972
as Prue
Late Night Theatre
1972
as The Older Woman
Upstairs, Downstairs
1971
as Duchess of Buckminster
Cousin Bette
1971
as Adeline Hulot
Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly
1970
as Mumsy
Ryan International
1970
Play for Today
1970
as Sarah Chandler
Crossplot
1969
as Maggi Thwaites
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Mrs. Clissold
Assignment K
1968
as Estelle
Father, Dear Father
1968
as Barbara
Ooh La La!
1968
as Mme Pontagnac
The Root of All Evil?
1968
as Angela
Torture Garden
1967
as Miss Maxine Chambers (segment 3 "Mr. Steinway")
Man in a Suitcase
1967
All Gas and Gaiters
1967
as Mrs Buckley
Half Hour Story
1967
as Peggy
The Forsyte Saga
1967
as Frances Forsyte
The Informer
1966
as Lady Tregunter
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
1965
as Mrs. Deirdre Biddulph (segment 1 "Werewolf")
The Wednesday Thriller
1965
as Hilda
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Ellen
Knock on Any Door
1965
as Ann Gibbs
Six Shades of Black
1965
as Netta Bartholomew
A Choice of Coward: Present Laughter
1964
as Liz Essendine
A Choice of Coward
1964
as Liz Essendine
80,000 Suspects
1963
as Joanna Duten
The Sicilians
1963
as Mme. Perrault
The Madhouse on Castle Street
1963
as Martha Tompkins
The Human Jungle
1963
as Julia Gray
Two Letter Alibi
1962
as Louise
Drama 61-67
1961
as Claire
Sunday-Night Play
1960
Sunday-Night Play
1960
as Janet Ormund
Theatre '70
1960
as Jessy Tomson
Interpol Calling
1959
as Miki
No Hiding Place
1959
Now Let Him Go
1957
as Nurse Judith
Account Rendered
1957
as Lucille Ainsworth
West of Suez
1957
as Eileen
The Long Arm
1956
as Mrs. Elliot / Mrs. Gilson
Keep It Clean
1956
as Pat Anstey
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Margaret
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Violet Green
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Nurse Judith
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Prue
Track the Man Down
1955
as Mary Dennis
The Gilded Cage
1955
as Brenda Lucas
They Can't Hang Me
1955
as Antonia Pitt
The Constant Husband
1955
as Ann
Lilli Palmer Theatre
1955
as Mary
The Weak and the Wicked
1954
as Pam Vickers
Sherlock Holmes
1954
The Oracle
1953
as Peggy
The Blakes Slept Here
1953
as Emily
Number Three
1953
as Maureen Dartington
The Cocktail Party
1952
I Believe in You
1952
as Hon. Ursula
Flesh and Blood
1951
as Harriet Marshall
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Mary Winsloe
Sunday Night Theatre
1950
as Maureen Dartington