Ellen Pollock

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)

Known For: Acting

Born: Heidelberg, Germany, 1903-07-29

Died: 1997-03-29

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1928	Moulin Rouge	Girl	62
2	1929	Piccadilly	Vamp (uncredited)	64
3	1929	The Informer	Prostitute	63
4	1930	Too Many Crooks	The Other Girl	0
5	1930	Night Birds	Flossie	20
6	1931	My Wife's Family	Dolly White	0
7	1932	The First Mrs Fraser	Maid	0
8	1932	The Last Coupon		0
9	1933	Heads We Go	Madame	0
10	1935	It's a Bet	Mrs. Joe	0
11	1936	The Happy Family	Leo Hutt	0
12	1937	Splinters in the Air	Charles' Wife	0
13	1937	Aren't Men Beasts!	The Vamp	0
14	1937	The Street Singer	Gloria Weston	0
15	1937	Non-Stop New York	Miss Harvey	63
16	1937	Millions	Janet Mason	45
17	1939	Sons of the Sea	Margaret Hulls	68
18	1940	Spare a Copper	Lady Hardstaff	68
19	1945	Kiss the Bride Goodbye	Gladys Dodd	51
20	1945	Don Chicago	Lady Vanessa	40
21	1946	Bedelia	McKelvey's Housekeeper	52
22	1949	Warning to Wantons	Baroness de Jammes	60
23	1950	Something in the City	Mrs. Holley	57
24	1951	To Have and to Hold	Roberta	40
25	1951	The Galloping Major	Horsey Lady (uncredited)	60
26	1953	The Fake	Miss Fossett	55
27	1955	The Time of His Life	Lady Florence	65
28	1957	The Hypnotist	Miss Barbara Barton	53
29	1961	So Evil, So Young	Miss Smith	40
30	1964	Master Spy	Dr. Morrell	60
31	1965	Rapture	Landlady	70
32	1966	Who Killed the Cat?	Ruth Prendergast	70
33	1966	Finders Keepers	Grandma	57
34	1973	Horror Hospital	Olga ("Aunt Harris")	52
35	1983	The Wicked Lady	Mrs. Munce	49

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Role

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1928