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Ursula Howells

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 she appeared in Springtime for Henry in 1951, she began to appear in films. After the death of her father in 1983, Ursula Howells instigated the "Herbert Howells Society" and became a standard bearer for the promotion of his work. She financially supported the recording of his compositions and did much to encourage the publishing and promotion of church music.

Known For: Acting

Born: Hammersmith, London, England, UK, 1922-09-17

Died: 2005-10-16

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Flesh and Blood	Harriet Marshall	0
2	1952	The Cocktail Party		0
3	1952	I Believe in You	Hon. Ursula	64
4	1953	The Oracle	Peggy	50
5	1953	The Blakes Slept Here	Emily	0
6	1954	The Weak and the Wicked	Pam Vickers	64
7	1955	The Gilded Cage	Brenda Lucas	52
8	1955	The Constant Husband	Ann	69
9	1955	Track the Man Down	Mary Dennis	58
10	1955	They Can't Hang Me	Antonia Pitt	60
11	1956	Keep It Clean	Pat Anstey	46
12	1956	The Long Arm	Mrs. Elliot / Mrs. Gilson	70
13	1957	West of Suez	Eileen	0
14	1957	Account Rendered	Lucille Ainsworth	58
15	1957	Now Let Him Go	Nurse Judith	0
16	1962	Two Letter Alibi	Louise	50
17	1963	The Sicilians	Mme. Perrault	55
18	1963	The Madhouse on Castle Street	Martha Tompkins	0
19	1963	80,000 Suspects	Joanna Duten	69
20	1964	A Choice of Coward: Present Laughter	Liz Essendine	0
21	1965	Dr. Terror's House of Horrors	Mrs. Deirdre Biddulph (segment 1 "Werewolf")	64
22	1967	Torture Garden	Miss Maxine Chambers (segment 3 "Mr. Steinway")	61
23	1968	Assignment K	Estelle	60
24	1969	Crossplot	Maggi Thwaites	55
25	1970	Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly	Mumsy	61
26	1972	Franklin's Farm	Prue	0
27	1973	Father Dear Father	Barbara	48
28	1974	Miss Nightingale	Aunt May	0
29	1974	Little Fears	The Older Woman	0
30	1978	When the Actors Come	Barbara Karolina	0
31	1980	Gentle Folk	Mrs Menant	0
32	1980	The Enigma	Mrs Fielding	0
33	1984	The Cold Room	Headmistress	48
34	1986	Time After Time	May Swift	0
35	1994	A Pinch of Snuff	Alice Andover	0
36	1998	The Tichborne Claimant	Lady Doughty	80
37	1998	A Rather English Marriage	Mary	57

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	Sunday Night Theatre	Mary Winsloe	35
2	1954	Sherlock Holmes		69
3	1955	Lilli Palmer Theatre	Mary	0
4	1956	Armchair Theatre	Margaret	58
5	1959	Interpol Calling	Miki	67
6	1959	No Hiding Place		37
7	1960	Sunday-Night Play		0
8	1960	Sunday-Night Play	Janet Ormund	0
9	1963	The Human Jungle	Julia Gray	82
10	1964	A Choice of Coward	Liz Essendine	70
11	1967	Man in a Suitcase		70
12	1968	Ooh La La!	Mme Pontagnac	0
13	1968	Father, Dear Father	Barbara	50
14	1970	Ryan International		0
15	1970	Play for Today	Sarah Chandler	63
16	1971	Cousin Bette	Adeline	35
17	1971	Upstairs, Downstairs	Duchess of Buckminster	76
18	1974	Playhouse	Mrs. Menant	70
19	1974	Playhouse	Mrs. Fielding	70
20	1974	Fall of Eagles	Empress Maria Fyodorovna	68
21	1976	The Many Wives Of Patrick		50
22	1977	BBC2 Play of the Week	Barbara Karolina	70
23	1977	Hard Times	Mrs Gradgrass	50
24	1978	Father, Dear Father	Barbara Mossman	50
25	1981	Bergerac	Elizabeth Fouchet	67
26	1981	Bergerac	Laura Atherton	67
27	1985	Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced	Miss Blacklock	72
28	1985	Bulman		67
29	1986	Lovejoy	Olive Nettleton	73
30	1992	Heartbeat	Miriam Wakefield	71
31	1992	Jewels	The Duchess	60
32	1997	Midsomer Murders	Lady Isabel Aubrey	75
33	2001	The Cazalets		85