Ursula Howells
Acting • Born 1922-09-17 – Died 2005-10-16
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 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.
Filmography
77 credits
Assignment K
Movie • 1968
Estelle
Dr Terror's House of Horrors
Movie • 1965
Mrs. Deirdre Biddulph (segment 1 "Werewolf")
Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly
Movie • 1970
Mumsy
Time After Time
Movie • 1986
May Swift
Now Let Him Go
Movie • 1957
Nurse Judith
Account Rendered
Movie • 1957
Lucille Ainsworth
Crossplot
Movie • 1969
Maggi Thwaites
Father Dear Father
Movie • 1973
Barbara
Track the Man Down
Movie • 1955
Mary Dennis
The Gilded Cage
Movie • 1955
Brenda Lucas
The Cocktail Party
Movie • 1952
80,000 Suspects
Movie • 1963
Joanna Duten
Miss Nightingale
Movie • 1974
Aunt May
The Long Arm
Movie • 1956
Mrs. Elliot / Mrs. Gilson
West of Suez
Movie • 1957
Eileen
Torture Garden
Movie • 1967
Miss Maxine Chambers (segment 3 "Mr. Steinway")
Gentle Folk
Movie • 1980
Mrs Menant
Two Letter Alibi
Movie • 1962
Louise
Franklin's Farm
Movie • 1972
Prue
Little Fears
Movie • 1974
The Older Woman
The Sicilians
Movie • 1963
Mme. Perrault
A Rather English Marriage
Movie • 1998
Mary
They Can't Hang Me
Movie • 1955
Antonia Pitt
Flesh and Blood
Movie • 1951
Harriet Marshall
The Tichborne Claimant
Movie • 1999
Lady Doughty
A Pinch of Snuff
Movie • 1994
Alice Andover
The Oracle
Movie • 1953
Peggy
The Constant Husband
Movie • 1955
Ann
The Weak and the Wicked
Movie • 1954
Pam Vickers
Keep It Clean
Movie • 1956
Pat Anstey
The Madhouse on Castle Street
Movie • 1963
Martha Tompkins
The Cold Room
Movie • 1984
Headmistress
I Believe in You
Movie • 1952
Hon. Ursula
The Enigma
Movie • 1980
Mrs Fielding
When the Actors Come
Movie • 1978
Barbara Karolina
The Blakes Slept Here
Movie • 1953
Emily
A Choice of Coward: Present Laughter
Movie • 1964
Liz Essendine
Number Three
Movie • 1953
Maureen Dartington
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Lady Isabel Aubrey
Bergerac
TV • 1981
Elizabeth Fouchet
Heartbeat
TV • 1992
Miriam Wakefield
Lovejoy
TV • 1986
Olive Nettleton
Sherlock Holmes
TV • 1954
Father, Dear Father
TV • 1968
Barbara
Interpol Calling
TV • 1959
Miki
No Hiding Place
TV • 1959
Fall of Eagles
TV • 1974
Empress Maria Fyodorovna
Man in a Suitcase
TV • 1967
Lilli Palmer Theatre
TV • 1955
Mary
Ryan International
TV • 1970
The Many Wives Of Patrick
TV • 1976
The Cazalets
TV • 2001
The Human Jungle
TV • 1963
Julia Gray
Play for Today
TV • 1970
Sarah Chandler
Ooh La La!
TV • 1968
Mme Pontagnac
Upstairs, Downstairs
TV • 1971
Duchess of Buckminster
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
TV • 1985
Miss Blacklock
Jewels
TV • 1992
The Duchess
Bergerac
TV • 1981
Laura Atherton
Father, Dear Father
TV • 1978
Barbara Mossman
Sunday-Night Play
TV • 1960
Armchair Theatre
TV • 1956
Margaret
A Choice of Coward
TV • 1964
Liz Essendine
Sunday Night Theatre
TV • 1950
Mary Winsloe
Sunday-Night Play
TV • 1960
Janet Ormund
Playhouse
TV • 1974
Mrs. Menant
Playhouse
TV • 1974
Mrs. Fielding
BBC2 Play of the Week
TV • 1977
Barbara Karolina
The Liars
TV • 1966
Miss. Bracegirdle
Cousin Bette
TV • 1971
Adeline Hulot
All Gas and Gaiters
TV • 1967
Mrs Buckley
The Informer
TV • 1966
Lady Tregunter
Hard Times
TV • 1977
Mrs Gradgrind
The Barchester Chronicles
TV • 1982
Miss Thorne
Drama 61-67
TV • 1961
Claire
Armchair Theatre
TV • 1956
Violet Green
Sunday Night Theatre
TV • 1950
Maureen Dartington