Ursula Howells
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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
Credits
The Long Arm (1956)
as Mrs. Elliot / Mrs. Gilson
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
as Mrs. Deirdre Biddulph (segment 1 "Werewolf")
Crossplot (1969)
as Maggi Thwaites
Torture Garden (1967)
as Miss Maxine Chambers (segment 3 "Mr. Steinway")
Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly (1970)
as Mumsy
Assignment K (1968)
as Estelle
The Tichborne Claimant (1999)
as Lady Doughty
Account Rendered (1957)
as Lucille Ainsworth
The Cold Room (1984)
as Headmistress
Time After Time (1986)
as May Swift
The Constant Husband (1955)
as Ann
The Oracle (1953)
as Peggy
Flesh and Blood (1951)
as Harriet Marshall
The Blakes Slept Here (1953)
as Emily
When the Actors Come (1978)
as Barbara Karolina
A Rather English Marriage (1998)
as Mary
The Sicilians (1963)
as Mme. Perrault
Number Three (1953)
as Maureen Dartington
The Enigma (1980)
as Mrs Fielding
Track the Man Down (1955)
as Mary Dennis
A Pinch of Snuff (1994)
as Alice Andover
Father Dear Father (1973)
as Barbara
The Weak and the Wicked (1954)
as Pam Vickers
They Can't Hang Me (1955)
as Antonia Pitt
I Believe in You (1952)
as Hon. Ursula
80,000 Suspects (1963)
as Joanna Duten
Miss Nightingale (1974)
as Aunt May
Two Letter Alibi (1962)
as Louise
The Madhouse on Castle Street (1963)
as Martha Tompkins
Gentle Folk (1980)
as Mrs Menant
Franklin's Farm (1972)
as Prue
West of Suez (1957)
as Eileen
Now Let Him Go (1957)
as Nurse Judith
The Gilded Cage (1955)
as Brenda Lucas
Little Fears (1974)
as The Older Woman
Keep It Clean (1956)
as Pat Anstey
The Cocktail Party (1952)
Actor
A Choice of Coward: Present Laughter (1964)
as Liz Essendine