Ursula Elizabeth Howells Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Ursula Howells (17 September 1922 – 16 October 2005) was an English actress whose elegant presence kept her much in demand for roles in film and television.Howells was born in London, the daughter of composer Herbert Howells, and was educated at St Paul's Girls' School, where her father had become Director of Music in 1936. 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. 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.
I wanted to go on stage, and had a scholarship to a school which closed down, then to another one which was bombed.
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Fact
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Her favourite stage roles were Judy in Frieda, Gabby in The Petrified Forest and Nina in The Seagull.
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During the Ashes series, she revealed that at the age of 16 she had been selected to play cricket for the England Women's team, but had never played because she was thought to be too young.
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Was an active supporter of the annual Petworth Festival.
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Educated at St Paul's Girls School and studied for the stage with Anthony Hawtrey at the Dundee Repertory Theatre.
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The daughter of the composer Herbert Howells (1892-1983), her father contracted Graves Disease before she was born in 1915, a potentially fatal illness. He was the first in his country to receive radium treatment and survived almost 70 years.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Midsomer Murders
2001
TV Series
Lady Isabel Aubrey
The Cazalets
2001
TV Series
Kitty Cazalet
A Rather English Marriage
1998
TV Movie
Mary
The Tichborne Claimant
1998
Lady Doughty
Casualty
1993-1997
TV Series
Erica Chisnall / Hilda
Dangerfield
1995
TV Series
Violet Trevelyn
Heartbeat
1995
TV Series
Miriam Wakefield
Class Act
1995
TV Series
Nanny Robbins
She's Out
1995
TV Mini-Series
Mrs. Lawson
Just William
1994
TV Series
Lady Markham
Lovejoy
1994
TV Series
Olive Nettleton
A Pinch of Snuff
1994
TV Movie
Alice Andover
Under the Hammer
1994
TV Series
Mrs. Roper
The Good Guys
1992-1993
TV Series
Miss Johnson
The Mixer
1992
TV Series
Elvira
Downtown Lagos
1992
TV Mini-Series
Ticker Dawson
Jewels
1992
TV Series
The Duchess
Bergerac
1985-1991
TV Series
Laura Atherton / Elizabeth Fouchet
Alleyn Mysteries
1990
TV Series
Lady Alleyn
Screen Two
1986
TV Series
May Swift
Bon Voyage
1985
TV Movie
Lady Bland
Bulman
1985
TV Series
Dr. Scobie Beasley
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
1985
TV Mini-Series
Miss Blacklock
The Cold Room
1984
TV Movie
Headmistress
The Barchester Chronicles
1982
TV Mini-Series
Miss Thorne
Something in Disguise
1982
TV Series
May Browne-Lacey
Goodbye Darling
1981
TV Series
Lady Alison Cleland
Sunday Night Thriller
1981
TV Series
Woman opposite
A Question of Guilt
1980
TV Series
Lady Uredale
BBC2 Playhouse
1980
TV Series
Mrs. Fielding / Mrs. Menant
ITV Playhouse
1979
TV Series
Alice
The Many Wives of Patrick
1976-1978
TV Series
Elizabeth Woodford
BBC2 Play of the Week
1978
TV Series
Barbara Karolina
Father, Dear Father in Australia
1978
TV Series
Barbara
Play for Today
1978
TV Series
Sarah Chandler
Crown Court
1974-1977
TV Series
Audrey Taylor / Sarah Leigh
Hard Times
1977
TV Mini-Series
Mrs. Gradgrind
ITV Sunday Night Drama
1976
TV Series
Julia
Upstairs, Downstairs
1975
TV Series
Duchess of Buckminster
Ten from the Twenties
1975
TV Series
Isobel Asterley
Miss Nightingale
1974
TV Movie
Aunt May
Whodunnit?
1974
TV Series
Lady Evelyn Dixon
Late Night Theatre
1974
TV Series
The older woman
Fall of Eagles
1974
TV Mini-Series
Empress Maria Fyodorovna
Ooh La La!
1973
TV Series
Madame Pontagnac
Owen, M.D.
1971-1973
TV Series
Mary James / Mona Darlington
Special Branch
1973
TV Series
Mrs. Sumner
Father Dear Father
1973
Barbara
Father Dear Father
1968-1973
TV Series
Barbara / Barbara Mossman / Barbara, Patrick's ex-wife
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1973
TV Series
Mrs. Clissold
Kate
1972
TV Series
Elaine Duncan
Armchair Theatre
1957-1972
TV Series
Prue / Margaret / Violet Green / ...
Cousin Bette
1971
TV Mini-Series
Adeline
Ryan International
1970
TV Series
Mme Bersac
Girly
1970
Mumsy
The Root of All Evil?
1969
TV Series
Angela
Crossplot
1969
Maggi Thwaites
Judge Dee
1969
TV Series
Madame Yee
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1968
TV Series
Ellen
Assignment K
1968
Estelle
Man in a Suitcase
1968
TV Series
Mrs. Arnoldson
Torture Garden
1967
Miss Maxine Chambers (segment 3 "Mr. Steinway")
The Informer
1967
TV Series
Lady Tregunter
Half Hour Story
1967
TV Series
Peggy
ITV Play of the Week
1959-1967
TV Series
Margot Winchip / Simone de Waldo / Mrs. Gee (segment "Two Blue Birds") / ...
No Hiding Place
1959-1967
TV Series
Mrs. Adams / Elaine Warner
All Gas and Gaiters
1967
TV Series
Mrs. Buckley
The Forsyte Saga
1967
TV Mini-Series
Frances Forsyte
Broome Stages
1966
TV Mini-Series
Caroline La Rayne
Love Story
1966
TV Series
Joan Randolph
Emergency-Ward 10
1966
TV Series
Laura Dexter
The Liars
1966
TV Series
Miss. Bracegirdle
Knock on Any Door
1965
TV Series
Ann Gibbs
The Wednesday Thriller
1965
TV Series
Hilda
Front Page Story
1965
TV Series
Mrs. Squires
Six Shades of Black
1965
TV Series
Netta Bartholomew
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
1965
Mrs. Deirdre Biddulph (segment "Werewolf")
Crane
1964
TV Series
Stella
The Hidden Truth
1964
TV Series
Miss Jessup
The Sicilians
1963
Mme. Perrault
80,000 Suspects
1963
Joanna Duten
The Human Jungle
1963
TV Series
Julia Gray
Dixon of Dock Green
1963
TV Series
Jean Baker Ellis
BBC Sunday-Night Play
1960-1963
TV Mini-Series
Martha Tompkins / Bobbie James / Sarah Weeks / ...