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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...

Known For

Dr Terror's House of Horrors

as Mrs. Deirdre Biddulph (segment 1 "Werewolf")

Torture Garden

as Miss Maxine Chambers (segment 3 "Mr. Steinway")

Cast Credits

The Tichborne Claimant

as Lady Doughty

A Pinch of Snuff

as Alice Andover

Time After Time

as May Swift

The Cold Room

as Headmistress

The Enigma

as Mrs Fielding

Gentle Folk

as Mrs Menant

When the Actors Come

as Barbara Karolina

Little Fears

as The Older Woman

Miss Nightingale

as Aunt May

Crossplot

as Maggi Thwaites

Assignment K

as Estelle

Torture Garden

as Miss Maxine Chambers (segment 3 "Mr. Steinway")

Dr Terror's House of Horrors

as Mrs. Deirdre Biddulph (segment 1 "Werewolf")

80,000 Suspects

as Joanna Duten

The Sicilians

as Mme. Perrault

Now Let Him Go

as Nurse Judith

Account Rendered

as Lucille Ainsworth

West of Suez

as Eileen

The Long Arm

as Mrs. Elliot / Mrs. Gilson

Keep It Clean

as Pat Anstey

They Can't Hang Me

as Antonia Pitt

Track the Man Down

as Mary Dennis