Billie Whitelaw
Birthday: 6 June 1932, Coventry, Warwickshire, England, UK
Birth Name: Billie Honor Whitelaw
Height: 157 cm
Billie Whitelaw first appeared on the radio aged 11. She made her theatrical debut in 1950 and in films from 1953. She has made a speciality of playing intense, single-purposed women. Also, (on stage) ...Show More
I could have easily have become a nun, or a prostitute, or both.
I could have easily have become a nun, or a prostitute, or both.
[on Samuel Beckett] Like many men the older he got the more attractive he became -- at least as seen Show more
[on Samuel Beckett] Like many men the older he got the more attractive he became -- at least as seen through a woman's eyes. Hide
About how she found her cottage in Suffolk: "I ended up at an estate agent's in Sudbury and the chap Show more
About how she found her cottage in Suffolk: "I ended up at an estate agent's in Sudbury and the chap, knowing I was an actress and imagining that I had Elizabeth Taylor finances, brought out details of all these places that Paul Getty would have been happy with. I said to him: 'Now, listen. Most of my parts are played at the Royal Court or the RSC and I barely make enough to pay my parking tickets. What I'm after is something totally run down, something that no one else would touch.' - He said: 'Get in the car.' And he drove me here." Hide
Billie Whitelaw's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (46)
Billie Whitelaw'S roles
Mrs. Baylock
Madame Defarge
Hetty Porter
Joyce Cooper
