Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderFemale
- Birthday1922-09-17
- Day of Death2005-10-16 (83 years)
- Place of BirthHammersmith, London, England, UK
- Also Known As-
Ursula Howells
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...Read More
Known For
Acting Career
- 1998
A Rather English Marriage
As: Mary
- 1998
The Tichborne Claimant
As: Lady Doughty
- 1997
Midsomer Murders
As: Lady Isabel Aubrey
- 1994
A Pinch of Snuff
As: Alice Andover
- 1992
Jewels
As: The Duchess
- 1992
Heartbeat
As: Miriam Wakefield
- 1986
Time After Time
As: May Swift
- 1986
Lovejoy
As: Olive Nettleton
- 1985
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
As: Miss Blacklock
- 1984
Miss Marple
As: Miss Blacklock
- 1984
The Cold Room
As: Headmistress
- 1981
Bergerac
As: Elizabeth Fouchet
- 1981
Bergerac
As: Laura Atherton
- 1980
The Enigma
As: Mrs Fielding
- 1980
Gentle Folk
As: Mrs Menant
- 1978
Father, Dear Father
As: Barbara Mossman
- 1978
When the Actors Come
As: Barbara Karolina
- 1977
Hard Times
As: Mrs Gradgrass
- 1974
Fall of Eagles
As: Empress Maria Fyodorovna
- 1973
Father Dear Father
As: Barbara
- 1971
Upstairs, Downstairs
As: Duchess of Buckminster
- 1971
Cousin Bette
As: Adeline
- 1970
Play for Today
As: Sarah Chandler
- 1970
Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly
As: Mumsy
- 1969
Crossplot
As: Maggi Thwaites
- 1968
Father, Dear Father
As: Barbara
- 1968
Assignment K
As: Estelle
- 1967
Torture Garden
As: Miss Maxine Chambers (segment 3 "Mr. Steinway")
- 1965
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
As: Mrs. Deirdre Biddulph (segment 1 "Werewolf")
- 1964
A Choice of Coward
As: Liz Essendine
- 1963
80,000 Suspects
As: Joanna Duten
- 1963
The Human Jungle
As: Julia Gray
- 1963
The Madhouse on Castle Street
As: Martha Tompkins
- 1963
The Sicilians
As: Mme. Perrault
- 1962
Two Letter Alibi
As: Louise
- 1959
Interpol Calling
As: Miki
- 1957
Now Let Him Go
As: Nurse Judith
- 1957
Account Rendered
As: Lucille Ainsworth
- 1957
West of Suez
As: Eileen
- 1956
Armchair Theatre
As: Margaret
- 1956
The Long Arm
As: Mrs. Elliot / Mrs. Gilson
- 1955
They Can't Hang Me
As: Antonia Pitt
- 1955
Lilli Palmer Theatre
As: Mary
- 1955
Track the Man Down
As: Mary Dennis
- 1955
The Constant Husband
As: Ann
- 1955
The Gilded Cage
As: Brenda Lucas
- 1954
The Weak and the Wicked
As: Pam Vickers
- 1953
The Blakes Slept Here
As: Emily
- 1953
The Oracle
As: Peggy
- 1952
I Believe in You
As: Hon. Ursula
- 1951
Flesh and Blood
As: Harriet Marshall
- 1950
Sunday Night Theatre
As: Mary Winsloe