Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderFemale
- Birthday1929-11-07
- Day of Death2012-01-10 (82 years)
- Place of BirthWorthing, Sussex, England, UK
- Also Known As-
Lila Kaye
Biography
Lila Kaye (7 November 1929 – 10 January 2012) was an English actress. She spent a number of years working in the United States, on Broadway and in television, before returning to England. She often played motherly and/or comedic characters, mostly on television, including Cathy Come Home (1966) as a staff member at a homeless shelter, and My Son Reuben (1975), co-starring Bernard Spear, as a...Read More
Known For
Acting Career
- 1996
Eskimo Day
As: Mother Polly
- 1994
Dragonworld
As: Mrs. Cosgrove
- 1993
Cafe Americain
As: Margaret Hunt
- 1992
Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris
As: Vi Butterfield
- 1992
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
As: Dr. Rose Lorimer
- 1991
Reason for Living: The Jill Ireland Story
As: Dorothy, Jill's mother
- 1990
Antonia and Jane
As: Jane's Mother
- 1990
Nuns on the Run
As: Sister Mary of the Annunciation
1989Birds of a Feather
As: Mrs. McCarthy
1989Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
As: Mrs. Pennington
1988Dear John
As: Audrey
1987The Trial of Klaus Barbie
As: Lagrange
- 1987
The Sign of Four
As: Mrs Mordecai Smith
1987The Return of Sherlock Holmes
As: Ms. Houston
1987Making Waves
As: Mrs Nash
- 1986
The Canterville Ghost
As: Mrs. Umney
1984Camille
As: Nanine
1984Pericles, Prince of Tyre
As: Bawd
1984Ellis Island
As: Kathleen O'Donnell
1984Murder, She Wrote
As: Teresa Mancini
1984The Invisible Man
As: Mrs Jenny Hall
1984Sherlock Holmes
As: Mrs. Mordecai Smith
1984Mama Malone
As: 'Mama' Renate Malone
1982Cheers
As: Lillian Huxley
1981Sredni Vashtar
As: Mrs. Woolridge
- 1981
An American Werewolf in London
As: Barmaid
1979Quincy's Quest
As: Griselda
1977The Kitchen
As: Bertha
1977BBC2 Play of the Week
As: Bertha
1973A Place to Die
As: Bess
- 1971
See No Evil
As: Gypsy Mother
1971Mr. Horatio Knibbles
As: Nancy's Mother
1969The Flaxton Boys
As: Sarah Weekes
1968The Fiction Makers
As: Ma
1964Theatre 625
As: Romaine
1962The Saint
As: Ma
