Biography
Yvette Rees, (22 May 1924 Swansea, Wales β 1993 in Ealing, London) born Eiros Yvette Rees, was a Welsh actress who appeared in many TV series and several noteworthy films in the 1960s. She trained at RADA, and graduated in 1949. In the mid-1970s she moved to Australia where she continued to work on TV and film until 1979 when she appears to have retired. She is perhaps best remembered for her memorable role in 1964's Witchcraft as the witch Vanessa Whitlock who returns from the grave to avenge being buried alive several hundred years previously.
Yvette is also the grandmother of stuntman Ben Smith-Petersen. Through her son Simon, who also worked in TV and cinema. She was married to Morten Smith-Petersen.
Filmography
all 10
Movies 7
TV Shows 3
Woman
The Trojan Women (1971)
Movie
Woman at Party
A Severed Head (1971)
Movie
Plebian
Julius Caesar (1970)
Movie
Alexa Kovacs
199 Park Lane (1965)
TV
Stage Madame Bardac
The Debussy Film (1965)
Movie
Wan
Curse of the Fly (1965)
Movie
5.45
Freda Windsor
The Likely Lads (1964)
TV
5.71
Sally Driscoll
Troubled Waters (1964)
Movie
Vanessa Whitlock
Witchcraft (1964)
Movie
Sister
The Human Jungle (1963)
TV
Ratings
Average 6.1
Based on 9.74 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1963
1964
1965
1971
1971
Information
Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1924-05-22 (99 years old)
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
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