Biography
Eileen Mabel Elizabeth Way (2 September 1911 – 16 June 1994) was a British actress who appeared in film and television roles in a career dating back to the 1930s. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art from the age of 16.She was in some of the first productions of Tennessee Williams' plays in Great Britain, including playing the role of the Mexican Woman in A Streetcar Named Desire, and appeared at the Bristol Old Vic and Nottingham Playhouse.She appeared in the TV series Doctor Who, in the serials An Unearthly Child (as Old Mother, the programme's first on-screen death) and The Creature from the Pit (as Karela), as well as in the 1966 film Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (as Old Woman), based on the serial The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964). She also appeared in the second series of Poldark (1977) as Aunt Agatha; Century Falls; Upstairs, Downstairs; By the Sword Divided; Inspector Morse; Bergerac; and Ripping Yarns.
She was married to the psychiatrist Felix Warden Brown.
Filmography
all 52
TV Shows 29
Movies 23
Century Falls (1993)
The Detectives (1993)
Sean's Show (1992)
One Last Chance (1990)
Birds of a Feather (1989)
Queen of Hearts (1989)
The Rainbow (1988)
Naming the Names (1987)
Inspector Morse (1987)
All Passion Spent (1986)
All Passion Spent (1986)
Bad Medicine (1985)
The Bill (1984)
Sakharov (1984)
One by One (1984)
Macbeth (1983)
By the Sword Divided (1983)
Bergerac (1981)
Sphinx (1981)
Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit (1979)
Minder (1979)
Les Misérables (1978)
BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)
Secret Army (1977)
Poldark (1975)
The Onedin Line (1971)
Upstairs, Downstairs (1971)
The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel (1969)
Arrivederci, Baby! (1966)
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. (1966)
The Comedy Man (1964)
Doctor Who (1963)
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child (1963)
The Sentimental Agent (1963)
The Saint (1962)
Man of the World (1962)
Z-Cars (1962)
Sir Francis Drake (1961)
Maigret (1960)
Kidnapped (1960)
International Detective (1959)
One Step Beyond (1959)
The Larkins (1958)
The Vikings (1958)
Hancock's Half Hour (1956)
Monsieur Ripois (1954)
They Who Dare (1954)
Street of Shadows (1953)
Blood Orange (1953)
General Electric Theater (1953)
Venetian Bird (1952)
The Stranger Left No Card (1952)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1911-09-02
Deathday1994-06-16 (82 years old)
Birth PlaceSurrey, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
Also Known AsEileen Mabel Elizabeth Way
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