Lila Kaye
Acteur
7 novembre 1929 — 10 janvier 2012 (82 ans)
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 Jewish mother and her bachelor son who jointly run a dry-cleaning business. She also appeared in films including Blind Terror (1971), The Black Panther (1977) and Quincy's Quest (1979), and found film success in later years for her performances in An American Werewolf in London (1981) as the conflicted rural barmaid trying to warn off the two doomed American backpackers, in Nuns on the Run (1990) as a formidable nun, and in Reason for Living: The Jill Ireland Story (1991; an American television film), in which she played Dorothy Ireland, the real-life mother of cancer-stricken actress Jill Ireland (played by Jill Clayburgh).[1] Kaye appeared in Bert Rigby, You're a Fool (1989) as Mrs. Pennington, and in Dragonworld (1994) as Mrs. Cosgrove.
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 Jewish mother and her bachelor son who jointly run a dry-cleaning business. She also appeared in films including Blind Terror (1971), The Black Panther (1977) and Quincy's Quest (1979), and found film success in later years for her performances in An American Werewolf in London (1981) as the conflicted rural barmaid trying to warn off the two doomed American backpackers, in Nuns on the Run (1990) as a formidable nun, and in Reason for Living: The Jill Ireland Story (1991; an American television film), in which she played Dorothy Ireland, the real-life mother of cancer-stricken actress Jill Ireland (played by Jill Clayburgh).[1] Kaye appeared in Bert Rigby, You're a Fool (1989) as Mrs. Pennington, and in Dragonworld (1994) as Mrs. Cosgrove.
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| 2000 | Animated Tales of the World · as Bird |
| 1996 | Interview Day · as Mother Polly |
| 1995 | Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde · as Granny Jekyll |
| 1994 | Dragonworld · as Mrs. Cosgrove |
| 1993 | Cafe Americain · as Margaret Hunt |
| 1992 | Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris · as Vi Butterfield |
| 1992 | Covington Cross · as Mother Superior |
| 1992 | Anglo Saxon Attitudes · as Dr. Rose Lorimer |
| 1991 | Reason for Living: The Jill Ireland Story · as Dorothy, Jill's MotherSur Plex |
| 1991 | Antonia and Jane · as Jane's Mother |
| 1990 | Nuns on the Run · as Sister Mary Of The Annunciation |
| 1989 | Birds Of A Feather · as Mrs. Mccarthy |
| 1989 | Bodger and Badger · as Miss Trout |
| 1989 | Bert Rigby, You're a Fool · as Mrs. Pennington |
| 1988 | Dear John (1988) · as Audrey |
| 1987 | The Sign of Four · as Mrs Mordecai Smith |
| 1987 | The Return of Sherlock Holmes · as Ms. Houston |
| 1986 | The Canterville Ghost · as Mrs. Umney |
| 1986 | Lost Empires · as Rose Bentwood |
| 1986 | Screenplay (1986) · as Jane's Mother |
| 1986 | The Return of the Antelope · as Mrs. Mallarby |
| 1984 | Camille · as NanineSur Plex |
| 1984 | Pericles, Prince of Tyre · as Bawd |
| 1984 | Ellis Island · as Kathleen O'donnell |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote · as Teresa Mancini |
| 1984 | The Invisible Man (1984) · as Mrs Jenny Hall |
| 1984 | Goodie-Two-Shoes · as Miss Bloom |
| 1984 | Sherlock Holmes (1984) · as Mrs. Mordecai SmithSur Plex |
| 1983 | Give us a Break · as Glad |
| 1982 | |
| 1982 | Cheers · as Lillian Huxley |
| 1981 | An American Werewolf in London · as Barmaid |
| 1979 | Quincy's Quest · as Griselda |
| 1979 | The Strange Affairs Of Adelaide Harris · as Mrs. Alexander |
| 1978 | Will Shakespeare · as Mistress Dainey |
| 1977 | The Black PantherSur Plex |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the Week · as Bertha |
| 1973 | Thriller (1973) · as Bess TarlingSur Plex |
| 1972 | Van der Valk · as Emma Struys |
| 1971 | See No Evil · as Gypsy Mother |
| 1971 | Mr. Horatio Knibbles · as Nancy's Mother |
| 1969 | The Flaxton Boys · as Sarah Weekes |
| 1968 | The Fiction-Makers · as MaSur Plex |
| 1966 | David Copperfieldd (1966) · as Clara Peggotty |
| 1966 | David Copperfieldd (1966) · as Clara Peggotty |
| 1965 | Play of the Month · as Mrs. Mossop |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre · as The Manageress |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play · as Mrs. Baker |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 · as Romaine |
| 1963 | Love Story (1963) · as Mrs. Freedman |
| 1962 | The Saint · as MaSur Plex |
| 1962 | Z Cars · as Mrs. Nagle |
| 1960 | Coronation Street · as Mrs. BonnettiSur Plex |
| 1960 | BBC Sunday-Night Play · as Joyce |
| 1957 | Emergency-Ward 10 · as Mrs. Garfield |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre · as Dinah Wiseman |
| 1955 | Dixon of Dock Green · as Mrs. Silver |
| 1953 | The Good Old Days · as Self - Performer |