Ursula Howells
Acting
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 Jane at the Aldwych Theatre. After several years in the West End, and a brief stint on Broadway where she appeared in Springtime for Henry in 1951, she began to appear in films. After the death of her father in 1983, Ursula Howells instigated the "Herbert Howells Society" and became a standard bearer for the promotion of his work. She financially supported the recording of his compositions and did much to encourage the publishing and promotion of church music.
The Tichborne Claimant
Lady Doughty
A Rather English Marriage
Mary
A Pinch of Snuff
Alice Andover
Time After Time
May Swift
The Cold Room
Headmistress
The Enigma
Mrs Fielding
Gentle Folk
Mrs Menant
When the Actors Come
Barbara Karolina
Little Fears
The Older Woman
Miss Nightingale
Aunt May
Father Dear Father
Barbara
Franklin's Farm
Prue
Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly
Mumsy
Crossplot
Maggi Thwaites
Assignment K
Estelle
Torture Garden
Miss Maxine Chambers (segment 3 "Mr. Steinway")
Dr Terror's House of Horrors
Mrs. Deirdre Biddulph (segment 1 "Werewolf")
A Choice of Coward: Present Laughter
Liz Essendine
80,000 Suspects
Joanna Duten
The Madhouse on Castle Street
Martha Tompkins
The Sicilians
Mme. Perrault
Two Letter Alibi
Louise
Now Let Him Go
Nurse Judith
Account Rendered
Lucille Ainsworth
West of Suez
Eileen
The Long Arm
Mrs. Elliot / Mrs. Gilson
Keep It Clean
Pat Anstey
They Can't Hang Me
Antonia Pitt
Track the Man Down
Mary Dennis
The Constant Husband
Ann
The Gilded Cage
Brenda Lucas
The Weak and the Wicked
Pam Vickers
The Blakes Slept Here
Emily
The Oracle
Peggy
Number Three
Maureen Dartington
I Believe in You
Hon. Ursula
The Cocktail Party
Flesh and Blood
Harriet Marshall