Amy Veness Explained

Amy Veness
Birthname:	Amy Clarice Beart
Birth Date:	26 February 1876
Birth Place:	Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England
Death Place:	Saltdean, Sussex, England
Othername:	Amy Van Ness
Yearsactive:	1917–1955

Amy Veness (26 February 1876 – 22 September 1960) was an English film actress.^[1] She played the role of Grandma Huggett in The Huggetts Trilogy and was sometimes credited as Amy Van Ness.

Veness was born Amy Clarice Beart in Aldeburgh, Suffolk.^[2] ^[3] She was married to Basil Springett. On 22 September 1960 she died in Saltdean, Sussex, England at age 84.^[4]

Selected filmography

Please Help Emily (1917) - Mrs. Lethbridge
My Wife (1918) - Mrs. Hammond
The Brat (1919) - Mrs. Forrester
The Wife's Family (1931) - Arabella Nagg
Hobson's Choice (1931) - Mrs. Hepworth
Tonight's the Night (1932) - Emily Smithers
Murder on the Second Floor (1932) - (uncredited)
Money for Nothing (1932) - Emma Bolt
Self Made Lady (1932) - Old Sookey
The Marriage Bond (1932) - Mrs. Crust
Pyjamas Preferred (1932) - Mme. Gautier
Let Me Explain, Dear (1932) - Aunt Fanny
Red Wagon (1933) - Petal Schultze
The Love Nest (1933) - Ma
Their Night Out (1933) - Gertrude Bunting
Hawley's of High Street (1933) - Mrs. Hawley
A Southern Maid (1934) - Donna Rosa
The Old Curiosity Shop (1934) - Mrs. Jarley
Lorna Doone (1934) - Betty Muxworthy
Brewster's Millions (1935) - Mrs. Barry
Drake of England (1935) - Mother Moore
Joy Ride (1935) - Lady Clara Mutch-Twistleton
Play Up the Band (1935) - Lady Heckdyke
Royal Cavalcade (1935)
The Beloved Vagabond (1936) - Cafe Owner
Crime Over London (1936)
Windbag the Sailor (1936) - Emma Harbottle
The Mill on the Floss (1936) - Mrs. Deane
Skylarks (1936) - Stacy Hirano
King of Hearts (1936) - Mrs. Ponsonby
Black Roses (1936) - Annushka
Aren't Men Beasts! (1937) - Mrs. Flower
The Show Goes On (1937) - Mrs. Scowcroft, Sally's Mother
The Angelus (1937) - Mrs. Grimes
Thistledown (1938) - Mary Glenloch
Yellow Sands (1938) - Mary Varwell
Flying Fifty-Five (1939) - Aunt Eliza
Just William (1940) - Mrs. Bott
This England (1941) - Jenny
The Saint Meets the Tiger (1941) - Mrs. Donald Jones
The Man in Grey (1943) - Mrs. Armstrong (uncredited)
Millions Like Us (1943) - Mrs. Blythe
Fanny by Gaslight (1944) - Mrs. Heaviside
This Happy Breed (1944) - Mrs. Flint
Don't Take It to Heart (1944) - Cook
Madonna of the Seven Moons (1945) - Tessa
The World Owes Me a Living (1945) - Mrs. Waterman (uncredited)
They Were Sisters (1945) - Mrs. Purley
Don Chicago (1945) - Bowie Knife Bella
Carnival (1946) - Aunt Fanny
The Turners of Prospect Road (1947) - Grandma
Master of Bankdam (1947) - Mrs. Pilling
Blanche Fury (1948) - Mrs. Winterbourne
Good-Time Girl (1948) - Mrs. Chalk
Oliver Twist (1948) - Mrs. Bedwin
Bond Street (1948) - Seamstress
My Brother's Keeper (1948) - Mrs. Gully
Here Come the Huggetts (1948) - Grandma Huggett
Vote for Huggett (1949) - Grandma Huggett
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike (1949) - Grannie
The Huggetts Abroad (1949) - Grandma
The Astonished Heart (1950) - Alice Smith
Madeleine (1950) - Miss Aiken (uncredited)
Chance of a Lifetime (1950) - Lady Davis
The Woman with No Name (1950) - Sophie
Portrait of Clare (1950) - Lady in the Train
Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951) - Mrs. McPhee (Hornblower's Housekeeper)
The Magic Box (1951)^[5] - Grandmother in Wedding Group
Tom Brown's Schooldays (1951) - Mrs. Wixie
Angels One Five (1952) - Aunt Tabitha
Doctor in the House (1954) - Grandma Cooper (uncredited)
The Woman for Joe (1955) - Landlady (uncredited) (final film role)

Notes and References

Web site: BFI | Film & TV Database | VENESS, Amy . Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk . 26 August 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029223149/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/127219 . 29 October 2013 . dead .
Web site: findmypast.co.uk. Search.findmypast.co.uk. 31 December 2017.
Web site: findmypast.co.uk. Search.findmypast.co.uk. 31 December 2017.
Web site: Amy Veness. Myheritage.com. 31 May 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170531035243/https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10182-1322097/amy-veness-in-biographical-summaries-of-notable-people. 31 May 2017.
Web site: The Magic Box (1951). 31 December 2017. IMDb.com.