| Eileen Way | |
| Birth Name: | Eileen Mabel Elizabeth Way |
| Birth Date: | 1911 9, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | New Malden, Surrey, England |
| Death Place: | Canterbury, Kent, England |
| Spouse: | Felix Warden Brown |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Years Active: | 1938 - 93 |
Eileen Mabel Elizabeth Way (2 September 1911 – 16 June 1994)[1] 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.[1] [2]
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,[3] and appeared at the Bristol Old Vic and Nottingham Playhouse.[4]
She appeared in an early televised episode of Hancock's Half Hour as a puritanical former ATS member, 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),[5] 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).[6] She also appeared in the second series of Poldark (1977) as Aunt Agatha; Century Falls;[5] Upstairs, Downstairs;[1] By the Sword Divided;[7] Inspector Morse;[1] Bergerac; and Ripping Yarns.[8]
She was married to the psychiatrist Felix Warden Brown.[9]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Cheer the Brave | Unknown | ||
| 1952 | The Happy Family | Mrs. Potter | ||
| The Stranger Left No Card | Secretary | |||
| Venetian Bird | Woman Detective | |||
| 1953 | Street of Shadows | Mrs. Thoms | ||
| Blood Orange | Mme. Fernande | |||
| 1954 | They Who Dare | Greek Woman | ||
| Knave of Hearts | 1st Landlady | Uncredited | ||
| Aunt Clara | Maggie Mason | |||
| 1957 | Bullet from the Past Scotland Yard (film series) | Lady at No. 72 | Uncredited | |
| 1958 | The Vikings | Kitala | ||
| 1960 | Kidnapped | Jennet Clouston | ||
| 1961 | The Singer Not the Song | Fortune teller | Uncredited | |
| 1962 | Village of Daughters | Gloria Balbino | ||
| 1964 | The Bargee | Onlooker | Uncredited | |
| The Comedy Man | Landlady | |||
| 1966 | Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. | Old Woman | ||
| Drop Dead Darling | Italian Dressmaker | |||
| 1969 | Vendetta for the Saint | The Maid | ||
| 1981 | Sphinx | Aida | ||
| 1984 | Memed My Hawk | Seuneh | ||
| 1985 | Bad Medicine | Sra. Madera | ||
| 1989 | Queen of Hearts | Mama Sibilla |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | The Gay Lord Quex | Unknown | TV movie |
| 1939 | The Day Is Gone | Florrie | TV movie |
| 1947 | The Gay Lord Quex | Miss Moon | TV movie |
| 1954 | Thunder Rock | Ellen Kirby | TV movie |
| 1955 | The Blakes | Gypsy Rebecca | Season 1, episode 1 |
| Barbie | Miss McGinty | Season 1: (2 episodes) | |
| 19551957 | BBC Sunday-Night Theatre | La CachiporraSarah Becker | Season 6, episode 16: "Midsummer Fire"Season 8, episode 49: "Counsellor at Law" |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Unknown | Season 1, episode 11: "The Right Thing" |
| 1958 | Television World Theatre | Woman of Troy | Season 1, episode 3: "Women of Troy" |
| General Electric Theatre | Old Maid | Season 6, episode 15: "Time to Go Now" | |
| ITV Television Playhouse | Susan | Season 4, episode 10: "Breakdown" | |
| 1959 | William Tell | Reynolds | Season 1, episode 32: "The Black Brothers" |
| The Vagrant Heart | Mrs. Smith | TV movie | |
| 1960 | International Detective | Mama Carlucci | Season 1, episode 5: "The Winthrop Case" |
| Hancock's Half Hour | Mavis Smith | Season 6, episode 4: "The Reunion Party" | |
| BBC Sunday-Night Play | Ruth KellnerSenora River | Season 1, episode 15: "Twentieth Century Theatre: Glorious Morning"Season 1, episode 27: "Playhouse 90: A Town Has Turned to Dust" | |
| Rendezvous | Signora Zampino | Season 1, episode 18: "Next Time You'll See Venice" | |
| 1961 | Rashomon | The Medium | TV movie |
| Mrs. Evans | Season 3, episode 27: "The Confession" | ||
| Dixon of Dock Green | Isa Capon | Season 8, episode 7: "Desperation" | |
| 1962 | Sir Francis Drake | Pastora | Season 1, episode 22: "The Gypsies" |
| Benny Hill | Lorna | Season 2, episode 1; "The Mystery of Black Bog Manor" | |
| 1963 | Crane | Unknown | Season 1, episode 5: "The Executioners" |
| Man of the World | Catrina | Season 2, episode 6: "The Bullfighters" | |
| Drama 61 -67 | Landlady | Season 3, episode 14: "Drama 63: Rasputin Was A Nice Old Man" | |
| Maupassant | Mme. Padoie | Season 1, episode 10: "Bachelors" | |
| Maigret | Irene | Season 4, episode 3: "The Lost Life" | |
| The Sentimental Agent | Miss Mithras | Season 1, episode 7: "A Little Sweetness and Light" | |
| Kidnapped | Jennet Clouston | Season 1, episode 7: "Catriona" | |
| 19631979 | Doctor Who | Old MotherKarela | Season 1: (2 episodes: "The Cave of Skulls" and "The Forest of Fear")Season 17: (4 episodes: The Creature from the Pit) |
| 1968 | ITV Play of the Week | La Madrecita | Season 9, episode 23: "Camino Real" |
| First Night | Mrs. Phillips | Season 1, episode 30: "How Many Angels" | |
| 19641965 | Cluff | Mrs. BatesonAmy Horrisey | Season 1, episode 5: "The Daughter in Law"Season 2, episode 9: "The Daughters" |
| 19651967 | The Troubleshooters | Mrs. MurtaghSaroya | Season 1, episode 9: "A Job for Willy"Season 4, episode 11: "Who Buys Who" |
| 1966 | Court Martial | Woman | Season 1, episode 15: "Where There Was No Echo" |
| 19661969 | The Wednesday Play | Aunt ErikaMargeurite Rosmer Mrs. Phillips Woman in pub | Season 1: (4 episodes) |
| 1967 | Mickey Dunne | Sophia Lombardi | Season 1, episode 13: "Are there any more at Home like You?" |
| 19671974 1977 | Z-Cars | Mrs. HancockMrs. McGann Mrs. Riley | Season 9, episode 49: "The Great Art Robbery: Part 1"Season 10, episode 1: "Bits An' Bats" Season 12, episode 2: "Rage" |
| 1968 | The Spanish Farm | Berthe | TV movie |
| 19681970 | ITV Playhouse | Gypsy womanWoman | Season 2, episode 9: "The Kindness of Mrs. Ratcliffe"Season 3, episode 32: " A Sound from the Sea" |
| 1969 | The Saint | The Maid | Season 6: (2 episodes) |
| Omnibus | Old Dorothy | Season 2, episode 16: "The Women from the Shadows" | |
| The Gold Robbers | Dowager | Season 1: (2 episodes) | |
| The Flaxton Play | Macena | Season 1, episode 8: "1854: The Witches" | |
| 1970 | The Germinals | Ma Brǔlé | Season 1: (2 episodes) |
| The Doctors | Alice Platt | Season 1, episode 103 | |
| 1972 | New Scotland Yard | Mrs. Esther Grubber | Season 1, episode 3: "Memory of a Gauntlet" |
| The Onedin Line | Old Woman | Season 2, episode 3: "A Woman Alone" | |
| Thirty Minutes Worth | Unknown | Season 1, episode 6 | |
| 1973 | The Adventures of Black Beauty | Maggie | Season 1, episode 25: "The Barge" |
| 1974 | Upstairs, Downstairs | Madame Francini | Season 4, episode 8: "The Glorious Dead" |
| 1976 | The Glittering Prizes | Mrs. Hersh | Season 1, episode 6: "A Double Life" |
| 1977 | The Mackinnons | Christina McSween | Season 1, episode 7: "Shame the Devil" |
| Poldark | Agatha Poldark | Season 2: (5 episodes) | |
| Ripping Yarns | Old woman | Season 1, episode 5: "Across the Andes by Frog" | |
| Just William | Mrs. Marsh | Season 2, episode 5: "William the Philanthropist" | |
| 1978 | Les Miserables | Lodger | TV movie |
| 1979 | Secret Army | Woman Patient | Season 3, episode 10: "Collaborator" |
| 1980 | Fair Stood the Wind for France | Grandmother | Season 1: (3 episodes) |
| 1982 | Minder | Mrs. Chambers' mother | Season 3, episode 1: "Dead Men Do Tell Tales" |
| 1983 | The Old Men at the Zoo | Mrs. Langley-Beard | Season 1, episode 4: "Armageddon" |
| Macbeth | Second Witch | TV movie | |
| 19831985 | By the Sword Divided | Minty | Season 1: (8 episodes)Season 2: (8 episodes) |
| 1984 | Sakharov | Ruf Grigorievna | TV movie |
| 1985 | Vendor | Season 1, episode 1 | |
| 1986 | Paradise Postponed | Dora Nowt | Season 1, episode 10: "Faith Unfaithful" |
| All Passion Spent | Genoux | Season 1: (3 episodes) | |
| 1987 | Screen Two | Finn's Grandma | Season 3, episode 6: "Naming the Names" |
| One by One | Mrs. Maplin | Season 3, episode 1: "Changing Places" | |
| Vanity Fair | Mrs. Tinker | Season 1, episode 3: "Crawley of Queen's Crawley" | |
| 1988 | The Rainbow | Lydia Brangwen | Season 1: (2 episodes) |
| 1989 | War and Remembrance | Mrs. Stern | Season 1: (2 episodes) |
| 1990 | Screen One | Aunt Anna | Season 2, episode 6: "One Last Chance |
| 1991 | Bergerac | Mrs. Edwards | Season 9, episode 7: The Waiting Game |
| Inspector Morse | Mrs. Papas | Season 5, episode 4: "Greeks Bearing Gifts" | |
| Birds of a Feather | Irene | Season 3, episode 10: "Cuckoo" | |
| 1992 | Mistress of Suspence | Edna | Season 1, episode 11: "Under a Dark Angels Eye" |
| The Bill | Mrs. Collins | Season 8, episode 74: "A Blind Eye" | |
| 1992 -1993 | Sean's Show | Mrs. Pebbles | Season 1: (6 episodes)Season 2: (7 episodes) |
| 1993 | The Detectives | Old Lady | Season 1, episode 2: "Hostage" |
| Century Falls | Alice Harkness | Season 1: "5 episodes" |