Eileen Way | |
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Born |
Eileen Mabel Elizabeth Way 2 September 1911 Surrey, England, UK |
Died | 16 June 1994 Canterbury, Kent, England, UK |
(aged 82)
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1938–93 |
Spouse(s) | Felix Warden Brown |
Eileen Mabel Elizabeth Way (2 September 1911 – 16 June 1994) was an English 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 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 prominent British psychiatrist Felix Warden Brown.
1957
Sarah Becker
Season 8, Episode 49: "Counsellor at Law"
Senora River
Season 1, Episode 27: "Playhouse 90: A Town Has Turned to Dust"
1979
Karela
Season 17: (4 episodes)
1965
Amy Horrisey
Season 2, Episode 9: "The Daughters"
1967
Saroya
Season 4, Episode 11: "Who Buys Who"