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Eileen Essell
AKA: Eileen Joan Essell
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Born: 1922
London, England, UK
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Eileen Essell (October, 8 1922 – February 15, 2015) was an English actress noted in part for the age at which she began her screen acting career.
Although she acted on the stage for 13 years in the 1940s and 50s, her first screen performance was in her late 70s, in an episode of Doctors, and has since appeared in many other TV programmes, including The Bill, Doc Martin, Holby City, Hustle, Casualty, Ideal and Sensitive Skin.
On film she appeared in Finding Neverland (2004), Ali G Indahouse (2002), The Producers (2005), and as Grandma Josephine in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005).
Although she acted on the stage for 13 years in the 1940s and 50s, her first screen performance was in her late 70s, in an episode of Doctors, and has since appeared in many other TV programmes, including The Bill, Doc Martin, Holby City, Hustle, Casualty, Ideal and Sensitive Skin.
On film she appeared in Finding Neverland (2004), Ali G Indahouse (2002), The Producers (2005), and as Grandma Josephine in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005).
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| Show / Title | Year | Credit / Role |
|---|---|---|
| Land Girls | 2009 | Miss Gwen Ganderton |
| Law & Order: UK | 2009 | Contributor |
| Secret Diary of a Call Girl | 2007 | Aunt Blossom |
| Torchwood | 2006 | Christina |
| Ideal | 2005 | Mrs Coneybear |
| Hustle | 2004 | Mary |
| Canterbury Tales | 2003 | Mrs Jean Smallwood |
| Strange | 2003 | Miss Otterman |