Died 2003-05-14.
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Wendy Hiller
Dame Wendy Margaret Hiller was an English film and stage actress who enjoyed a varied acting career that spanned nearly 60 years. Writer Joel Hirschorn, in his 1984 compilation Rating the Movie Stars, described her as "a no-nonsense actress who literally took command of the screen whenever she appeared on film". Despite many notable film performances, Hiller chose to remain primarily a stage actre…
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entertainment · English stage and film actress (1912–2003) · actor · stage actor · film actor · also Wendy Hiller, Dame Wendy Hiller, Dame Wendy Margaret Hiller, Hiller
Born 15 August 1912 · Died 14 May 2003 · Q230626
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2003· 1 entry
1996· 1 entry
Hiller was honoured by the London Film Critics Circle with the Dilys Powell Award for excellence in British film
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1993· 1 entry
But Hiller continued living at their home until her death a decade later
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1984· 1 entry
Was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Manchester
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1975· 1 entry
Awarded Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1975).
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1971· 2 entries
Awarded Officer of the Order of the British Empire (1971).
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And raised to Dame Commander (DBE) in 1975
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1965· 2 entries
Starred in an episode of the acclaimed dramatic series Profiles in Courage (1965), in which she played Anne Hutchinson, a free-thinking woman charged with heresy in Colonial America
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Was the narrator for five episodes of the BBC children's television programme Jackanory, reading the stories of Alison Uttley
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1959· 2 entries
Awarded Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Separate Tables (1959).
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For the film Separate Tables (1958) as a lonely hotel manager and mistress of Burt Lancaster
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1957· 1 entry
Hiller returned to New York to star as Josie Hogan in Eugene O'Neill's A Moon for the Misbegotten, a performance that gained her a Tony Award nomination as Best Dramatic Actress
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1947· 1 entry
Hiller originated the role of Catherine Sloper, the painfully shy, vulnerable spinster in The Heiress on Broadway
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1937· 1 entry
Married the play's author Ronald Gow, 15 years her senior
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1936· 1 entry
Where Hiller's performance attracted the attention of George Bernard Shaw
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1912· 1 entry
Born 1912-08-15.
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