Billie Honor Whitelaw (6 June 1932 – 21 December 2014) was an English stage and screen actress. She worked in close collaborration with Irish playwright Samuel Beckett for 25 years and wass regarded as one of the foremost interpreters of his works. She was also known for her portrayal of Mrs Baylock, the demonic nanny in The Omen.

Filmography

• 2014I, Of Whom I Know Nothing
• 2007Hot Fuzz — Joyce Cooper
• Judge John Deed
• A Dinner of Herbs — Kate Makepeace
• 2000Quills — Madame LeClerc
• 2000The Last of the Blonde Bombshells — Evelyn
• Shooting the Past — Veronica
• 1999The Lost Son — Mrs. Spitz
• Merlin — Ambrosia
• 1998Wife of Bath — Wife of Bath (voice)
• Born to Run — Lili Flitch
• 1996Jane Eyre — Grace Poole
• 1996Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told — interviewee
• 1994Deadly Advice — Kate Webster
• 1994Skallagrigg — Margaret
• 1993The Entertainer — Phoebe Rice
• 1992Duel of Hearts — Dorcas
• Firm Friends — Rose Gutteridge
• 1992Freddie As F.R.O.7. — Messina (voice)
• The Cloning of Joanna May — Mavis
• 1991A Murder of Quality — Mad Janie
• 1991Morrissey - Hulmerist — Cast - Everyday is Like Sunday
• Performance — Phoebe Rice
• 1990Lorna Doone — Sarah Ridd
• 1990The Krays — Violet Kray
• 1989The Fifteen Streets — Beatrice Llewellyn
• 1989The Picnic — Margie
• 1988Joyriders — Tammi O'Moore
• 1988The Dressmaker — Margo
• Imaginary Friends — Elsie Novar
• 1987Maurice — Mrs. Hall
• 1987The Secret Garden — Mrs. Medlock
• 1985Murder Elite — Margaret Baker
• Screen Two — Margie
• 1985Shadey — Doctor Cloud
• 1984Camille — Prudence Duvorney
• 1984Slayground — Madge
• 1984The Chain — Mrs. Andreos
• 1983Jamaica Inn — Aunt Patience
• Jamaica Inn — Aunt Patience
• 1983Making Samuel Beckett's 'Rockaby' — The Actress
• 1982An Unsuitable Job for a Woman — Elizabeth Leaming
• 1982Tangiers — Louise
• 1982The Dark Crystal — Aughra (voice)
• 1981Last Summer's Child — Rose Marriott
• Private Schulz — Bertha Freyer
• 1981Rockaby — W
• 1980A Tale of Two Cities — Madame Therese Defarge
• 1979Happy Days — Winnie
• 1979Leopard in the Snow — Isabel James
• 1978The Water Babies — Mrs. Doasyouwouldbedoneby / Old Crone / Mrs. Tripp / Woman in Black / Water Babies 'Gate Keeper'
• 1978Thomas Hardy: A Haunted Man — Emma Hardy
• 1977Ghost Trio
• Supernatural — Countess Ilona
• 1976The Omen — Mrs. Baylock
• Space: 1999 — Zamara
• Ten from the Twenties — Eulalia 'Lally' Burnes
• Napoleon and Love — Josephine Bonaparte
• Playhouse — Rose Marriott
• 1973Night Watch — Sarah Cooke
• 1973Not I — Auditor/Mouth
• Wessex Tales — Rhoda
• 1972Eagle in a Cage — Madame Bertrand
• 1972Follow the Yellow Brick Road — Judy Black
• 1972Frenzy — Hetty Porter
• 1972Night Duty — Wendy
• 1972Poet Game — Jeanne Saunders
• The Sextet — Megan, Wendy, Eileen Firebrace, Judy Black, Dora, Katherine, Valerie Goodis, Stella Ramsdale
• 1971Brown Skin Gal, Stay Home and Mind Bay-Bee — Ruth
• 1971Gumshoe — Ellen Ginley
• 1970Leo the Last — Margaret
• 1970Start the Revolution Without Me — Queen Marie
• Wicked Women — Madeleine Jury
• 1969The Adding Machine — Daisy Devore
• 1968Charlie Bubbles — Lottie
• 1968The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Gwyn Thomas
• 1968Twisted Nerve — Joan Harper
• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle — Mrs. Janetta O'James
• Knock on Any Door — Queenie Swann
• Thirty-Minute Theatre — Greta
• 1964The Comedy Man — Judy
• Espionage — Doreen McBride
• Festival — Marguerite Gautier
• 1962The Devil's Agent — Piroska Maslov
• 1961Mr. Topaze — Ernestine
• 1961No Love for Johnnie — Mary
• 1961Payroll — Jackie Parker
• Stryker of the Yard
• 1960Hell Is a City — Chloe Hawkins
• 1960Lena, O My Lena — Lena
• 1960Make Mine Mink — Lily
• 1960The Flesh and the Fiends — Mary Patterson
• 1959Bobbikins — Lydia Simmons
• 1959Breakout — Rose Munro
• 1958Carve Her Name with Pride — Winnie
• 1957Miracle in Soho — Maggie
• 1957Small Hotel — Caroline Mallet
• Armchair Theatre — Agnes Mawson, Gloria, Marlene Watts, Lena, Nancy Harper, Francesca, Ruth
• 1955Mr. Arkadin — Raina Arkadin (voice) (uncredited)
• 1955Room in the House — Margaret
• The Adventures of Robin Hood — Brenda
• 1954The Sleeping Tiger — Receptionist at Pearce & Mann
• 1953The Fake — Waitress
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Prudence, Mrs. Medlock

Appearances as themselves (9)

• 2015Notfilm — Self
• 2005The Curse of 'The Omen' — Self
• 2001The Story of 'Frenzy' — Self
• 1984An Audience with Mel Brooks — Self (uncredited)
• 1984Samuel Beckett: Silence to Silence — Self
• Wogan — Self
• An Audience with... — Self
• The Lively Arts — Self
• Film '72 — Self