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🎬 Filmography

Screen catalogue →

The Elephant Man

1980 · as Mothershead

Murder on the Orient Express

1974 · as Prinzessin Dragomiroff

A Man for All Seasons

1966 · as Alice More

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Dame Wendy Margaret Hiller, (15 August 1912 – 14 May 2003) 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 actress. Hiller won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Separate Tables (1958). Her performance as Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion (1938) earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Early life Born in Bramhall, Cheshire, the daughter of Frank Watkin Hiller, a Manchester cotton manufacturer, and Marie Stone, she was educated at Winceby House School and at age 18 joined the Manchester Repertory Company, for which she acted and stage-managed for several years. She first found success as slum dweller Sally Hardcastle in the stage version of Love on the Dole in 1934. The play was an enormous success and toured the regional stages of Britain, including Hiller's West End debut in 1935 at the Garrick Theatre. In 1937, she married the play's author Ronald Gow, 15 years her senior. That same year, she made her film debut in Lancashire Luck, scripted by Gow. Career

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Notable quotes

“I was afraid that if I went to Hollywood, I might be faced with the danger of being built up into a player who always features in the same kind of roles.”
— Wendy share her feelings about role in 1938.
“I sometimes think to myself, in the middle of doing G.B.S., What on Earth am I doing? It's not like acting another writer's words.”
— Wendy speak on the G.B.S play in 1989.
“I just thought I’d always wanted to show off; quite honestly, acting is showing off.”
— Wendy speak on her 80th birthday in 1992.
“Thinking back, I don't know how I had the courage. That's one of the unkindest things nature does; it takes away your courage.”
— Wendy talk about nature in 1992.
“Oh, I think a little posterity must always be nice, After I'm dead I'll probably be a cult and they'll have entire seasons of me at the National Film Theatre. Thank God I won't have to watch them all.”
— Wendy speak on how she want to be remembered in 2003.
“I didn't appreciate it at the time, When you're young, you're stupid. If someone had said to me, Will you play Saint Joan"l with six rehearsals? and then halfway across the Atlantic came the cable, Would I play Pygmalion as well?, I mean I'd have a sort of nervous collapse now. Then, I didn't.”
— Wendy speak on childhood in 2003.

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Dame Wendy Margaret Hiller, (15 August 1912 – 14 May 2003) 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 actress.

Overview

Dame Wendy Margaret Hiller, (15 August 1912 – 14 May 2003) 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 actress. Hiller won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Separate Tables (1958). Her performance as Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion (1938) earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Early life Born in Bramhall, Cheshire, the daughter of Frank Watkin Hiller, a Manchester cotton manufacturer, and Marie Stone, she was educated at Winceby House School and at age 18 joined the Manchester Repertory Company, for which she acted and stage-managed for several years. She first found success as slum dweller Sally Hardcastle in the stage version of Love on the Dole in 1934. The play was an enormous success and toured the regional stages of Britain, including Hiller's West End debut in 1935 at the Garrick Theatre. In 1937, she married the play's author Ronald Gow, 15 years her senior. That same year, she made her film debut in Lancashire Luck, scripted by Gow. Career

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“I was afraid that if I went to Hollywood, I might be faced with the danger of being built up into a player who always features in the same kind of roles.”
— Wendy share her feelings about role in 1938.
“I sometimes think to myself, in the middle of doing G.B.S., What on Earth am I doing? It's not like acting another writer's words.”
— Wendy speak on the G.B.S play in 1989.
“I just thought I’d always wanted to show off; quite honestly, acting is showing off.”
— Wendy speak on her 80th birthday in 1992.
“Thinking back, I don't know how I had the courage. That's one of the unkindest things nature does; it takes away your courage.”
— Wendy talk about nature in 1992.
“Oh, I think a little posterity must always be nice, After I'm dead I'll probably be a cult and they'll have entire seasons of me at the National Film Theatre. Thank God I won't have to watch them all.”
— Wendy speak on how she want to be remembered in 2003.
“I didn't appreciate it at the time, When you're young, you're stupid. If someone had said to me, Will you play Saint Joan"l with six rehearsals? and then halfway across the Atlantic came the cable, Would I play Pygmalion as well?, I mean I'd have a sort of nervous collapse now. Then, I didn't.”
— Wendy speak on childhood in 2003.

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

🎬 Filmography

Screen catalogue →

The Elephant Man

1980 · as Mothershead

Murder on the Orient Express

1974 · as Prinzessin Dragomiroff

A Man for All Seasons

1966 · as Alice More

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