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Lila Kaye
Actor

Lila Kaye

7 Nov 1929Born
10 Jan 2012Died
82Age at death
44Credits

Biography

Lila Kaye (7 November 1929 – 10 January 2012) was an English actress. She spent a number of years working in the United States, on Broadway and in television, before returning to England.

She often played motherly and/or comedic characters, mostly on television, including Cathy Come Home (1966) as a staff member at a homeless shelter, and My Son Reuben (1975), co-starring Bernard Spear, as a Jewish mother and her bachelor son who jointly run a dry-cleaning business.

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She also appeared in films including Blind Terror (1971), The Black Panther (1977) and Quincy's Quest (1979), and found film success in later years for her performances in An American Werewolf in London (1981) as the conflicted rural barmaid trying to warn off the two doomed American backpackers, in Nuns on the Run (1990) as a formidable nun, and in Reason for Living: The Jill Ireland Story (1991; an American television film), in which she played Dorothy Ireland, the real-life mother of cancer-stricken actress Jill Ireland (played by Jill Clayburgh).[1] Kaye appeared in Bert Rigby, You're a Fool (1989) as Mrs. Pennington, and in Dragonworld (1994) as Mrs. Cosgrove.

Known for

Filmography

  1. 1996Eskimo DayFilm: Mother Polly
  2. 1994DragonworldFilm: Mrs. Cosgrove
  3. 1993Cafe AmericainSeries: Margaret Hunt (18 episodes)
  4. 1992Mrs. 'Arris Goes to ParisFilm: Vi Butterfield
  5. 1992Anglo Saxon AttitudesSeries: Dr. Rose Lorimer (3 episodes)
  6. 1991Reason for Living: The Jill Ireland StoryFilm: Dorothy, Jill's mother
  7. 1990Antonia and JaneFilm: Jane's Mother
  8. 1990Nuns on the RunFilm: Sister Mary of the Annunciation
  9. 1989Birds of a FeatherSeries: Mrs. McCarthy (1 episode)
  10. 1989Bert Rigby, You're a FoolFilm: Mrs. Pennington
  11. 1988Dear JohnSeries: Audrey (1 episode)
  12. 1987Bad BoyesSeries: Gran (5 episodes)
  13. 1987The Trial of Klaus BarbieFilm: Lagrange
  14. 1987The Sign of FourFilm: Mrs Mordecai Smith
  15. 1987The Return of Sherlock HolmesFilm: Ms. Houston
  16. 1987Making WavesFilm: Mrs Nash
  17. 1986The Canterville GhostFilm: Mrs. Umney
  18. 1984CamilleFilm: Nanine
  19. 1984Pericles, Prince of TyreFilm: Bawd
  20. 1984Ellis IslandSeries: Kathleen O'Donnell (3 episodes)
  21. 1984Murder, She WroteSeries: Teresa Mancini (1 episode)
  22. 1984The Invisible ManSeries: Mrs Jenny Hall (3 episodes)
  23. 1984Pull The Other OneSeries: Grandma (6 episodes)
  24. 1984Sherlock HolmesSeries: Mrs. Mordecai Smith (1 episode)
  25. 1984Mama MaloneSeries: 'Mama' Renate Malone (13 episodes)
  26. 1982The Life and Adventures of Nicholas NicklebySeries (10 episodes)
  27. 1982CheersSeries: Lillian Huxley (1 episode)
  28. 1981Sredni VashtarFilm: Mrs. Woolridge
  29. 1981An American Werewolf in LondonFilm: Barmaid
  30. 1979Quincy's QuestFilm: Griselda
  31. 1979The Strange Affair of Adelaide HarrisSeries: Mrs. Alexander (6 episodes)
  32. 1977The Black PantherFilm
  33. 1977The KitchenFilm: Bertha
  34. 1977BBC2 Play of the WeekSeries: Bertha (1 episode)
  35. 1973A Place to DieFilm: Bess
  36. 1972King's Cross Lunch HourFilm: The Manageress
  37. 1971See No EvilFilm: Gypsy Mother
  38. 1971Mr. Horatio KnibblesFilm: Nancy's Mother
  39. 1969The Flaxton BoysSeries: Sarah Weekes (9 episodes)
  40. 1968The Fiction MakersFilm: Ma
  41. 1966David CopperfieldSeries: Clara Peggotty (7 episodes)
  42. 1964Theatre 625Series: Romaine (1 episode)
  43. 1963FestivalSeries: Sophie (1 episode)
  44. 1962The SaintSeries: Ma (1 episode)

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