Ursula Howells
Actor, Film actor
1922 – 2005
Who was Ursula Howells?
Ursula Howells was an English actress whose elegant presence kept her much in demand for roles in film and television.
Howells was born in London, the daughter of composer Herbert Howells, and was educated at St Paul's Girls' School, where her father had become Director of Music in 1936. She made her first stage appearance at Dundee in 1939, in John Drinkwater's Bird in Hand, then moved to Oxford in 1942 and three years later made her London debut at the Embassy Theatre, Swiss Cottage. After several years in the West End, and a brief stint on Broadway where she appeared in Springtime for Henry in 1951, she began to appear in films.
After the death of her father in 1983, Ursula Howells instigated the "Herbert Howells Society" and became a standard bearer for the promotion of his work. She financially supported the recording of his compositions and did much to encourage the publishing and promotion of church music.
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- Born
- Sep 17, 1922
Hammersmith - Also known as
- Ursula Elizabeth Howells
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Davy Dodd
(1949 - 1949) - Anthony Pelissier
(1968 - 1988/04/02)
- Davy Dodd
- Nationality
- England
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- St Paul's Girls' School
- Died
- Oct 16, 2005
London
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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