Acting

Eily Malyon

Born October 30, 1879 · London, England, UK

Died September 26, 1961 · aged 81

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Eily Malyon (born Eily Sophie Lees-Craston, 30 October 1879 – 26 September 1961) was an English character actress in the 1930s and 1940s. Malyon was born in London in 1879. Her mother, Agnes Thomas, was also an actress. Malyon specialised in playing stern schoolteachers, maids, nurses, nuns, governesses and spinsters, usually in melodramas, historical dramas…

Known For

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent · 1940

Foreign Correspondent

MovieThrillerMystery

American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an assassination and stumbles on a spy ring, he seeks help from a beautiful politician’s daughter and an urbane English journalist to uncover the truth.

Shadow of a Doubt

Shadow of a Doubt · 1943

Shadow of a Doubt

MovieThrillerMystery

In sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. But as his behavior grows increasingly strange, she begins to suspect that her beloved uncle may be hiding a terrible secret—and that danger has quietly entered her home.

I Married a Witch

I Married a Witch · 1942

I Married a Witch

MovieRomanceFantasy

A 17th-century witch returns to wreak havoc in the life of a descendant of the Puritan witch hunter who burned her, but runs afoul of her father when she discovers that her mischief might have found her true love.

Mark of the Vampire

Mark of the Vampire · 1935

Mark of the Vampire

MovieMysteryHorror

Sir Borotyn, a prominent Prague resident, is discovered murdered in his home, with all indications pointing to a vampiric assault. The victim's friend, Baron Otto, and the physician who analyzes the body, are certain that the vampire is either the mysterious Count Mora or his daughter. Receiving little help from the law, occult expert Professor Zelen is sought to assist with their investigation.

Camille

Camille · 1936

MovieDramaRomance

Life in 1847 Paris is as spirited as champagne and as unforgiving as the gray morning after. In gambling dens and lavish soirees, men of means exert their wills and women turned courtesans exult in pleasure. One such woman is Marguerite Gautier, who begins a sumptuous romance with Armand Duval.

Young Tom Edison

Young Tom Edison · 1940

Young Tom Edison

Inventor Thomas Edison's boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and scientific experiments usually end up causing disastrous results. As a result, the towns folk all think Tom is crazy, and creating a strained relationship between Tom and his father. Tom's only solace is his understanding mother who believes he's headed to do great things.

A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities · 1935

A Tale of Two Cities

MovieHistoryDrama

Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French doctor Alexandre Manette serves an 18-year imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, followed by his release to live in London with the daughter he has never met.

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Little Lord Fauntleroy · 1936

Little Lord Fauntleroy

MovieDramaFamily

An American boy turns out to be the heir of a wealthy British earl. He is sent to live with the irritable and unsentimental aristocrat, his grandfather.

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Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent · 1940

Foreign Correspondent

MovieThrillerMystery

American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an assassination and stumbles on a spy ring, he seeks help from a beautiful politician’s daughter and an urbane English journalist to uncover the truth.

College Arms Hotel Cashier (uncredited)

Shadow of a Doubt

Shadow of a Doubt · 1943

Shadow of a Doubt

MovieThrillerMystery

In sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. But as his behavior grows increasingly strange, she begins to suspect that her beloved uncle may be hiding a terrible secret—and that danger has quietly entered her home.

Mrs. Cochran (uncredited)

I Married a Witch

I Married a Witch · 1942

I Married a Witch

MovieRomanceFantasy

A 17th-century witch returns to wreak havoc in the life of a descendant of the Puritan witch hunter who burned her, but runs afoul of her father when she discovers that her mischief might have found her true love.

Tabitha Wooley (uncredited)

Mark of the Vampire

Mark of the Vampire · 1935

Mark of the Vampire

MovieMysteryHorror

Sir Borotyn, a prominent Prague resident, is discovered murdered in his home, with all indications pointing to a vampiric assault. The victim's friend, Baron Otto, and the physician who analyzes the body, are certain that the vampire is either the mysterious Count Mora or his daughter. Receiving little help from the law, occult expert Professor Zelen is sought to assist with their investigation.

Camille

Camille · 1936

MovieDramaRomance

Life in 1847 Paris is as spirited as champagne and as unforgiving as the gray morning after. In gambling dens and lavish soirees, men of means exert their wills and women turned courtesans exult in pleasure. One such woman is Marguerite Gautier, who begins a sumptuous romance with Armand Duval.

Therese the Maid in Country House (uncredited)

Young Tom Edison

Young Tom Edison · 1940

Young Tom Edison

Inventor Thomas Edison's boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and scientific experiments usually end up causing disastrous results. As a result, the towns folk all think Tom is crazy, and creating a strained relationship between Tom and his father. Tom's only solace is his understanding mother who believes he's headed to do great things.

Miss Lavina Howard, School Teacher

A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities · 1935

A Tale of Two Cities

MovieHistoryDrama

Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French doctor Alexandre Manette serves an 18-year imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, followed by his release to live in London with the daughter he has never met.

Mrs. Cruncher

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Little Lord Fauntleroy · 1936

Little Lord Fauntleroy

MovieDramaFamily

An American boy turns out to be the heir of a wealthy British earl. He is sent to live with the irritable and unsentimental aristocrat, his grandfather.

Landlady

Dracula's Daughter

Dracula's Daughter · 1936

Dracula's Daughter

A countess from Transylvania seeks a psychiatrist’s help to cure her vampiric cravings.

Miss Peabody (uncredited)

The Little Princess

The Little Princess · 1939

The Little Princess

MovieFamilyDrama

A little girl goes in search of her father who is reported missing by the military during the Second Boer War.

Cook

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

Confessions of a Nazi Spy · 1939

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

FBI agent Ed Renard investigates the pre-War espionage activities of the German-American Bund.

Mrs. McLaughlin

Forsaking All Others

Forsaking All Others · 1934

Forsaking All Others

MovieComedyRomance

A socialite only realises that her friend is in love with her when she falls for the wrong man.

Mrs. Gordon (Uncredited)

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre · 1943

MovieDramaRomance

After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?

Mrs. Skatcher

The Secret Heart

The Secret Heart · 1946

The Secret Heart

Penny Addams lives in a constant state of depression stemming from the trauma of her father's death when she was just a young girl. Her brother, Chase, and stepmother, Lee, work to help Penny process her grief through psychotherapy and revisiting their past, but only the revelation of long-buried family secrets -- including her Lee's secret lover and the true nature of her father's death -- can bring Penny out of her intense despair.

Miss Hunter

She-Wolf of London

She-Wolf of London · 1946

She-Wolf of London

MovieMysteryHorror

A young heiress finds evidence suggesting that at night she acts under the influence of a family curse and has begun committing ghastly murders in a nearby park.

Hannah, the Housekeeper

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles · 1939

The Hound of the Baskervilles

MovieMysteryCrime

When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.

Mrs. Barryman

Anthony Adverse

Anthony Adverse · 1936

Anthony Adverse

MovieDramaHistory

Based on the novel by Hervey Allen, this expansive drama follows the many adventures of the eponymous hero, Anthony Adverse. Abandoned at a convent by his heartless nobleman father, Don Luis, Anthony is later mentored by his kind grandfather, John Bonnyfeather, and falls for the beautiful Angela Giuseppe. When circumstances separate Anthony and Angela and he embarks on a long journey, he must find his way back to her, no matter what the cost.

Mother Superior

Rasputin and the Empress

Rasputin and the Empress · 1932

Rasputin and the Empress

MovieDramaHistory

The story of corrupt, power-hungry, manipulative Grigori Rasputin's influence on members of the Russian Imperial family and others, and what resulted.

Woman Yelling 'Blessed Among Women!' (uncredited)

The Young in Heart

The Young in Heart · 1938

The Young in Heart

A family of confidence tricksters sets their sights on a very rich, very lonely old lady named Miss Fortune.

Sarah

The Seventh Cross

The Seventh Cross · 1944

The Seventh Cross

In Nazi Germany in 1936 seven men escape from a concentration camp. The camp commander puts up seven crosses and, as the Gestapo returns each escapee he is put to death on a cross. The seventh cross is still empty as George Heisler attempts an escape to freedom in Holland.

Fraulein Bachmann

Going My Way

Going My Way · 1944

MovieDramaComedy

Youthful Father Chuck O'Malley led a colorful life of sports, song, and romance before joining the Roman Catholic clergy. After being appointed to a run-down New York parish, O'Malley's worldly knowledge helps him connect with a gang of boys looking for direction, eventually winning over the aging, conventional Parish priest.

Mrs. Carmody

The White Angel

The White Angel · 1936

The White Angel

In Victorian England, Florence Nightingale's heroic measures slowly change the attitude towards nurses when it was considered a disreputable profession.

Sister Colomba

The Wet Parade

The Wet Parade · 1932

MovieDramaHistory

The evils of alcohol before and during prohibition become evident as we see its effects on the rich Chilcote family and the hard working Tarleton family.

Irish Drunk's Wife (uncredited)

I Found Stella Parish

I Found Stella Parish · 1935

I Found Stella Parish

MovieDramaRomance

A blackmailer preys on an actress who is trying to protect her daughter from her past.

Ship's Clothing Clerk (uncredited)