Ursula Howells
Howells was born in London, the daughter of composer Herbert Howells, and was educated at St Paul's Girls' School, where her father worked as Director of Music. 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. In 1947 she appeared in the comedy Jane at the Aldwych Theatre. 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.
Assignment K
(Estelle)
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
(Mrs. Deirdre Biddulph (segment 1 "Werewolf"))
Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly
(Mumsy)
Time After Time
(May Swift)
Now Let Him Go
(Nurse Judith)
Account Rendered
(Lucille Ainsworth)
Crossplot
(Maggi Thwaites)
Father Dear Father
(Barbara)
Track the Man Down
(Mary Dennis)
The Gilded Cage
(Brenda Lucas)
The Cocktail Party
80,000 Suspects
(Joanna Duten)
Miss Nightingale
(Aunt May)
The Long Arm
(Mrs. Elliot / Mrs. Gilson)
West of Suez
(Eileen)
Torture Garden
(Miss Maxine Chambers (segment 3 "Mr. Steinway"))
Gentle Folk
(Mrs Menant)
Two Letter Alibi
(Louise)
Franklin's Farm
(Prue)
Little Fears
(The Older Woman)
The Sicilians
(Mme. Perrault)
A Rather English Marriage
(Mary)
They Can't Hang Me
(Antonia Pitt)
Flesh and Blood
(Harriet Marshall)
The Tichborne Claimant
(Lady Doughty)
A Pinch of Snuff
(Alice Andover)
The Oracle
(Peggy)
The Constant Husband
(Ann)
The Weak and the Wicked
(Pam Vickers)
Keep It Clean
(Pat Anstey)
The Madhouse on Castle Street
(Martha Tompkins)
The Cold Room
(Headmistress)
I Believe in You
(Hon. Ursula)
The Enigma
(Mrs Fielding)
When the Actors Come
(Barbara Karolina)
The Blakes Slept Here
(Emily)
Midsomer Murders
(Lady Isabel Aubrey)
Bergerac
(Elizabeth Fouchet)
Heartbeat
(Miriam Wakefield)
Lovejoy
(Olive Nettleton)
Sherlock Holmes
Father, Dear Father
(Barbara)
Bulman
Interpol Calling
(Miki)
No Hiding Place
Fall of Eagles
(Empress Maria Fyodorovna)
Man in a Suitcase
Lilli Palmer Theatre
(Mary)
Hard Times
(Mrs Gradgrass)
Ryan International
The Many Wives Of Patrick
The Cazalets
The Human Jungle
(Julia Gray)
Play for Today
(Sarah Chandler)
Ooh La La!
(Mme Pontagnac)
Upstairs, Downstairs
(Duchess of Buckminster)
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
(Miss Blacklock)
Cousin Bette
(Adeline)
Jewels
(The Duchess)
Bergerac
(Laura Atherton)
Miss Marple
(Miss Blacklock)
Father, Dear Father
(Barbara Mossman)
Sunday-Night Play
Armchair Theatre
(Margaret)
A Choice of Coward
(Liz Essendine)