Ellen Pollock

Ellen Pollock
Born	29 June 1902 Heidelberg, Germany
Died	London, England, UK
Nationality	British
Occupation	Actress, director
Spouse(s)	Leslie Hancock (1929–1944; his death) James Proudfoot (1945–1971; his death)
Children	1

Ellen Pollock (29 June 1902 – 29 March 1997) was a British character actress, mainly appeared on stage in London's West End. She also appeared in several films and TV productions.

A devotee of Bernard Shaw, she was president of the Shaw Society from 1949. In their obituary, the Independent wrote "Pollock is believed to have played, in a career spanning 72 years, more Shavian heroines than anyone else. She directed London seasons of his plays; and it was during the London premiere of one of his lesser-known works - Far Fetched Fables (Watergate, 1950) - that she announced Shaw's death from the stage."

Pollock's dedication to acting began as a seven-year-old, when she saw Sarah Bernhardt on stage; she knew then that she wanted to be an actress herself. Pollock was also a theatre director and a teacher of drama at RADA and Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art; and her varied television work included several appearances in The Forsyte Saga for the BBC.

She outlived both husbands, Captain Leslie Hancock and the artist James Proudfoot. She had one child with Captain Hancock. Pollock was the subject of TV's This Is Your Life in 1992.

Ellen Pollock's mother, Hedwig Kahn, was the sister of Otto Hermann Kahn (wealthy investment banker, collector, philanthropist, and patron of the arts) and composer Robert Kahn.

Filmography

• Moulin Rouge (1928)
• Piccadilly (1929)
• The Informer (1929)
• Night Birds (1930)
• Too Many Crooks (1930)
• Midnight (1931)
• The Wife's Family (1931)
• Let's Love and Laugh (1931)
• A Gentleman of Paris (1931)
• 77 Park Lane (1931)
• The Last Coupon (1932)
• The First Mrs. Fraser (1932)
• Channel Crossing (1933)
• Heads We Go (1933)
• Mister Cinders (1934)
• It's a Bet (1935)
• Royal Cavalcade (1935)
• The Happy Family (1936)
• Aren't Men Beasts! (1937)
• Non-Stop New York (1937)
• Millions (1937)
• Splinters in the Air (1937)
• The Street Singer (1937)
• Sons of the Sea (1939)
• Spare a Copper (1940)
• Kiss the Bride Goodbye (1945)
• Don Chicago (1945)
• Bedelia (1946)
• Warning to Wantons (1949)
• Something in the City (1950)
• To Have and to Hold (1951)
• The Galloping Major (1951)
• The Fake (1953)
• The Golden Link (1954)
• The Time of His Life (1955)
• Not So Dusty (1956)
• The Hypnotist (1957)
• The Gypsy and the Gentleman (1957)
• The Long Knife (1958)
• So Evil, So Young (1961)
• Master Spy (1964)
• Rapture (1965)
• Who Killed the Cat? (1966)
• Finders Keepers (1966)
• Horror Hospital (1973)
• The Wicked Lady (1983)

External links

• IMDB profile
• Answers.com