Ursula Howells was born on September 17, 1922 in Hammersmith, London, England, United Kingdom, is Actress. Ursula Howells was educated at St Paul's Girls' School in London, where her father Herbert Howells, a doyen of English church music taught music for 26 years. Following the death of her brother Michael from polio in 1935, her father composed his great choral masterpiece "Hymnus Paradisi".She was evacuated to Scotland during the Second World War and made her stage debut in 1940 with Dundee rep. She made her London debut at the Embassy Theatre in Swiss Cottage in 1945. Her broadcasting debut came in 1946 with Sweet Lavender and she made her screen debut in 1950, with Flesh and Blood (1951).Although she continued to make West End appearances during the following thirty years, she remained in demand as a television and film actress. Her successes included The Constant Husband (1955), The Long Arm (1956), Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965) and Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly (1970).She made an impression as Frances Forsyte (the first of Young Jo's three wives) in the BBC's 1967 television adaptation of John Galsworthy's The Forsyte Saga (1967). She became a regular feature in television comedy and drama, ranging from Father Dear Father (1968) and A Rather English Marriage (1998) to The Cazalets (2001).Her television credits also included playing a psychopath Lettie Blacklock in Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced (1985). She also appeared in Bergerac: Sins of the Fathers (1985) and Bergerac: Warriors (1991), Lovejoy: Somewhere - Over the Rainbow? (1994), Heartbeat: Vigilante (1995) and Midsomer Murders: The Electric Vendetta (2001).She instigated the "Herbert Howells Society" following her father's death in 1983 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.She was married twice. Following a brief first marriage to Davy Dodd in 1949, she remarried in 1968 to the theatre director Anthony Pelissier . She was widowed in 1988 and moved to Petworth in Sussex. Although she had no children of her own, she was a loving stepmother to her husband's son and three daughters who survived her.
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As per our current Database, Ursula Howells has been died on 16 October 2005(2005-10-16) (aged 83)\nLondon, England, United Kingdom.
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| Popular As |
Ursula Howells |
| Occupation |
Actress |
| Age |
83 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Libra |
| Born |
September 17, 1922 ( Hammersmith, London, England, United Kingdom) |
| Birthday |
September 17 |
| Town/City |
Hammersmith, London, England, United Kingdom |
| Nationality |
United Kingdom |
🌙 Zodiac
Ursula Howells’s zodiac sign is Libra. According to astrologers, People born under the sign of Libra are peaceful, fair, and they hate being alone. Partnership is very important for them, as their mirror and someone giving them the ability to be the mirror themselves. These individuals are fascinated by balance and symmetry, they are in a constant chase for justice and equality, realizing through life that the only thing that should be truly important to themselves in their own inner core of personality. This is someone ready to do nearly anything to avoid conflict, keeping the peace whenever possible
🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs
Ursula Howells was born in the Year of the Dog. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dog are loyal, faithful, honest, distrustful, often guilty of telling white lies, temperamental, prone to mood swings, dogmatic, and sensitive. Dogs excel in business but have trouble finding mates. Compatible with Tiger or Horse.
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Biography/Timeline
1939
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. 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.
1983
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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