Lila Kaye
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Lila Kaye

Known for
Acting
Born
November 7, 1929
Died
January 10, 2012
Place of birth
Worthing, Sussex, England, UK

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Biography

Lila Kaye (7 November 1929 – 10 January 2012) was an English actress. She spent a number of years working in the United States, on Broadway and in television, before returning to England.

She often played motherly and/or comedic characters, mostly on television, including Cathy Come Home (1966) as a staff member at a homeless shelter, and My Son Reuben (1975), co-starring Bernard Spear, as a Jewish mother and her bachelor son who jointly run a dry-cleaning business. She also appeared in films including Blind Terror (1971), The Black Panther (1977) and Quincy's Quest (1979), and found film success in later years for her performances in An American Werewolf in London (1981) as the conflicted rural barmaid trying to warn off the two doomed American backpackers, in Nuns on the Run (1990) as a formidable nun, and in Reason for Living: The Jill Ireland Story (1991; an American television film), in which she played Dorothy Ireland, the real-life mother of cancer-stricken actress Jill Ireland (played by Jill Clayburgh).[1] Kaye appeared in Bert Rigby, You're a Fool (1989) as Mrs. Pennington, and in Dragonworld (1994) as Mrs. Cosgrove.

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Filmography

  • Eskimo DayFilm · 1996 · as Mother Polly
  • DragonworldFilm · 1994 · as Mrs. Cosgrove
  • Cafe AmericainTV · 1993 · as Margaret Hunt · 18 episodes
  • Anglo Saxon AttitudesTV · 1992 · as Dr. Rose Lorimer · 3 episodes
  • Mrs. 'Arris Goes to ParisFilm · 1992 · as Vi Butterfield
  • Reason for Living: The Jill Ireland StoryFilm · 1991 · as Dorothy, Jill's mother
  • Antonia and JaneFilm · 1990 · as Jane's Mother
  • Nuns on the RunFilm · 1990 · as Sister Mary of the Annunciation
  • Bert Rigby, You're a FoolFilm · 1989 · as Mrs. Pennington
  • Birds of a FeatherTV · 1989 · as Mrs. McCarthy · 1 episode
  • Dear JohnTV · 1988 · as Audrey · 1 episode
  • Bad BoyesTV · 1987 · as Gran · 5 episodes
  • Making WavesFilm · 1987 · as Mrs Nash
  • The Return of Sherlock HolmesFilm · 1987 · as Ms. Houston
  • The Sign of FourFilm · 1987 · as Mrs Mordecai Smith
  • The Trial of Klaus BarbieFilm · 1987 · as Lagrange
  • The Canterville GhostFilm · 1986 · as Mrs. Umney
  • CamilleFilm · 1984 · as Nanine
  • Ellis IslandTV · 1984 · as Kathleen O'Donnell · 3 episodes
  • Mama MaloneTV · 1984 · as 'Mama' Renate Malone · 13 episodes
  • Murder, She WroteTV · 1984 · as Teresa Mancini · 1 episode
  • Pericles, Prince of TyreFilm · 1984 · as Bawd
  • Pull The Other OneTV · 1984 · as Grandma · 6 episodes
  • Sherlock HolmesTV · 1984 · as Mrs. Mordecai Smith · 1 episode
  • The Invisible ManTV · 1984 · as Mrs Jenny Hall · 3 episodes
  • CheersTV · 1982 · as Lillian Huxley · 1 episode
  • The Life and Adventures of Nicholas NicklebyTV · 1982 · Acting · 10 episodes
  • An American Werewolf in LondonFilm · 1981 · as Barmaid
  • Sredni VashtarFilm · 1981 · as Mrs. Woolridge
  • Quincy's QuestFilm · 1979 · as Griselda
  • The Strange Affair of Adelaide HarrisTV · 1979 · as Mrs. Alexander · 6 episodes
  • BBC2 Play of the WeekTV · 1977 · as Bertha · 1 episode
  • The Black PantherFilm · 1977 · Acting
  • The KitchenFilm · 1977 · as Bertha
  • A Place to DieFilm · 1973 · as Bess
  • King's Cross Lunch HourFilm · 1972 · as The Manageress
  • Mr. Horatio KnibblesFilm · 1971 · as Nancy's Mother
  • See No EvilFilm · 1971 · as Gypsy Mother
  • The Flaxton BoysTV · 1969 · as Sarah Weekes · 9 episodes
  • The Fiction MakersFilm · 1968 · as Ma
  • David CopperfieldTV · 1966 · as Clara Peggotty · 7 episodes
  • Theatre 625TV · 1964 · as Romaine · 1 episode
  • FestivalTV · 1963 · as Sophie · 1 episode
  • The SaintTV · 1962 · as Ma · 1 episode

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