Athene Seyler
Birthday
1889/05/31
Day of death
1990/09/12 (101 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Hackney, London, England, UK
Also know as
Афина Сейлер, Афин Сейлер
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Athene Seyler, CBE (31 May 1889 – 12 September 1990) was an English actress. Although better known as a stage actress - she first appeared on the stage in 1909 - she made her film debut in 1921, and became known for playing slightly dotty old ladies in many British films from the 1930s to the 1960s. Her most memorable stage credits included Mrs. Malaprop in The Rivals, Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest, and a double-act, with her good frie...Read more
Acting
(1958) A Tale of Two Cities
as Miss Pross
(1952) Secret People
as Mrs. Reginald Kellick
(1957) Night of the Demon
as Mrs. Karswell
(1935) Scrooge
as Scrooge's Charwoman
(1954) For Better, for Worse
as Miss Mainbrace
(1960) Make Mine Mink
as Dame Beatrice Appleby
(1933) Early to Bed
as Frau Waiser
(1939) The Saint in London
as Mother Buckley
(1938) The Citadel
as Lady Raebank
(1957) Campbell's Kingdom
as Miss Abigail
(1949) The Queen of Spades
as Princess Ivashin
(1962) I Thank a Fool
as Aunt Heather Chandler
(1961) Francis of Assisi
as Aunt Buona
(1936) It's Love Again
as Mrs. Durland
(1952) Made in Heaven
as Miss Honeycroft
(1954) The Weak and the Wicked
as Millie Williams
(1962) Satan Never Sleeps
as Sister Agness
(1957) How to Murder a Rich Uncle
as Grannie (Victoria Clitterbern)
(1938) Jane Steps Out
as Grandma
(1935) Moscow Nights
as Madame Anna Sabine
(1960) Visa to Canton
as Mao Tai Tai
(1938) Sailing Along
as Victoria Gulliver
(1941) Quiet Wedding
as Aunt Mary
(1951) Young Wives' Tale
as Nanny Gallop
(1935) Drake of England
as Queen Elizabeth
(1934) Blossom Time
as Archduchess Maria Victoria
(1958) Happy Is the Bride
as Aunt Harriet
(1958) The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
as Jeannie Lawson
(1938) The Ware Case
as Mrs Pinto
(1937) The Mill on the Floss
as Mrs. Pullet
(1941) Letter from Home
as Mrs Ashford
(1951) The Franchise Affair
as Aunt Lin
(1955) As Long as They're Happy
as Mrs. Arbuthnot
(1948) The First Gentleman
as Miss Knight
(1963) The Invasion
as Lady Corm
(1966) Don't Utter a Note
as Nellie Pringle
(1937) The Sky’s the Limit
as Miss Prinny
(1957) Doctor at Large
as Lady Hawkins
(1953) The Beggar's Opera
as Mrs. Trapes
(1936) Sensation
as Madame Henry
(1960) A French Mistress
as Beatrice Peake
(1921) The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick
as Rachel Wardle
(1943) Dear Octopus
as Aunt Belle
(1931) The Perfect Lady
as Lady Westhaven
(1932) Tell Me Tonight
as Mrs. Pategg
(1952) Treasure Hunt
as Consuelo Howard
(1956) Yield to the Night
as Miss Bligh
(1937) The Lilac Domino
as Madame Alary
(1934) The Private Life of Don Juan
as Theresa, the Innkeeper, a Middle Aged Lady of Young Sentiment
(1963) Nurse on Wheels
as Miss Farthingale
(1962) The Girl on the Boat
as Mrs Adelaide Hignett
(1952) The Pickwick Papers
as Miss Witherfield
(1937) Non-Stop New York
as Aunt Veronica
(1962) Two and Two Make Six
as Aunt Phoebe Tonks
(1939) Young Man's Fancy
as Milliner
(1947) The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
as Miss La Creevy
(1936) Southern Roses
as Mrs. Rowland
(1947) Jassy
as ---
(1961) The Avengers
as ---
(1959) The Third Man
as ---