Wendy Hiller

Wendy Margaret Hiller
1912 - 2003
British born Bramhall, Cheshire

Wendy Hiller was born on 15th August 1912 in Bramhall, nr Stockport, Cheshire, England. The daughter of Frank and Marie Hiller. She was educated at Winceby House School, Bexhill then moved on to Manchester repertory Theatre. She appeared on stage in Sir John Barry's tour of Evensong, then as Sally Hardcastle in Love on the Dole. She extensively toured, playing in London and New York. She took leading parts in Pygmalion and Saint Joan at the Malvern Festival in 1936. Spouse Ronald Gow (1937 - 27 April 1993) (his death) 2 children.

The Countess Alice (1992) , The Best of Friends (1991) , Ending Up (1989) , "A Taste for Death" (1988) , The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987) , Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel (1987) , All Passion Spent (1986) , "Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy" (1986) , The Importance of Being Earnest (1985) , The Death of a Heart (1985) , The Comedy of Errors (1983) , Attracta (1983) , The Kingfisher (1983) , Witness for the Prosecution (1982) , Making Love (1982) , "Play for Today"(1981) , Miss Morison's Ghosts (1981) , The Elephant Man (1980) , The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (1980) , The Cat and the Canary (1979) , "Tales of the Unexpected" (1979) , King Richard the Second (1978) , Voyage of the Damned (1976) , Murder on the Orient Express (1974) , Peer Gynt (1972) , "Clochemerle" (1972) , When We Dead Awaken (1970) , David Copperfield (1969) , "Play of the Month"(1968) , From Chekhov with Love (1968) , A Man for All Seasons (1966) , "Jackanory" (1965) , "Profiles in Courage" (1965) , "Z Cars" (1964) , Toys in the Attic (1963) , Sons and Lovers (1960) , "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1959) , Separate Tables (1958) , How to Murder a Rich Uncle (1957) , Something of Value (1957), "Studio One" (1957) , "Lilli Palmer Theatre" (1956) , Single-Handed (1953) , Outcast of the Islands (1952), 'I Know Where I'm Going!' (1945) , Major Barbara (1941) , The Fame of Grace Darling (1939) , Pygmalion (1938) , Lancashire Luck (1937)