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Cast & creator

Ursula Howells

1922-09-17 (died at 83) Hammersmith, London, England, UKIMDb

Best known for Midsomer Murders, Play for Today, Heartbeat

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. In 1947 she appeared in the comedy Jane at the Aldwych Theatre. 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. 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.

Movies

38

film credits

Series

56

television credits

Career

94

1950–2001 · acting roles

Credit score

6.9

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

Lady Isabel Aubrey · 1997

Play for Today

Play for Today

Sarah Chandler · 1970

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

Miriam Wakefield · 1992

Playhouse

Playhouse

Mrs. Menant · 1974

Playhouse

Playhouse

Mrs. Fielding · 1974

Across film & television

Filmography (94)

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Showing 94 of 94 credits

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

Lady Isabel Aubrey

Play for Today

Play for Today

Sarah Chandler

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

Miriam Wakefield

Playhouse

Playhouse

Mrs. Menant

Playhouse

Playhouse

Mrs. Fielding

No Hiding Place

No Hiding Place

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Ellen

Bergerac

Bergerac

Elizabeth Fouchet

Bergerac

Bergerac

Laura Atherton

Sunday Night Theatre

Sunday Night Theatre

Mary Winsloe

Sunday Night Theatre

Sunday Night Theatre

Maureen Dartington

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

Mrs. Clissold

Upstairs, Downstairs

Upstairs, Downstairs

Duchess of Buckminster

Sunday-Night Play

Sunday-Night Play

Janet Ormund

Lovejoy

Lovejoy

Olive Nettleton

BBC2 Play of the Week

BBC2 Play of the Week

Barbara Karolina

Drama 61-67

Claire

Interpol Calling

Interpol Calling

Miki

Man in a Suitcase

Man in a Suitcase

Cousin Bette

Cousin Bette

Adeline Hulot

Miss Marple

Miss Marple

Miss Blacklock

Ten from the Twenties

Mrs Isobel Asterley

Fall of Eagles

Fall of Eagles

Empress Maria Fyodorovna

The Forsyte Saga

The Forsyte Saga

Frances Forsyte

A Question of Guilt

Lady Uredale (voice)

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

The Human Jungle

The Human Jungle

Julia Gray

The Informer

The Informer

Lady Tregunter

Ooh La La!

Ooh La La!

Mme Pontagnac

Theatre '70

Jessy Tomson

Half Hour Story

Half Hour Story

Peggy

Late Night Theatre

The Older Woman

Father, Dear Father

Father, Dear Father

Barbara

Knock on Any Door

Ann Gibbs

All Gas and Gaiters

All Gas and Gaiters

Mrs Buckley

Lilli Palmer Theatre

Lilli Palmer Theatre

Mary

Downtown Lagos

Ticker Dawson

The Cazalets

The Cazalets

Father, Dear Father

Father, Dear Father

Barbara Mossman

The Barchester Chronicles

The Barchester Chronicles

Miss Thorne

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

Margaret

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

Violet Green

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

Nurse Judith

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

Prue

A Choice of Coward

A Choice of Coward

Liz Essendine

The Root of All Evil?

Angela

Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced

Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced

Miss Blacklock

The Wednesday Thriller

Hilda

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors

Mrs. Deirdre Biddulph (segment 1 "Werewolf")

She's Out

She's Out

Mrs Lawson

Ryan International

Six Shades of Black

Netta Bartholomew

Jewels

Jewels

The Duchess

Hard Times

Hard Times

Mrs Gradgrind

Torture Garden

Torture Garden

Miss Maxine Chambers (segment 3 "Mr. Steinway")

Something in Disguise

May Browne-Lacey

Crossplot

Crossplot

Maggi Thwaites

Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly

Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly

Mumsy

Number Three

Number Three

Maureen Dartington

The Many Wives Of Patrick

The Long Arm

The Long Arm

Mrs. Elliot / Mrs. Gilson

The Weak and the Wicked

The Weak and the Wicked

Pam Vickers

I Believe in You

I Believe in You

Hon. Ursula

Account Rendered

Account Rendered

Lucille Ainsworth

The Tichborne Claimant

The Tichborne Claimant

Lady Doughty

A Rather English Marriage

A Rather English Marriage

Mary

A Pinch of Snuff

A Pinch of Snuff

Alice Andover

When the Actors Come

When the Actors Come

Barbara Karolina

The Madhouse on Castle Street

The Madhouse on Castle Street

Martha Tompkins

Track the Man Down

Track the Man Down

Mary Dennis

The Constant Husband

The Constant Husband

Ann

Assignment K

Assignment K

Estelle

Time After Time

Time After Time

May Swift

Flesh and Blood

Flesh and Blood

Harriet Marshall

80,000 Suspects

80,000 Suspects

Joanna Duten

The Cold Room

The Cold Room

Headmistress

They Can't Hang Me

They Can't Hang Me

Antonia Pitt

Now Let Him Go

Now Let Him Go

Nurse Judith

Father Dear Father

Father Dear Father

Barbara

The Blakes Slept Here

The Blakes Slept Here

Emily

A Choice of Coward: Present Laughter

A Choice of Coward: Present Laughter

Liz Essendine

The Enigma

The Enigma

Mrs Fielding

The Gilded Cage

The Gilded Cage

Brenda Lucas

The Oracle

The Oracle

Peggy

Miss Nightingale

Aunt May

Franklin's Farm

Prue

The Sicilians

The Sicilians

Mme. Perrault

Two Letter Alibi

Two Letter Alibi

Louise

West of Suez

West of Suez

Eileen

Gentle Folk

Gentle Folk

Mrs Menant

Keep It Clean

Keep It Clean

Pat Anstey

The Cocktail Party

The Cocktail Party

Little Fears

The Older Woman