Cast & creator

Eileen Way

1911-09-02 (died at 82) New Malden, Surrey, England, UKIMDb

Best known for Doctor Who, Doctor Who, The Bill

Also known as: Eileen Mabel Elizabeth Way

Movies

film credits

Series

television credits

Career

1950–1993 · acting roles

Credit score

6.7

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

★ 7.9

Doctor Who

Karela · 1963

★ 7.9

Doctor Who

Old Mother · 1963

★ 6.8

The Bill

Acting · 1984

★ 7.1

Minder

Mrs. Chambers' Mother · 1979

★ 7.4

The Saint

The Maid · 1962

Across film & television

Filmography (63)

Showing 63 of 63 credits

Series

★ 7.9

Doctor Who

Karela

1963

Series

★ 7.9

Doctor Who

Old Mother

1963

Series

★ 6.8

The Bill

1984

Series

★ 7.1

Minder

Mrs. Chambers' Mother

1979

Series

★ 7.4

The Saint

The Maid

1962

Series

★ 7.3

Z-Cars

1962

Series

★ 7.0

Bergerac

Mrs. Edwards

1981

Series

★ 7.9

Inspector Morse

Mrs Papas

1987

Series

★ 6.4

Birds of a Feather

Irene

1989

Series

★ 5.7

One Step Beyond

Mrs. Evans

1959

Series

★ 3.5

Sunday Night Theatre

Gladys Gibson

1950

Series

★ 7.8

Upstairs, Downstairs

Madame Francini

1971

Series

Sunday-Night Play

Senora Rivera

1960

Series

★ 7.1

Maigret

1960

Series

★ 6.3

New Scotland Yard

Mrs Esther Gruber

1972

Series

★ 7.8

Secret Army

Patient

1977

Series

★ 7.0

The Onedin Line

Old Woman

1971

Series

★ 7.4

Hancock's Half Hour

1956

Series

★ 6.9

Poldark

Agatha Poldark

1975

Series

★ 6.9

The Detectives

Old Lady

1993

Series

★ 5.1

Sir Francis Drake

Pastora

1961

Series

★ 7.2

Man of the World

Catrina

1962

Series

★ 6.7

Chillers

Edna

1990

Series

★ 7.5

International Detective

Mama Carlucci

1959

Series

★ 7.6

The Larkins

Gypsy

1958

Series

★ 10.0

Crane

1963

Series

★ 5.3

Mussolini: The Untold Story

Vendor

1985

Movie

★ 7.0

The Vikings

Kitala

1958

Series

★ 6.5

The Old Men at the Zoo

Mrs. Langley-Beard

1983

Series

★ 7.7

Ripping Yarns

Old woman

1976

Series

★ 6.8

General Electric Theater

Old Maid

1953

Series

★ 7.0

By the Sword Divided

Minty

1983

Series

★ 7.0

Fair Stood the Wind for France

Grandmother

1980

Series

★ 7.0

One by One

1984

Movie

★ 5.7

Sphinx

Aida

1981

Movie

★ 6.1

Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.

Old Woman

1966

Series

★ 6.0

Sean's Show

1992

Movie

★ 6.4

The Singer Not the Song

Fortune teller

1961

Movie

★ 7.1

Les Misérables

Lodger

1978

Series

The Spanish Farm

Berthe

1968

Series

★ 6.2

Century Falls

Alice Harkness

1993

Movie

★ 6.2

Venetian Bird

Woman Detective

1952

Movie

★ 6.5

Kidnapped

Jennet Clouston

1960

Movie

★ 5.9

Arrivederci, Baby!

Italian Dressmaker

1966

Movie

★ 5.9

They Who Dare

Greek Woman

1954

Movie

★ 5.1

Bad Medicine

Sra. Madera, Ramón's Mother

1985

Movie

★ 6.0

Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit

Karela

1979

Movie

★ 7.3

Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child

Old Mother

1963

Movie

The Executioner

Marguerite Rosmer

1966

Movie

★ 6.0

Memed My Hawk

Deuneh

1984

Movie

★ 5.5

Blood Orange

Mme. Fernande

1953

The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel

Movie

★ 6.5

The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel

Mrs. Phillips

1969

Movie

★ 7.1

The Comedy Man

Landlady

1964

Movie

★ 6.5

Queen of Hearts

Mama Sibilla

1989

Movie

★ 7.5

Sakharov

Ruf Grigorievna

1984

Movie

Naming the Names

Finn's Granny

1987

Movie

A Sound from the Sea

Woman

1970

Movie

★ 5.6

Street of Shadows

Mrs. Thoms

1953

Movie

★ 6.7

The Stranger Left No Card

Secretary

1952

Movie

★ 6.4

Macbeth

Second Witch

1983

Movie

★ 8.7

All Passion Spent

1986

Movie

★ 6.0

Monsieur Ripois

Miss Wilson, 1st Landlady (uncredited)

1954

Movie

★ 7.0

One Last Chance

Aunt Anna

1990