Cast & creator
Cathleen Nesbitt
Best known for Great Performances, BBC Play of the Month, ITV Playhouse
Cathleen Nesbitt CBE (born Kathleen Mary Nesbitt; 24 November 1888 – 2 August 1982) was an English actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cathleen Nesbitt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Kathleen Nesbitt, Cathleen Nesbit, Catherine Nesbitt, Kathleen Mary Nesbitt
46
film credits
9
television credits
55
1922–1981 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (55)
Showing 55 of 55 credits
Great Performances
1971
BBC Play of the Month
Lady Matheson
1965
ITV Playhouse
The Countess
1967
Upstairs, Downstairs
Lady Southwold
1971
The Farmer's Daughter
Agatha Morley
1963Ten from the Twenties
Mary Nosworthy
1975Producers' Showcase
Mrs. Moorehead
1954Jubilee 1977
Lady Alice
1977
The Parent Trap
Louise McKendrick
1961
Supernatural
Lady Sybil Manners
1977
An Affair to Remember
Grandmother Janou
1957
Family Plot
Julia Rainbird
1976
Three Coins in the Fountain
Principessa
1954
Separate Tables
Gladys Matheson
1958
Julia
Julia's Grandmother
1977
French Connection II
The Old Lady
1975
Caesar and Cleopatra
Egyptian Lady (uncredited)
1945
Black Widow
Lucia Colletti
1954
So Long at the Fair
Madame Hervé
1950
Désirée
Mme. Bonaparte
1954
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Miss Knag
1947
Separate Tables
Lady Matheson
1970
Full Circle
Heather Rudge
1978
Villain
Mrs. Dakin
1971
The Door with Seven Locks
Ann Cody
1940
Night Cries
Mrs. Delesande
1978
The Trygon Factor
Livia Emberday
1966
Promise Her Anything
Mrs. Brock
1966
Fanny by Gaslight
Kate Somerford
1944
The Lamp Still Burns
The Matron
1943
Pygmalion
A Lady
1938
Madness of the Heart
Mother Superior
1949
The Crucible
Rebecca Nurse
1967
Wuthering Heights
Ellen Dean
1958
Jassy
Elizabeth Twisdale
1947
The Frightened Lady
Lady Lebanon
1932Abide with Me
Mrs. Hollins
1976
The Passing of the Third Floor Back
Mrs. Tomkin
1935
The Old Crowd
Mother
1979
Staircase
Harry's Mother
1969
Men of Two Worlds
Mrs. Upjohn
1946
The Agitator
Mrs. Montrose
1945
Law and Disorder
Miss. Sampson
1940
Feathertop
Madame Eau Charme
1961
Heart of Darkness
The Crone
1958The White Elephant
Lady Alice
1977
Never Never Land
Edith Forbes
1980
Mrs. Miniver
Lady Beldon
1960
A Dream of Love
Baroness St. Cricq (uncredited)
1939
The Beloved Vagabond
Mme. Boin
1936
Canaries Sometimes Sing
Anne Lymes
1930The Faithful Heart
Diana Oughterson
1922Falling in Love
Mother
1934Against the Tide
Margaret Leigh
1937The Perfect House
Emma Sloane
1981