Cast & creator
Eily Malyon
Best known for Shadow of a Doubt, I Married a Witch, Jane Eyre
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Eily Malyon (born Eily Sophie Lees-Craston, 30 October 1879 – 26 September 1961) was an English character actress in the 1930s and 1940s. Malyon was born in London in 1879. Her mother, Agnes Thomas, was also an actress. Malyon specialised in playing stern schoolteachers, maids, nurses, nuns, governesses and spinsters, usually in melodramas, historical dramas and thrillers.
Also known as: Eily S. Lees-Craston, Eily Malyan, Ely Malyon, Ely Melyon
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1931–1948 · acting roles
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Filmography (73)
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Shadow of a Doubt
Mrs. Cochran (uncredited)
1943
I Married a Witch
Tabitha Wooley (uncredited)
1942
Jane Eyre
Mrs. Skatcher
1943
On Borrowed Time
Demetria Riffle
1939
Foreign Correspondent
College Arms Hotel Cashier (uncredited)
1940
Camille
Therese the Maid in Country House (uncredited)
1936
Mark of the Vampire
1935
Dracula's Daughter
Miss Peabody (uncredited)
1936
The Little Princess
Cook
1939
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Mrs. Barryman
1939
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Mrs. McLaughlin
1939
Rasputin and the Empress
Woman Yelling 'Blessed Among Women!' (uncredited)
1932
A Tale of Two Cities
Mrs. Cruncher
1935
She-Wolf of London
Hannah, the Housekeeper
1946
The Seventh Cross
Fraulein Bachmann
1944
Going My Way
Mrs. Carmody
1944
Les Misérables
Mother Superior
1935
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Mrs. Turner
1938
Parnell
Irish Woman with Dead Child (uncredited)
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Irish Woman with Dead Child
1937
Young Tom Edison
Miss Lavina Howard, School Teacher
1940
The Young in Heart
Sarah
1938
Kidnapped
Mrs. Campbell
1938
Another Dawn
Mrs. Farnold
1937
The White Angel
Sister Colomba
1936
The Secret Heart
Miss Hunter
1946
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Landlady
1936
I Found Stella Parish
Ship's Clothing Clerk (uncredited)
1935
Anthony Adverse
Mother Superior
1936
Man Hunt
Postmistress
1941
The Devil-Doll
Laundry Supervisor (uncredited)
1936
Above Suspicion
Walmer Hotel Proprietess (Uncredited)
1943
We Are Not Alone
Archdeacon's Wife
1939
The Man from Down Under
Sarah
1943
The Night Riders
Aunt Martha
1939
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Angus' Wife
1935
The Man in the Trunk
Abbie Addison
1942
Grissly's Millions
Mattie
1945
Reaching for the Sun
Landlady
1941
Son of Lassie
Washwoman
1945
Scattergood Survives a Murder
Mrs. Grimes
1942
The Little Minister
Evalina
1934
Untamed
Mrs. Sarah McGavity
1940
You're Telling Me
Mrs. Appleby
1942
Three Men on a Horse
Miss Burns
1936
Clive of India
Mrs. Clifford
1935
Night Must Fall
Nurse
1937
Forsaking All Others
Mrs. Gordon (Uncredited)
1934
Barricade
Mrs. Little
1939
Hit the Road
Cathy Crookshank
1941
The Undying Monster
Mrs. Walton (uncredited)
1942
The Florentine Dagger
Fredericka
1935
The Melody Lingers on
Sister Maria
1935
Devotion
Mrs. Thornton's Friend at the Ball (uncredited)
1946
Today We Live
Wendy, the Maid (uncredited)
1933
The Wet Parade
Irish Drunk's Wife (uncredited)
1932
Great Expectations
Sarah Pocket
1934
Flowing Gold
Cashier (uncredited)
1940
The Flame Within
Murdock
1935
Diamond Jim
Organist
1935
Romance in Manhattan
Miss Evans
1934
Looking Forward
Mrs. Munsey
1933
Kind Lady
Mrs. Edwards
1935
Born to Love
Nurse (uncredited)
1931
Lovers Courageous
Landlady (uncredited)
1932
The Challenge
Kitty Fyffe
1948
One Rainy Afternoon
President of Public Morals Society
1936
Career Woman
Miss Brinkerhoff
1936
Scared Stiff
Mrs. Cooke
1945
Paris Underground
Madame Martin
1945
Night Court
Hungry Woman in Court (uncredited)
1932
His Greatest Gamble
Jenny
1934
Arkansas Judge
Mrs. Smithers
1941