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name: "Beatrice Varley"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 July 1896"
died: "4 July 1964"
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average_as: "actor"
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# Beatrice Varley

Actor. Born 10 July 1896 in Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK. Died 4 July 1964.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 July 1896, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
- **Died:** 4 July 1964
- **Also known as:** Beatrice Evelyn Varley
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrice_Varley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4877203, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0890038/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/122908

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Room at the Top*](https://film.one/film/room-at-the-top.md) (82)

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## Biography

Beatrice Evelyn Varley (also credited as Beatrice Varley) was an English actress who appeared in film and television roles from 1936 until her death. She made her screen debut in the 1936 film *Tomorrow We Live* and went on to play a variety of supporting character parts, often as housekeepers, landladies or aunts.

Her film credits include *The Man in Grey* (1943), *They Made Me a Fugitive* (1947), *Hell Drivers* (1957) as Tom's Mother, *Room at the Top* (1959) as Aunt, and *Horrors of the Black Museum* (1959) as Aggie. She began her career as a girl soprano and instrumentalist at the age of 14 and later worked extensively in television.

Varley was born in Manchester, Lancashire, and died in Ealing, London, in 1964.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Room at the Top* (1958), Fi1m 82, as Aunt — [page](https://film.one/film/room-at-the-top.md)

## Complete filmography (71)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Human Jungle* (1963), series, as Clare Bridges
- *Hedda Gabler* (1962), as Berte
- *Zero One* (1962), series, Actor
- *Echo of Barbara* (1961), as Mrs. Roscoe
- *Night Without Pity* (1961), as Philip's Mother
- *Kipps* (1960), series, Actor
- *Mystery of Edwin Drood* (1960), series, Actor
- *Identity Unknown* (1960), as Matron
- *Horrors of the Black Museum* (1959), as Aggie
- *Hazard* (1959), as Syd's mother
- *Room at the Top* (1958), as Aunt — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/room-at-the-top.md)
- *Bachelor of Hearts* (1958), as Mrs. Upcott
- *The Surgeon's Knife* (1957), as Mrs. Waring
- *Now Let Him Go* (1957), as Mrs. Beeston
- *Sea Wife* (1957), as Elderly Nun
- *Hell Drivers* (1957), as Tom's Mother
- *The Good Companions* (1957), as Mrs Carrie Nunn
- *Tiger in the Smoke* (1956), as Lucy Cash
- *A Man from the Sun* (1956), as Miss Prior
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Mrs. Holmes
- *The Feminine Touch* (1956), as Sister Snow
- *The Black Rider* (1954), as Mrs. Marsh
- *The Monkey's Paw* (1954), as Mrs. White
- *Bang! You're Dead* (1954), as Mrs. Moxted
- *Melba* (1953), as Aunt Catherine
- *Death Goes to School* (1953), as Miss Hopkinson
- *Hindle Wakes* (1952), as Mrs. Hollins
- *Out of True* (1951), as Mrs. Green
- *She Shall Have Murder* (1950), as Mrs. Hawthorne
- *Gone to Earth* (1950), as Aunt Prowde
- *No Trace* (1950), as Landlady
- *Paul Temple's Triumph* (1950), as Mrs. Weston
- *Marry Me* (1949), as Mrs. Perrins
- *Adam and Evelyne* (1949), as Mrs. Parker
- *My Brother's Keeper* (1948), as Mrs. Martin, Mrs Martin
- *Good-Time Girl* (1948), as Mrs. Rawlings
- *The Monkey's Paw* (1948), as Mrs. White
- *Pygmalion* (1948), as Mrs. Pearce
- *My Brother Jonathan* (1948), as Mrs. Hodgkiss
- *The Master of Bankdam* (1947), as Mrs. Pickersgill
- *Jassy* (1947), as Mrs. Wicks
- *Holiday Camp* (1947), as Valerie's Aunt
- *So Well Remembered* (1947), as Annie
- *They Made Me a Fugitive* (1947), Actor
- *The Upturned Glass* (1947), as Injured Girl's Mother
- *Send for Paul Temple* (1946), as Miss Amelia Marchment
- *Bedelia* (1946), as Mary
- *The Wicked Lady* (1945), as Aunt Moll
- *Johnny Frenchman* (1945), as Mrs. Tremayne
- *Great Day* (1945), as Miss Tracy
- *Waterloo Road* (1945), as Mrs. Colter
- *The Agitator* (1945), as Mrs. Shackleton
- *Love Story* (1944), as Miss Rossiter
- *Welcome, Mr Washington* (1944), as Martha
- *Bees in Paradise* (1944), as Moagga
- *Victory Wedding* (1944), as Mrs Clark
- *I'll Walk Beside You* (1943), as Miss McKenzie
- *The Man in Grey* (1943), as Gypsy Fortune Teller
- *Millions Like Us* (1943), as Miss Wells
- *The Bells Go Down* (1943), as Ma Turk
- *We Dive at Dawn* (1943), Actor
- *Squadron Leader X* (1943), as Mrs. Krohn
- *A Welcome to Britain* (1943), as Vi (uncredited)
- *Secret Mission* (1942), as Mrs. Donkin
- *Hatter's Castle* (1942), as Mrs. Brodie
- *South American George* (1941), as Mrs Butters
- *Poison Pen* (1939), as Mrs. Jenkins
- *When We Are Married* (1938), as Mrs. Northrop
- *Lancashire Luck* (1938), Actor
- *Spring Handicap* (1937), as Mrs. Tulip
- *Tomorrow We Live* (1936), as Patricia's Mother

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