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name: "Eileen Davies"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 September 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-17T11:43:09.873462+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Eileen Davies

Actor. Born 23 September 1948 in Hastings, Sussex, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 September 1948, Hastings, Sussex, England, UK
- **Active:** 2004–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 84 (1), 2010s 75 (2), 2020s 66 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 68 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 2, Romance 2, Crime 1, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $137m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63446137, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0203688/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/192838

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Sightseers*](https://film.one/film/sightseers.md) (78)

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## Biography

Eileen Davies (born 23 September 1948) is an English actress from Hastings, East Sussex. She has worked in film and television since the 1970s.

Davies played Carol in the 2012 film *Sightseers*, receiving a nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the British Independent Film Awards. Her other film roles include appearances in *Vera Drake* (2004), *Bright Star* (2009), *Another Year* (2010), *The Theory of Everything* (2014), *Mr. Turner* (2014), *Mr. Holmes* (2015), *High-Rise* (2015) and *Allelujah* (2022). On television she has appeared in *EastEnders* as Joan Murfield and in three roles in *Coronation Street*.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Allelujah* (2023), Fi1m 50, as Molly — [page](https://film.one/film/allelujah.md)
- *Such Brave Girls* (2023), Fi1m 82, as Nan — [page](https://film.one/tv/such-brave-girls.md)
- *The Theory of Everything* (2014), Fi1m 72, as Eileen Bond — [page](https://film.one/film/the-theory-of-everything.md)
- *Sightseers* (2012), Fi1m 78, as Carol — [page](https://film.one/film/sightseers.md)
- *Vera Drake* (2004), Fi1m 84, as Prison Officer — [page](https://film.one/film/vera-drake.md)

## Also known for

- *The End of the F***ing World* (2017), Stella
- *Grimsby* (2016), Mrs. Wearham, Mrs. Wearham (uncredited)
- *Mr. Holmes* (2015), Lady on Platform
- *High-Rise* (2015), Mrs. Hillman
- *Mr. Turner* (2014), Lady Critics
- *Bright Star* (2009), Mrs. Bentley
- *Willow* (2022), Prunella
- *Another Year* (2010), Mourner

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