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name: "Eileen Herlie"
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born: "8 March 1918"
died: "8 October 2008"
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# Eileen Herlie

Actor. Born 8 March 1918 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Died 8 October 2008.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 March 1918, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- **Died:** 8 October 2008
- **Also known as:** Eileen Isobel Herlihy
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eileen_Herlie, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5349381, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0379047/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/232127

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Hamlet*](https://film.one/film/hamlet-1948.md) (84)

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## Biography

Eileen Herlie (born Eileen Isobel Herlihy) was a Scottish actress. She made her stage debut with the Scottish National Players in 1938 and moved to London in 1942, where her early roles included the second Mrs de Winter in *Rebecca*.

Herlie played Queen Gertrude opposite Laurence Olivier in his 1948 film adaptation of *Hamlet*. She reprised the role in the 1964 Broadway production starring Richard Burton and its film version. Other film credits include *Freud: The Secret Passion* (1962) as Frau Ida Koertner.

She moved permanently to the United States in 1955 and appeared in numerous stage productions, including musicals for which she received a Tony nomination. From 1976 until her death she was known for her long-running role as Myrtle Fargate in the soap opera *All My Children*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Hamlet* (1948), Fi1m 84, as Gertrude - The Queen — [page](https://film.one/film/hamlet-1948.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

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

- *The Woman I Love* (1972), as Queen Mary
- *Lemonade* (1971), as Edith
- *The Sea Gull* (1968), as Polina
- *Hamlet* (1964), as Gertrude
- *Freud: The Secret Passion* (1962), as Frau Ida Koertner
- *She Didn't Say No!* (1958), as Bridget Monaghan
- *The Matchmaker* (1954), as Irene Malloy
- *For Better, for Worse* (1954), as Helen Purves
- *Isn't Life Wonderful!* (1953), as Isabel, the boy's mother
- *The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan* (1953), as Helen D'Oyly Carte
- *The Angel with the Trumpet* (1950), as Henrietta Stein
- *Hamlet* (1948), as Gertrude - The Queen — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/hamlet-1948.md)
- *Hungry Hill* (1947), as Katherine

## Gallery

- ![Eileen Herlie](https://film.one/media/person/1235874/gallery-c381ba5fd1ca.jpg) Eileen Herlie — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Eileen_Herlie_1959.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Eileen Herlie](https://film.one/media/person/1235874/gallery-a14b27bd63f4.jpg) Eileen Herlie — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical 1960: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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