---
name: "Eily Malyon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/eily-malyon"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 October 1879"
died: "26 September 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-20T01:06:52.017390+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."
---

# Eily Malyon

Actor. Born 30 October 1879 in London, England, UK. Died 26 September 1961.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 October 1879, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 26 September 1961
- **Active:** 1935–1944
- **Also known as:** Eily S. Lees-Craston, Eily Malyan, Ely Malyon, Ely Melyon
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 4 acting, 1 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 69 (3), 1940s 81 (2)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, History 3, Romance 3, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $19m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eily_Malyon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3049429, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0540924/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/95631

## Biography

Eily Malyon (born Eily Sophie Lees-Craston) was an English character actress. She was born on 30 October 1879 in London and died on 26 September 1961 in South Pasadena, California. Her mother, Agnes Thomas, was also an actress. Malyon began her career on stage in Britain, Australia and America before appearing in films from the early 1930s.

She appeared in more than eighty films, often in supporting roles as stern or severe women such as schoolteachers, maids, nurses and governesses. Among her credits are Mrs. Cruncher in *A Tale of Two Cities* (1935), Mrs. Barryman in *The Hound of the Baskervilles* (1939) and Mrs. Carmody in *Going My Way* (1944).

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

## On Fi1m (5)

### Performed in (4) — the average rests on these

- *Going My Way* (1944), Fi1m 74, as Mrs. Carmody — [page](https://film.one/film/going-my-way.md)
- *Anthony Adverse* (1936), Fi1m 57, as Mother Superior — [page](https://film.one/film/anthony-adverse.md)
- *A Tale of Two Cities* (1935), Fi1m 76, as Mrs. Cruncher — [page](https://film.one/film/a-tale-of-two-cities.md)
- *Les Misérables* (1935), Fi1m 74, as Mother Superior — [page](https://film.one/film/les-miserables-1935.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Shadow of a Doubt* (1943), Fi1m 88, as Mrs. Cochran (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/shadow-of-a-doubt.md)

## Complete filmography (72)

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

- *The Challenge* (1948), as Kitty Fyffe
- *The Secret Heart* (1946), as Miss Hunter
- *She-Wolf of London* (1946), as Hannah, the Housekeeper
- *Devotion* (1946), as Mrs. Thornton's Friend at the Ball (uncredited)
- *Paris Underground* (1945), as Madame Martin
- *Scared Stiff* (1945), as Mrs. Cooke
- *Son of Lassie* (1945), as Washwoman
- *Grissly's Millions* (1945), as Mattie
- *The Seventh Cross* (1944), as Fraulein Bachmann
- *Going My Way* (1944), as Mrs. Carmody — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/going-my-way.md)
- *Jane Eyre* (1943), as Mrs. Skatcher
- *The Man from Down Under* (1943), as Sarah
- *Above Suspicion* (1943), as Walmer Hotel Proprietess (Uncredited)
- *Shadow of a Doubt* (1943), as Mrs. Cochran (uncredited) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/shadow-of-a-doubt.md)
- *The Undying Monster* (1942), as Mrs. Walton (uncredited)
- *I Married a Witch* (1942), as Tabitha Wooley (uncredited)
- *Scattergood Survives a Murder* (1942), as Mrs. Grimes
- *The Man in the Trunk* (1942), as Abbie Addison
- *You're Telling Me* (1942), as Mrs. Appleby
- *Hit the Road* (1941), as Cathy Crookshank
- *Man Hunt* (1941), as Postmistress
- *Reaching for the Sun* (1941), as Landlady
- *Arkansas Judge* (1941), as Mrs. Smithers
- *Flowing Gold* (1940), as Cashier (uncredited)
- *Foreign Correspondent* (1940), as College Arms Hotel Cashier (uncredited) — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/foreign-correspondent.md)
- *Untamed* (1940), as Mrs. Sarah McGavity
- *Young Tom Edison* (1940), as Miss Lavina Howard, School Teacher
- *Barricade* (1939), as Mrs. Little
- *We Are Not Alone* (1939), as Archdeacon's Wife
- *On Borrowed Time* (1939), as Demetria Riffle
- *Confessions of a Nazi Spy* (1939), as Mrs. McLaughlin
- *The Night Riders* (1939), as Aunt Martha
- *The Hound of the Baskervilles* (1939), as Mrs. Barryman
- *The Little Princess* (1939), as Cook
- *The Young in Heart* (1938), as Sarah
- *Kidnapped* (1938), as Mrs. Campbell
- *Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm* (1938), as Mrs. Turner
- *Another Dawn* (1937), as Mrs. Farnold
- *Parnell* (1937), as Irish Woman with Dead Child (uncredited), Irish Woman with Dead Child
- *Night Must Fall* (1937), as Nurse
- *Camille* (1936), as Therese the Maid in Country House (uncredited)
- *Career Woman* (1936), as Miss Brinkerhoff
- *Three Men on a Horse* (1936), as Miss Burns
- *Anthony Adverse* (1936), as Mother Superior — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/anthony-adverse.md)
- *The Devil-Doll* (1936), as Laundry Supervisor (uncredited)
- *The White Angel* (1936), as Sister Colomba
- *One Rainy Afternoon* (1936), as President of Public Morals Society
- *Dracula's Daughter* (1936), as Miss Peabody (uncredited)
- *Little Lord Fauntleroy* (1936), as Landlady
- *A Tale of Two Cities* (1935), as Mrs. Cruncher — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/a-tale-of-two-cities.md)
- *Kind Lady* (1935), as Mrs. Edwards
- *I Found Stella Parish* (1935), as Ship's Clothing Clerk (uncredited)
- *Diamond Jim* (1935), as Organist
- *The Melody Lingers on* (1935), as Sister Maria
- *The Farmer Takes a Wife* (1935), as Angus' Wife
- *The Flame Within* (1935), as Murdock
- *Mark of the Vampire* (1935), Actor
- *Les Misérables* (1935), as Mother Superior — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/les-miserables-1935.md)
- *The Florentine Dagger* (1935), as Fredericka
- *Clive of India* (1935), as Mrs. Clifford
- *The Little Minister* (1934), as Evalina
- *Forsaking All Others* (1934), as Mrs. Gordon (Uncredited)
- *Romance in Manhattan* (1934), as Miss Evans
- *Great Expectations* (1934), as Sarah Pocket
- *His Greatest Gamble* (1934), as Jenny
- *Looking Forward* (1933), as Mrs. Munsey
- *Today We Live* (1933), as Wendy, the Maid (uncredited)
- *Rasputin and the Empress* (1932), as Woman Yelling 'Blessed Among Women!' (uncredited)
- *Night Court* (1932), as Hungry Woman in Court (uncredited)
- *The Wet Parade* (1932), as Irish Drunk's Wife (uncredited)
- *Lovers Courageous* (1932), as Landlady (uncredited)
- *Born to Love* (1931), as Nurse (uncredited)

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