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name: "Jean Cadell"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "12 September 1884"
died: "24 September 1967"
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average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "actor"
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# Jean Cadell

Actor. Born 12 September 1884 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Died 24 September 1967.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 12 September 1884, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- **Died:** 24 September 1967
- **Active:** 1935–1938
- **Also known as:** Jean Dunlop Cadell
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Cadell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3171085, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0128130/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/590276

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Pygmalion*](https://film.one/film/pygmalion.md) (84)

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## Biography

Jean Cadell, also credited as Jean Dunlop Cadell, was a Scottish character actress. Born in Edinburgh, she made her professional stage debut in the early twentieth century and appeared in films from 1919. Her screen roles included Mrs. Pearce in the 1938 adaptation of *Pygmalion*, the postmistress in *I Know Where I'm Going!* (1945), Mrs. Campbell in *Whisky Galore!* (1949) and Mrs. Micawber in *David Copperfield* (1935).

Cadell maintained a career in both theatre and cinema, with a brief period working in Hollywood. She was married to actor Perceval Perceval-Clarke and had one son. Her brother was the painter Francis Cadell; she was also grandmother to actors Simon Cadell and Selina Cadell.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Pygmalion* (1938), Fi1m 84, as Mrs. Pearce — [page](https://film.one/film/pygmalion.md)
- *David Copperfield* (1935), Fi1m 81, as Emma Micawber — [page](https://film.one/film/david-copperfield.md)

## Complete filmography (44)

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

- *Very Important Person* (1961), as Mrs. MacDougall
- *Maigret* (1960), series, Actor
- *A Taste of Money* (1960), as Miss Brill
- *Upstairs and Downstairs* (1959), as 1st Old Lady
- *Serious Charge* (1959), as Almshouse Matron
- *One Step Beyond* (1959), series, as Claire
- *Rockets Galore* (1958), as Mrs Campbell
- *The Surgeon's Knife* (1957), as Henrietta Stevens
- *Let's Be Happy* (1957), as Mrs. Cathie (uncredited)
- *The Little Hut* (1957), as Mrs. Hermione Brittingham-Brett
- *The Buccaneers* (1956), series, as Marquesa
- *Keep It Clean* (1956), Actor
- *Meet Mr. Lucifer* (1953), as Mrs. Macdonald
- *Three's Company* (1953), as Miss Craig
- *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Agnes
- *I'm A Stranger* (1952), as Hannah Mackenzie
- *The Late Edwina Black* (1951), as Ellen
- *The Reluctant Widow* (1950), as Mrs. Barrows
- *Madeleine* (1950), as Mrs. Jenkins
- *No Place for Jennifer* (1950), as Aunt Jacqueline
- *Whisky Galore!* (1949), as Mrs. Campbell
- *Marry Me* (1949), as Hester Parsons
- *That Dangerous Age* (1949), as Nannie
- *Jassy* (1947), as Meggie
- *I Know Where I'm Going!* (1945), as Postmistress
- *Soldier, Sailor* (1944), as Mrs. Church
- *Dear Octopus* (1943), as Vicar's Wife
- *The Young Mr. Pitt* (1942), as Mrs. Sparry
- *Quiet Wedding* (1941), as Aunt Florence
- *Confidential Lady* (1939), as Amy Boswell
- *Pygmalion* (1938), as Mrs. Pearce — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/pygmalion.md)
- *South Riding* (1938), as Miss Dry
- *Love from a Stranger* (1937), as Aunt Lou
- *Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife* (1936), as Frau Mozart
- *David Copperfield* (1935), as Emma Micawber — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/david-copperfield.md)
- *Little Friend* (1934), as Miss Drew
- *The Luck of a Sailor* (1934), as Princess Rosanna
- *Timbuctoo* (1933), as Wilhelmina
- *Fires of Fate* (1932), as Miss Byrne
- *Two White Arms* (1932), as Mrs. Drury
- *Escape!* (1930), as The Picnic Woman
- *The Loves of Robert Burns* (1930), as Mrs. Burns
- *Alf's Button* (1920), as Vicar's wife
- *Anna the Adventuress* (1920), as Nellie Bates

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