Ursula Howells
Howells was born in London, the daughter of composer Herbert Howells, and was educated at St Paul's Girls' School, where her father worked as Director of Music. She made her first stage appearance at Dundee in 1939, in John Drinkwater's Bird in Hand, then moved to Oxford in 1942 and three years later made her London debut at the Embassy Theatre, Swiss Cottage. In 1947 she appeared in the comedy Jane at the Aldwych Theatre. After several years in the West End, and a brief stint on Broadway where she appeared in Springtime for Henry in 1951, she began to appear in films.
After the death of her father in 1983, Ursula Howells instigated the "Herbert Howells Society" and became a standard bearer for the promotion of his work. She financially supported the recording of his compositions and did much to encourage the publishing and promotion of church music.
Known for
Midsomer Murders
Lady Isabel Aubrey
Play for Today
Sarah Chandler
No Hiding Place
Heartbeat
Miriam Wakefield
Bergerac
Elizabeth Fouchet
Bergerac
Laura Atherton
Sunday-Night Play
Sunday-Night Play
Janet Ormund
Upstairs, Downstairs
Duchess of Buckminster
Lovejoy
Olive Nettleton
Lilli Palmer Theatre
Mary
Man in a Suitcase
Interpol Calling
Miki
Ooh La La!
Mme Pontagnac
Father, Dear Father
Barbara
Sunday Night Theatre
Mary Winsloe
The Human Jungle
Julia Gray
Miss Marple
Miss Blacklock
Fall of Eagles
Empress Maria Fyodorovna
The Many Wives Of Patrick
Sherlock Holmes
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
Miss Blacklock
Bulman
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
Mrs. Deirdre Biddulph (segment 1 "Werewolf")
Father, Dear Father
Barbara Mossman
The Cazalets
Armchair Theatre
Margaret
Cousin Bette
Adeline
Jewels
The Duchess
Ryan International
Hard Times
Mrs Gradgrass
Torture Garden
Miss Maxine Chambers (segment 3 "Mr. Steinway")
The Long Arm
Mrs. Elliot / Mrs. Gilson
Crossplot
Maggi Thwaites
Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly
Mumsy
The Constant Husband
Ann
The Cold Room
Headmistress
The Tichborne Claimant
Lady Doughty
A Rather English Marriage
Mary
Assignment K
Estelle
Account Rendered
Lucille Ainsworth
They Can't Hang Me
Antonia Pitt
The Weak and the Wicked
Pam Vickers
A Choice of Coward
Liz Essendine
Father Dear Father
Barbara
The Oracle
Peggy
80,000 Suspects
Joanna Duten
Track the Man Down
Mary Dennis
I Believe in You
Hon. Ursula
Time After Time
May Swift
The Sicilians
Mme. Perrault
The Enigma
Mrs Fielding
Gentle Folk
Mrs Menant
Miss Nightingale
Aunt May
The Gilded Cage
Brenda Lucas
Little Fears
The Older Woman
The Cocktail Party
Now Let Him Go
Nurse Judith
Two Letter Alibi
Louise
A Pinch of Snuff
Alice Andover
A Choice of Coward: Present Laughter
Liz Essendine
West of Suez
Eileen
Flesh and Blood
Harriet Marshall
When the Actors Come
Barbara Karolina
Franklin's Farm
Prue
The Madhouse on Castle Street
Martha Tompkins
Keep It Clean
Pat Anstey
The Blakes Slept Here
Emily