Beatrice Evelyn Varley (11 July 1896 – 4 July 1964) was an English actress who appeared in television and film roles between 1936 and 1964. She made her screen debut in the 1936 film Tomorrow We Live and began to portray a variety of character roles in films such as Oh, Mr Porter!, Holiday Camp and The Wicked Lady before moving predominantly into television until she died in 1964.BFI | Film & TV Database

Selected filmography

Tomorrow We Live (1936) - Patricia's Mother (uncredited) Spring Handicap (1937) - Mrs. Tulip Oh, Mr Porter! (1937) - Barney's Bar Landlady (uncredited) Young and Innocent (1937) - Accused Man's Wife in First Court Case (uncredited) Crackerjack (1938) - Bit Role (uncredited) Poison Pen (1939) - Mrs. Jenkins Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939) - Mrs. Mooney (uncredited) Kipps (1941) - Mrs. Kipps Rush Hour (1941, Short) - Shopper (uncredited) South American George (1941) - Mrs. Butters Hatter's Castle (1942) - Mrs. Brodie Secret Mission (1942) - Mrs. Donkin - the British Cook Talk About Jacqueline (1942) - (uncredited) Squadron Leader X (1943) - Mrs. Krohn We Dive at Dawn (1943) - Mrs. Dabbs (uncredited) The Bells Go Down (1943) - Ma Turk The Man in Grey (1943) - Gipsy I'll Walk Beside You (1943) - Miss McKenzie Millions Like Us (1943) - Miss Wells Bees in Paradise (1944) - Moagga Welcome, Mr. Washington (1944) - Martha Love Story (1944) - Miss Rossiter Waterloo Road (1945) - Mrs. Colter Great Day (1945) - Miss Tracy The Agitator (1945) - Mrs. Shackleton Johnny Frenchman (1945) - Mrs. Tremayne The Seventh Veil (1945) - (uncredited) The Wicked Lady (1945) - Aunt Moll Bedelia (1946) - Mary Send for Paul Temple (1946) - Miss Marchment The Upturned Glass (1947) - Injured Girl's Mother They Made Me a Fugitive (1947) - Farmer's Wife (uncredited) So Well Remembered (1947) - Annie Holiday Camp (1947) - Valerie's Aunt Jassy (1947) - Mrs. Wicks Master of Bankdam (1947) - Mrs. Pickersgill The Little Ballerina (1947) - Mrs. Field My Brother Jonathan (1948) - Mrs. Hodgkiss Good-Time Girl (1948) - Mrs. Rawlings My Brother's Keeper (1948) - Mrs. Martin No Room at the Inn (1948) - Mrs. Jarvis (uncredited) Marry Me! (1949) - Mrs. Perrins Adam and Evalyn (1949) - Mrs. Parker The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery (1950) - Olive Tavy (uncredited) Paul Temple's Triumph (1950) - Mrs. Weston Gone to Earth (1950) - Aunt Prowde No Trace (1950) - Landlady She Shall Have Murder (1950) - Mrs. Hawthorne Out of True (1951, Short) - Mrs. Green Hindle Wakes (1952) - Mrs. Hollins The Wild Heart (1952) - Aunt Prowde Death Goes to School (1953) - Miss Hopkinson Melba (1953) - Aunt Catherine Bang! You're Dead (1954) - Mrs. Moxted The Black Rider (1954) - Mrs. Marsh Jumping for Joy (1956) - Landlady (uncredited) The Feminine Touch (1956) - Sister Snow Tiger in the Smoke (1956) - Lucy Cash The Good Companions (1957) - Mrs. Jimmy Nunn Sea Wife (1957) - Elderly Nun Hell Drivers (1957) - Mrs. Yately - Tom's Mother The Surgeon's Knife (1957) - Mrs. Waring Bachelor of Hearts (1958) - Mrs. Upcott Room at the Top (1959) - Aunt Horrors of the Black Museum (1959) - Aggie The Rough and the Smooth (1959) - Hotel Manageress Identity Unknown (1960) - Matron Night Without Pity (1961) - Mother Echo of Barbara (1961) - Mrs. Roscoe

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