Barbara Everest (19 June 1890 – 9 February 1968) was a British stage and film actress. She was born in Southfields, Surrey, and made her screen debut in the 1916 film The Man Without a Soul. On stage she played Queen Anne in the 1935 historical play Viceroy Sarah by Norman Ginsbury. Her most famous rôle was Elizabeth, the rather deaf servant in Gaslight (1944).
Selected filmography
The Hypocrites (1916) – Helen Plugenet The Man without a Soul (1916) – Elaine Ferrier Whosoever Shall Offend (1919) – Maddalena Not Guilty (1919) – Hetty Challis The Lady Clare (1919) – Alice Calvary (1920) – Rachel Penryn The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol (1920) – Anne Testimony (1920) – Lucinda The Bigamist (1921) – Blanche Maitland A Romance of Old Baghdad (1922) – Mrs. Jocelyn The Persistent Lovers (1922) – Joyce Fox Farm (1922) – Kate Falconer Lily Christine (1932) – Hempel When London Sleeps (1932) – Madame Lamberti The Lodger (1932) – Mrs. Bunting There Goes the Bride (1932) – Mme. Marquand (uncredited) The Roof (1933) – Mrs. Foster She Was Only a Village Maiden (1933) – Agatha The Lost Chord (1933) – Mother Superior The Umbrella (1933) – Mrs. Wynne Love's Old Sweet Song (1933) – Nurse Home Sweet Home (1933) The River Wolves (1934) The Warren Case (1934) – (uncredited) Passing Shadows (1934) – Mrs. Lawrence Song at Eventide (1934) The Lad (1935) – Mrs. Lorraine Royal Cavalcade (1935) – Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited) The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1935) – Cook Scrooge (1935) – Mrs. Cratchit Love in Exile (1936) – Anna Men of Yesterday (1936) The Man Behind the Mask (1936) – Lady Slade Jump for Glory (1937) – Mrs. Nolan Old Mother Riley (1937) – Mrs. Briggs Death Croons the Blues (1937) Trunk Crime (1939) – Ursula Discoveries (1939) – Mrs. Venters Inquest (1939) – Mrs. Wyatt Meet Maxwell Archer (1940) – Miss Duke The Second Mr. Bush (1940) – Mrs. Windel-Tod The Prime Minister (1941) – Baroness Lehzen (uncredited) This Man Is Dangerous (1941) – Mrs. Cardby He Found a Star (1941) – Mrs. Cavour Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942) – Mrs. Olav Forever and a Day (1943) – Girl's Mother in Air Raid Shelter Mission to Moscow (1943) – Mrs. Litvinov Phantom of the Opera (1943) – Aunt Jane Eyre (1943) – Lady Ingraham The Uninvited (1944) – Lizzie Flynn Gaslight (1944) – Elizabeth The Valley of Decision (1945) – Delia The Fatal Witness (1945) – Lady Elizabeth Ferguson / Vera Cavanaugh Wanted for Murder (1946) – Mrs. Colebrooke Frieda (1947) – Mrs Dawson The Long Mirror (1948) - Mrs.Tenbury Children of Chance (1949) – Francesca Madeleine (1950) – Mrs. Smith Tony Draws a Horse (1950) – Mrs. Parsons An Inspector Calls (1954) – committee member The Safecracker (1958) – Mrs. Dawson The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959) – Mrs. Brophy Upstairs and Downstairs (1959) – 2nd Old Lady El Cid (1961) – Mother Superior Dangerous Afternoon (1961) – Mrs. Judson The Damned (1963) – Miss Lamont Nurse on Wheels (1963) – Nurse Merrick The Man Who Finally Died (1963) – Martha Gelman Rotten to the Core (1965) – Mrs. Dick Trouble with Junia (1967) – Ada Franchette: Les Intrigues (1969) – (final film role)
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