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.
73 acting credits
Acting · 73

Midsomer Murders
1997

Play for Today
1970

Heartbeat
1992

Bergerac
1981

Playhouse
1974

No Hiding Place
1959

Upstairs, Downstairs
1971

Sunday Night Theatre
1950

Lovejoy
1986

BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
Drama 61-67
1961

Interpol Calling
1959

The Human Jungle
1963
Sunday-Night Play
1960

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969

Man in a Suitcase
1967

Fall of Eagles
1974

Lilli Palmer Theatre
1955

Sherlock Holmes
1954

The Informer
1966

The Barchester Chronicles
1982

The Cazalets
2001

Ooh La La!
1968

Father, Dear Father
1968

All Gas and Gaiters
1967

Armchair Theatre
1956

Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced
1985

Father, Dear Father
1978

Cousin Bette
1971

Hard Times
1977

Jewels
1992

A Choice of Coward
1964

Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
1965

The Long Arm
1956

A Rather English Marriage
1998

Torture Garden
1967

Crossplot
1969

Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny & Girly
1970
The Wednesday Thriller
1965

80,000 Suspects
1963

Assignment K
1968

Two Letter Alibi
1962

Time After Time
1986

The Tichborne Claimant
1999

The Madhouse on Castle Street
1963
The Many Wives Of Patrick
1976

The Sicilians
1963

Number Three
1953

When the Actors Come
1978

The Weak and the Wicked
1954

The Constant Husband
1955

Father Dear Father
1973

The Enigma
1980
Ryan International
1970

I Believe in You
1952

Now Let Him Go
1957

A Pinch of Snuff
1994
Miss Nightingale
1974

The Oracle
1953

The Cold Room
1984

They Can't Hang Me
1955

Account Rendered
1957

The Gilded Cage
1955

Track the Man Down
1955

Flesh and Blood
1951
Little Fears
1974

Gentle Folk
1980

A Choice of Coward: Present Laughter
1964

Keep It Clean
1956

The Cocktail Party
1952

The Blakes Slept Here
1953

West of Suez
1957
Franklin's Farm
1972