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