British actress Wendy Hiller in a photograph from Carol Reed’s 1951 film, Outcast of the Islands

Wendy Hiller

British actress (1912–2003) | Pygmalion (1938), A Man for All Seasons (1966), I Know Where I’m Going! (1945)

Distinguished British stage actress with inimitable voice and clarity of diction

Latest Wendy Hiller Pictures

British actress Wendy Hiller in a photograph from Carol Reed’s 1951 film, Outcast of the Islands
  • 18th May, 2019
Wendy Hiller
Wendy Hiller in a publicity still from Outcast of the Islands (1951)
Torquil (Roger Livesey) looks up at Joan (Wendy Hiller) who is up a ladder in I Know Where I’m Going!
  • 3rd October, 2015
Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey
Livesey looks at Hiller who is up a ladder in I Know Where I’m Going!

Select Wendy Hiller Filmography

Pygmalion (1938)
Eliza Doolittle
Major Barbara (1941)
Major Barbara Undershaft
I Know Where I’m Going! (1945) opening credits
I Know Where I’m Going! (1945)
Joan Webster
Outcast of the Islands (1951) opening credits
Outcast of the Islands (1951)
Mrs Almayer
Separate Tables (1958) opening credits (9)
Separate Tables (1958)
Pat Cooper
Separate Tables (1958) opening credits (9)
Sons and Lovers (1960)
Mrs Morel
A Man for All Seasons (1966) opening credits (3)
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Alice
David Copperfield (1970) opening credits (3)
David Copperfield (1970)
Mrs Micawber
Murder on the Orient Express (1974) opening credits (19)
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Princess Dragomiroff
Voyage of the Damned (1976) opening credits (9)
Voyage of the Damned (1976)
Rebecca Weiler
The Cat and the Canary (1978) opening credits (12)
The Cat and the Canary (1978)
Allison Crosby
The Elephant Man (1980) opening credits (5)
The Elephant Man (1980)
Mothershead
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