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Eileen Essell

Oct 08, 1922 - Feb 15, 2015 (92 years old) in London

Eileen Essell (October, 8 1922 – February 15, 2015) was an English actress noted in part for the age at which she began her screen acting career.

Although she acted on the stage for 13 years in the 1940s and 50s, her first screen performance was in her late 70s, in an episode of Doctors, and has since appeared in many other TV programmes, including The Bill, Doc Martin, Holby City, Hustle, Casualty, Ideal and Sensitive Skin.

On film she appeared in Finding Neverland (2004), Ali G Indahouse (2002), The Producers (2005), and as Grandma Josephine in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005).

Known For

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Heartbeat
Mrs Elsie Gray
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Torchwood
Christina
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Hustle
Mary
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Grandma Josephine
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Law & Order: UK
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Ideal
Mrs Coneybear
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Secret Diary of a Call Girl
Aunt Blossom
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Duplex
Mrs. Connelly
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Finding Neverland
Mrs. Snow
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Strange
Miss Otterman

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