About
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
TorchwoodSeries • 2006
HeartbeatSeries • 1992
HustleSeries • 2004
Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryMovie • 2005
Law & Order: UKSeries • 2009
IdealSeries • 2005
Secret Diary of a Call GirlSeries • 2007
Finding NeverlandMovie • 2004
Ali G IndahouseMovie • 2002
DuplexMovie • 2003
Land GirlsSeries • 2009
The ProducersMovie • 2005
DemonsSeries • 2009