Eily Malyon

Personal Info

Birthday

October 30, 1879

Day of Death

1961-09-26

(81 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Also Known As

Eily S. Lees-Craston

Eily Malyan

Ely Malyon

Ely Melyon

Eily Malyon

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Eily Malyon (born Eily Sophie Lees-Craston, 30 October 1879 – 26 September 1961) was an English character actress in the 1930s and 1940s. Malyon was born in London in 1879. Her mother, Agnes Thomas, was also an actress. Malyon specialised in playing stern schoolteachers, maids, nurses, nuns, governesses and spinsters, usually in melodramas, historical dramas and thrillers.

Known For

Shadow of a Doubt

The Little Princess

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Foreign Correspondent

Camille

Jane Eyre

Anthony Adverse

Les Misérables

Filmography

1948
The Challenge
as Kitty Fyffe
1946
The Secret Heart
as Miss Hunter
She-Wolf of London
as Hannah, the Housekeeper
Devotion
as Mrs. Thornton's Friend at the Ball (uncredited)
1945
Paris Underground
as Madame Martin
Scared Stiff
as Mrs. Cooke
Son of Lassie
as Washwoman
Grissly's Millions
as Mattie
1944
The Seventh Cross
as Fraulein Bachmann
Going My Way
as Mrs. Carmody
1943
Jane Eyre
as Mrs. Skatcher
The Man from Down Under
as Sarah
Above Suspicion
as Walmer Hotel Proprietess (Uncredited)
Shadow of a Doubt
as Mrs. Cochran (uncredited)
1942
The Undying Monster
as Mrs. Walton (uncredited)
I Married a Witch
as Tabitha Wooley (uncredited)
Scattergood Survives a Murder
as Mrs. Grimes
The Man in the Trunk
as Abbie Addison
You're Telling Me
as Mrs. Appleby
1941
Hit the Road
as Cathy Crookshank
Man Hunt
as Postmistress
Reaching for the Sun
as Landlady
Arkansas Judge
as Mrs. Smithers
1940
Flowing Gold
as Cashier (uncredited)
Foreign Correspondent
as College Arms Hotel Cashier (uncredited)
Untamed
as Mrs. Sarah McGavity
Young Tom Edison
as Miss Lavina Howard, School Teacher
1939
Barricade
as Mrs. Little
We Are Not Alone
as Archdeacon's Wife
On Borrowed Time
as Demetria Riffle
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
as Mrs. McLaughlin
The Night Riders
as Aunt Martha
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Mrs. Barryman
The Little Princess
as Cook
1938
The Young in Heart
as Sarah
Kidnapped
as Mrs. Campbell
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
as Mrs. Turner
1937
Another Dawn
as Mrs. Farnold
Parnell
as Irish Woman with Dead Child (uncredited)
Night Must Fall
as Nurse
1936
Camille
as Therese the Maid in Country House (uncredited)
Career Woman
as Miss Brinkerhoff
Three Men on a Horse
as Miss Burns
Anthony Adverse
as Mother Superior
The Devil-Doll
as Laundry Supervisor (uncredited)
The White Angel
as Sister Colomba
One Rainy Afternoon
as President of Public Morals Society
Dracula's Daughter
as Miss Peabody (uncredited)
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Landlady
1935
A Tale of Two Cities
as Mrs. Cruncher
Kind Lady
as Mrs. Edwards
I Found Stella Parish
as Ship's Clothing Clerk (uncredited)
Diamond Jim
as Organist
The Melody Lingers on
as Sister Maria
The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Angus' Wife
The Flame Within
as Murdock
Les Misérables
as Mother Superior
The Florentine Dagger
as Fredericka
Clive of India
as Mrs. Clifford
Romance in Manhattan
as Miss Evans
1934
The Little Minister
as Evalina
Forsaking All Others
as Mrs. Gordon (Uncredited)
Great Expectations
as Sarah Pocket
His Greatest Gamble
as Jenny
1933
Looking Forward
as Mrs. Munsey
Today We Live
as Wendy, the Maid (uncredited)
1932
Rasputin and the Empress
as Woman Yelling 'Blessed Among Women!' (uncredited)
Night Court
as Hungry Woman in Court (uncredited)
The Wet Parade
as Irish Drunk's Wife (uncredited)
Lovers Courageous
as Landlady (uncredited)
1931
Born to Love
as Nurse (uncredited)