Lila Kaye

Lila Kaye

Known for

Acting

Born

November 7, 1929

Birthplace

Worthing, Sussex, England, UK

Died

January 10, 2012 (aged 82)

Biography

Lila Kaye (7 November 1929 – 10 January 2012) was an English actress. She spent a number of years working in the United States, on Broadway and in television, before returning to England.

She often played motherly and/or comedic characters, mostly on television, including Cathy Come Home (1966) as a staff member at a homeless shelter, and My Son Reuben (1975), co-starring Bernard Spear, as a Jewish mother and her bachelor son who jointly run a dry-cleaning business. She also appeared in films including Blind Terror (1971), The Black Panther (1977) and Quincy's Quest (1979), and found film success in later years for her performances in An American Werewolf in London (1981) as the conflicted...

Best known work

An American Werewolf in London
An American Werewolf in London
1981
Cheers
Cheers
1982
Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
1984
Nuns on the Run
Nuns on the Run
1990
See No Evil
See No Evil
1971
The Saint
The Saint
1962
The Sign of Four
The Sign of Four
1987
The Canterville Ghost
The Canterville Ghost
1986
Dragonworld
Dragonworld
1994

Filmography

  1. 1996

    Eskimo Day

    as Mother Polly

  2. 1994

    Dragonworld

    as Mrs. Cosgrove

  3. 1993

    Cafe AmericainTV

    as Margaret Hunt (18 episodes)

  4. 1992

    Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris

    as Vi Butterfield

  5. 1992

    Anglo Saxon AttitudesTV

    as Dr. Rose Lorimer (3 episodes)

  6. 1991

  7. 1990

    Antonia and Jane

    as Jane's Mother

  8. 1990

    Nuns on the Run

    as Sister Mary of the Annunciation

  9. 1989

    Birds of a FeatherTV

    as Mrs. McCarthy (1 episode)

  10. 1989

    Bert Rigby, You're a Fool

    as Mrs. Pennington

  11. 1988

    Dear JohnTV

    as Audrey (1 episode)

  12. 1987

    Bad BoyesTV

    as Gran (5 episodes)

  13. 1987

  14. 1987

    The Sign of Four

    as Mrs Mordecai Smith

  15. 1987

  16. 1987

    Making Waves

    as Mrs Nash

  17. 1986

  18. 1984

    Camille

    as Nanine

  19. 1984

  20. 1984

    Ellis IslandTV

    as Kathleen O'Donnell (3 episodes)

  21. 1984

    Murder, She WroteTV

    as Teresa Mancini (1 episode)

  22. 1984

    The Invisible ManTV

    as Mrs Jenny Hall (3 episodes)

  23. 1984

    Pull The Other OneTV

    as Grandma (6 episodes)

  24. 1984

    Sherlock HolmesTV

    as Mrs. Mordecai Smith (1 episode)

  25. 1984

    Mama MaloneTV

    as 'Mama' Renate Malone (13 episodes)

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