Eily Malyon

Known for

Acting

Born

October 30, 1879

Birthplace

London, England, UK

Died

September 26, 1961 (aged 81)

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.

Best known work

Shadow of a Doubt

1943

Foreign Correspondent

1940

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1939

I Married a Witch

1942

Dracula's Daughter

1936

Going My Way

1944

Camille

1936

Jane Eyre

1943

Mark of the Vampire

1935

Man Hunt

1941

Filmography

1948
The Challenge
as Kitty Fyffe
1946
The Secret Heart
as Miss Hunter
1946
She-Wolf of London
as Hannah, the Housekeeper
1946
Devotion
as Mrs. Thornton's Friend at the Ball (uncredited)
1945
Paris Underground
as Madame Martin
1945
Scared Stiff
as Mrs. Cooke
1945
Son of Lassie
as Washwoman
1945
Grissly's Millions
as Mattie
1944
The Seventh Cross
as Fraulein Bachmann
1944
Going My Way
as Mrs. Carmody
1943
Jane Eyre
as Mrs. Skatcher
1943
The Man from Down Under
as Sarah
1943
Above Suspicion
as Walmer Hotel Proprietess (Uncredited)
1943
Shadow of a Doubt
as Mrs. Cochran (uncredited)
1942
The Undying Monster
as Mrs. Walton (uncredited)
1942
I Married a Witch
as Tabitha Wooley (uncredited)
1942
Scattergood Survives a Murder
as Mrs. Grimes
1942
The Man in the Trunk
as Abbie Addison
1942
You're Telling Me
as Mrs. Appleby
1941
Hit the Road
as Cathy Crookshank
1941
Man Hunt
as Postmistress
1941
Reaching for the Sun
as Landlady
1941
Arkansas Judge
as Mrs. Smithers
1940
Flowing Gold
as Cashier (uncredited)
1940
Foreign Correspondent
as College Arms Hotel Cashier (uncredited)