Eily Malyon

Acting · 1879–1961 · London, England, UK

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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

6.7

Going My Way

1944 · Mrs. Carmody

5.6

She-Wolf of London

1946 · Hannah, the Housekeeper

7.0

Night Must Fall

1937 · Nurse

7.6

On Borrowed Time

1939 · Demetria Riffle

7.1

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1939 · Mrs. Barryman

6.0

Dracula's Daughter

1936 · Miss Peabody (uncredited)

6.8

Kind Lady

1935 · Mrs. Edwards

6.2

Paris Underground

1945 · Madame Martin

6.9

Man Hunt

1941 · Postmistress

7.8

Romance in Manhattan

1934 · Miss Evans

6.7

The Little Princess

1939 · Cook

6.9

A Tale of Two Cities

1935 · Mrs. Cruncher

All acting credits72

7.5

The Challenge

1948 · Kitty Fyffe

5.6

She-Wolf of London

1946 · Hannah, the Housekeeper

5.9

Devotion

1946 · Mrs. Thornton's Friend at the Ball (uncredited)

6.5

The Secret Heart

1946 · Miss Hunter

6.5

Grissly's Millions

1945 · Mattie

6.2

Son of Lassie

1945 · Washwoman

4.7

Scared Stiff

1945 · Mrs. Cooke

6.2

Paris Underground

1945 · Madame Martin

6.7

Going My Way

1944 · Mrs. Carmody

6.8

The Seventh Cross

1944 · Fraulein Bachmann

6.9

Jane Eyre

1943 · Mrs. Skatcher

7.5

Shadow of a Doubt

1943 · Mrs. Cochran (uncredited)

6.2

Above Suspicion

1943 · Walmer Hotel Proprietess (Uncredited)

7.7

The Man from Down Under

1943 · Sarah

6.9

I Married a Witch

1942 · Tabitha Wooley (uncredited)

5.8

The Undying Monster

1942 · Mrs. Walton (uncredited)

9.0

The Man in the Trunk

1942 · Abbie Addison

5.9

Scattergood Survives a Murder

1942 · Mrs. Grimes