Cathleen Nesbitt

Cathleen Nesbitt

Actor 1922–1981 (59 year career)

6.0 avg rating

Highest Rated

Upstairs, Downstairs

Upstairs, Downstairs

1971 · as Lady Southwold

The Passing of the Third Floor Back

The Passing of the Third Floor Back

1935 · as Mrs. Tomkin

An Affair to Remember

An Affair to Remember

1957 · as Grandmother Janou

Known For

An Affair to Remember

An Affair to Remember

Grandmother Janou

The Parent Trap

The Parent Trap

Louise McKendrick

Family Plot

Family Plot

Julia Rainbird

French Connection II

French Connection II

The Old Lady

Pygmalion

Pygmalion

A Lady

Separate Tables

Separate Tables

Lady Gladys Matheson

Julia

Julia

Julia's Grandmother

Full Circle

Full Circle

Heather Rudge

Filmography

Acting (52)

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Movies (45)

The Perfect House

as Emma Sloane

Never Never Land

Never Never Land

as Edith Forbes

The Old Crowd

The Old Crowd

as Mother

Night Cries

Night Cries

as Mrs. Delesande

Full Circle

Full Circle

as Heather Rudge

Julia

Julia

as Julia's Grandmother

The White Elephant

as Lady Alice

Family Plot

Family Plot

as Julia Rainbird

French Connection II

French Connection II

as The Old Lady

Villain

Villain

as Mrs. Dakin

Separate Tables

Separate Tables

as Lady Matheson

Staircase

Staircase

as Harry's Mother

The Crucible

The Crucible

as Rebecca Nurse

Promise Her Anything

Promise Her Anything

as Mrs. Brock

The Trygon Factor

The Trygon Factor

as Livia Emberday

The Parent Trap

The Parent Trap

as Louise McKendrick

Feathertop

Feathertop

as Madame Eau Charme

Mrs. Miniver

Mrs. Miniver

as Lady Beldon

Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights

as Ellen Dean

Separate Tables

Separate Tables

as Lady Gladys Matheson

Heart of Darkness

Heart of Darkness

as The Crone

An Affair to Remember

An Affair to Remember

as Grandmother Janou

Black Widow

Black Widow

as Lucia Colletti

Three Coins in the Fountain

Three Coins in the Fountain

as Principessa

Désirée

Désirée

as Mme. Bonaparte

So Long at the Fair

So Long at the Fair

as Madame Hervé

Madness of the Heart

Madness of the Heart

as Mother Superior

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

as Miss Knag

Jassy

Jassy

as Elizabeth Twisdale

Men of Two Worlds

Men of Two Worlds

as Mrs. Upjohn

Caesar and Cleopatra

Caesar and Cleopatra

as Egyptian Lady (uncredited)

The Agitator

The Agitator

as Mrs. Montrose

Fanny by Gaslight

Fanny by Gaslight

as Kate Somerford

The Lamp Still Burns

The Lamp Still Burns

as The Matron

Law and Disorder

Law and Disorder

as Miss. Sampson

The Door with Seven Locks

The Door with Seven Locks

as Ann Cody

A Dream of Love

A Dream of Love

as Baroness St. Cricq (uncredited)

Pygmalion

Pygmalion

as A Lady

Against the Tide

as Margaret Leigh

The Beloved Vagabond

The Beloved Vagabond

as Mme. Boin

The Passing of the Third Floor Back

The Passing of the Third Floor Back

as Mrs. Tomkin

Falling in Love

as Mother

The Frightened Lady

The Frightened Lady

as Lady Lebanon

Canaries Sometimes Sing

Canaries Sometimes Sing

as Anne Lymes

The Faithful Heart

as Diana Oughterson

Television (7)

Supernatural

Supernatural

as Lady Sybil Manners

Jubilee 1977

as Lady Alice

Great Performances

Great Performances

Upstairs, Downstairs

Upstairs, Downstairs

as Lady Southwold

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

as Lady Matheson

The Farmer's Daughter

The Farmer's Daughter

as Agatha Morley

Producers' Showcase

as Mrs. Moorehead