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Actress Billie Whitelaw dies aged 82 | Actress Billie Whitelaw dies aged 82 |
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Acclaimed actress Billie Whitelaw, famous for her roles on stage and screen, has died at the age of 82. | |
The Coventry-born star, who was made a CBE in 1991, worked in close collaboration with playwright Samuel Beckett, who described her as a perfect actress. | The Coventry-born star, who was made a CBE in 1991, worked in close collaboration with playwright Samuel Beckett, who described her as a perfect actress. |
She died in the early hours of Sunday at a nursing home in London, her son Matthew Muller told the BBC. | She died in the early hours of Sunday at a nursing home in London, her son Matthew Muller told the BBC. |
"I could not have asked for a more loving mum," he said. | "I could not have asked for a more loving mum," he said. |
"She had an incredible career - but first and foremost she was my mum - and that's who I will miss," he added. | |
Whitelaw made her radio acting debut aged just 11. | Whitelaw made her radio acting debut aged just 11. |
In 1950, she made her stage debut in Bradford in a performance of Pink String and Sealing Wax. | |
She was well known for her role as the nanny in horror film The Omen. | |
The award-wining actress also played a starring role in The Krays and more recently appeared in comedy Hot Fuzz. | The award-wining actress also played a starring role in The Krays and more recently appeared in comedy Hot Fuzz. |
During her career, she won a British Academy Award for best newcomer for her role in Hell is a City. She also won Best Supporting Actress for her part in Twisted Nerve. | During her career, she won a British Academy Award for best newcomer for her role in Hell is a City. She also won Best Supporting Actress for her part in Twisted Nerve. |
Whitelaw appeared in a number of TV series, including BBC One's Dixon of Dock Green. | |
But in her autobiography, Billie Whitelaw . . . Who He? she said it was her work with Beckett that generated most interest. | But in her autobiography, Billie Whitelaw . . . Who He? she said it was her work with Beckett that generated most interest. |
Without their association, she wrote, "nobody would have been remotely interested in my autobiography." | Without their association, she wrote, "nobody would have been remotely interested in my autobiography." |
In a 1997 interview with The Independent, she said death did not scare her. | |
She told the newspaper: "Death's not one of those things that frighten the life out of me." | |
She was married to actor Peter Vaughan between 1952 and 1966. | She was married to actor Peter Vaughan between 1952 and 1966. |
Later, she married German actor and writer Robert Muller. | Later, she married German actor and writer Robert Muller. |