Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
5/31/1889
Place of Birth
Hackney, London, England, UK
Also Known As
Афина СейлерАфин Сейлер
Athene Seyler
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Athene Seyler, CBE (31 May 1889 – 12 September 1990) was an English actress.
Although better known as a stage actress - she first appeared on the stage in 1909 - she made her film debut in 1921, and became known for playing slightly dotty old ladies in many British films from the 1930s to the 1960s.
Her most memorable stage credits included Mrs. Malaprop in The Rivals, Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest, and a double-act, with her good friend Dame Sybil Thorndike, as the murderous spinster sisters in Arsenic and Old Lace.
Her film and te...
Known For
Secret People
as Mrs. Reginald Kellick
Scrooge
as Scrooge's Charwoman
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
as Jeannie Lawson
Satan Never Sleeps
as Sister Agness
Visa to Canton
as Mao Tai Tai
Quiet Wedding
as Aunt Mary
Make Mine Mink
as Dame Beatrice Appleby
Francis of Assisi
as Aunt Buona
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
as Miss La Creevy
Young Wives' Tale
as Nanny Gallop
Moscow Nights
as Madame Anna Sabine
Sensation
as Madame Henry
The Weak and the Wicked
as Millie Williams
The Beggar's Opera
as Mrs. Trapes
The Queen of Spades
as Princess Ivashin
The First Gentleman
as Miss Knight
I Thank a Fool
as Aunt Heather Chandler
The Mill on the Floss
as Mrs. Pullet
The Franchise Affair
as Aunt Lin
Doctor at Large
as Lady Hawkins