Ursula Howells

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Ursula Howells (17 September 1922-16 October 2005) is an English actress whose elegant presence kept her much in demand for roles in film and television.

Howells was born in London, the daughter of composer Herbert Howells, and was educated at St Paul's Girls' School, where her father was musical director. She made her first stage first appearance at Dundee in 1939, in John Drinkwater's Bird in Hand, then moved to Oxford in 1942 and three years later made her London debut at the Embassy Theatre, Swiss Cottage. After several years in the West End, and a brief stint on Broadway where she appeared in Springtime for Henry in 1951, she began to make films.

Her film credits include Track the Man Down, I Believe in You, The Weak and The Wicked, The Constant Husband, The Long Arm, West of Suez, Dr Terror's House of Horrors and Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny and Girly.

On television, she is perhaps best known for her role as Frances in The Forsyte Saga. She also appeared in Dixon of Dock Green, Man in a Suitcase, Father, Dear Father, Upstairs, Downstairs, The Many Wives of Patrick, The Barchester Chronicles, Miss Marple, Bergerac, Lovejoy, Heartbeat, Dangerfield, A Rather English Marriage, The Cazalets and Midsomer Murders.