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Eileen Atkins
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Eileen Atkins

Born 1934 · Clapton, London, England, UK · Active 1944–2024

Eileen Atkins, born in 1934 in London, is an accomplished English actress known for her compelling performances. In I Don't Want to Be Born (1976), she delivers a striking portrayal that adds depth to the film's unsettling narrative. Her career spans decades, and her work in this cult horror film highlights her ability to navigate complex characters within the genre. Atkins' involvement in I Don't Want to Be Born positions her as a significant figure in the exploration of exploitation cinema.

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I Don't Want to Be Born

I Don't Want to Be Born

1976 ★ 5.0
as Sister Albana

A woman gives birth to a baby, but this is no ordinary little tyke. The child is seemingly possessed by the spirit of a freak dwarf who the mother once spurned. Cue a spate of strange deaths, the one common factor being the presence of a baby in pram at the scene...

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Filmography

124 credits
2020s 4 credits
2024
Movie ★ 6.9
2023
Movie
2022
Movie ★ 10.0
2022
TV
2010s 14 credits
2018
Movie ★ 6.8
2017
Movie ★ 6.5
2017
Paddington 2 as Madame Kozlova
Movie ★ 7.5
2016
ChickLit as Peggy Law
Movie ★ 5.4
2016
The Crown as Queen Mary
TV ★ 8.2
2015
TV ★ 10.0
2014
Magic in the Moonlight as Aunt Vanessa
Movie ★ 6.5
2013
Beautiful Creatures as Emmaline Duchannes
Movie ★ 6.0
2012
The Scapegoat as Lady Spence
Movie ★ 6.4
2011
TV ★ 6.3
2010
Wild Target as Mother
Movie ★ 6.4
2010
Psychoville Halloween Special as Nurse Edwina Kenchington
Movie
2010
Robin Hood as Eleanor of Aquitaine
Movie ★ 6.4
2010
Upstairs Downstairs as Lady Maud Holland
TV ★ 7.4
2000s 29 credits
2008
Last Chance Harvey as Maggie Walker
Movie ★ 6.3
2008
Ballet Shoes as Madame Fidolia
Movie ★ 6.4
2007
Evening as Nachtschwester
Movie ★ 5.8
2007
Cranford as Miss Deborah Jenkyns
TV ★ 8.2
2007
TV ★ 7.2
2006
Ask the Dust as Mrs. Hargraves
Movie ★ 5.4
2006
Movie ★ 5.3
2006
The Feast of the Goat as Aunt Adelina
Movie ★ 5.3
2004
Vanity Fair as Miss Matilda Crawley
Movie ★ 5.8
2004
Doc Martin as Ruth Ellingham
TV ★ 8.3
2004
Agatha Christie's Marple as Lady Tressilian
TV ★ 7.8
2003
Movie ★ 6.9
2003
Movie ★ 6.0
2003
What a Girl Wants as Jocelyn Dashwood
Movie ★ 6.3
2002
Movie ★ 7.0
2002
Movie ★ 6.4
2002
The Hours as Barbara in the Flower Shop
Movie ★ 7.3
2002
Movie ★ 5.3
2001
Gosford Park as Mrs. Croft
Movie ★ 6.8
2001
Wit as Evelyn 'E.M' Ashford
Movie ★ 7.3
2001
David Copperfield as Jane Murdstone
Movie ★ 6.3
2001
Women Talking Dirty as Emily Boyle
Movie ★ 5.3
2001
TV ★ 3.4
2001
Waking the Dead as Abigail Dusniak
TV ★ 7.3
2000
The Sleeper as Violet Moon
Movie ★ 6.5
2000
Madame Bovary as Marie Louise
TV ★ 8.0
2000
Easter Tales as The Mourner
TV
2000
David Copperfield as Jane Murdstone
TV
1990s 12 credits
1998
Movie ★ 4.5
1998
Movie ★ 8.5
1997
TV ★ 4.8
1995
Movie ★ 6.7
1995
Cold Comfort Farm as Judith Starkadder
Movie ★ 6.8
1994
Wolf as Mary
Movie ★ 6.1
1993
The Maitlands as Mrs. May Maitland
Movie
1992
Movie ★ 5.9
1991
Let Him Have It as Lilian Bentley
Movie ★ 6.7
1991
A Room of One's Own as Virginia Woolf
Movie ★ 7.0
1991
Performance as Mrs Maitland
TV ★ 6.3
1990
Chillers as Mrs Waggoner
TV ★ 6.7
1980s 23 credits
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot as Princess Dragomiroff
TV ★ 8.2
1988
Mountain Language as Elderly woman
Movie ★ 4.0
1988
Movie
1988
TV ★ 8.0
1988
TV ★ 6.7
1988
TV ★ 8.0
1987
A Hazard of Hearts as Lady Harriet's Maid
Movie ★ 7.9
1987
The Vision as Helen Marriner
Movie ★ 10.0
1987
Roman Holiday as Countess
Movie ★ 4.7
1985
A Better Class of Person as Nellie Osborne
Movie ★ 8.0
1985
Titus Andronicus as Queen Tamora
Movie ★ 7.4
1985
The Burston Rebellion as Kitty Higdon
Movie ★ 8.0
1985
Screen Two as Helen Marriner
TV ★ 7.1
1985
Screen Two as Kitty Higdon
TV ★ 7.1
1983
The Dresser as Madge
Movie ★ 6.8
1983
Bewitched as Mrs. Rutledge
Movie
1983
Movie ★ 9.0
1983
Shades of Darkness as Mrs. Rutledge
TV ★ 7.7
1982
Oliver Twist as Mrs. Mann
Movie ★ 6.7
1982
Smiley's People as Madame Ostrakova
TV ★ 7.7
1981
Sons and Lovers as Gertrude Morel
Movie
1981
Sons and Lovers as Gertrude Morel
TV ★ 7.0
1970s 13 credits
1978
Movie ★ 7.0
1977
Equus as Hesther Saloman
Movie ★ 7.0
1977
Movie ★ 7.0
1977
TV ★ 7.0
1976
Movie ★ 5.2
1974
Electra as Electra
Movie ★ 8.0
1974
Movie ★ 6.0
1974
The Lady's Not for Burning as Jennet Jourdemayne
Movie ★ 7.0
1974
Affairs of the Heart as Kate Cookham
TV ★ 7.0
1972
Movie
1971
Movie ★ 10.0
1971
Upstairs, Downstairs as Lady Maud Holland
TV ★ 7.8
1970
Movie ★ 6.5
1960s 21 credits
1969
Double Bill as Woman
Movie
1969
W. Somerset Maugham as Leslie Crosbie
TV
1969
W. Somerset Maugham as Olive Hardy
TV
1968
Movie ★ 8.0
1968
Movie ★ 7.0
1967
TV ★ 7.5
1966
Movie ★ 10.0
1965
Fable as Joan
Movie ★ 7.0
1965
TV ★ 5.3
1965
TV ★ 5.3
1965
BBC Play of the Month as Catherine Sloper
TV ★ 5.3
1965
TV ★ 5.3
1964
TV ★ 5.2
1964
TV ★ 5.2
1964
Theatre 625 as Eileen
TV ★ 7.2
1964
TV ★ 5.2
1964
TV ★ 5.2
1961
The Square as The Girl
Movie
1960
TV ★ 5.3
1960
An Age of Kings as Joan la Pucelle
TV ★ 5.3
1950s 1 credit
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
TV
1940s 1 credit
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
TV ★ 7.2
s 2 credits
The Lives of Animals as Elizabeth Costello
Movie ★ 7.0
Movie
Crew Credits
2010s 1 credit
2019
Movie ★ 6.8
1990s 2 credits
1997
Mrs. Dalloway Screenplay
Movie ★ 5.6
1991
TV ★ 6.6
1970s 1 credit
1971
TV ★ 7.8