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Eily Malyon (born Eily Sophie Lees-Craston, 30 October 1879 – 26 September 1961) was an English character actress in the 1930s and 1940s.
Malyon was born in London in 1879. Her mother, Agnes Thomas, was also an actress. Malyon specialised in playing stern schoolteachers, maids, nurses, nuns, governesses and spinsters, usually in melodramas, historical dramas and thrillers.
Known For
Jane Eyre
(1943)
Mrs. Skatcher
Foreign Correspondent
(1940)
College Arms Hotel Cashier (uncredited)
Dracula's Daughter
(1936)
Miss Peabody
Shadow of a Doubt
(1943)
Mrs. Cochran (uncredited)
Camille
(1936)
Therese the Maid in Country House (uncredited)
Above Suspicion
(1943)
Walmer Hotel Proprietess (Uncredited)
Going My Way
(1944)
Mrs. Carmody
I Married a Witch
(1942)
Tabitha Wooley (uncredited)
The Little Princess
(1939)
Cook
The Hound of the Baskervilles
(1939)
Mrs. Barryman
Little Lord Fauntleroy
(1936)
Landlady
Mark of the Vampire
(1935)
Man Hunt
(1941)
Postmistress
Son of Lassie
(1945)
Washwoman
Les Misérables
(1935)
Mother Superior
A Tale of Two Cities
(1935)
Mrs. Cruncher
Full Filmography
Acting
Born to Love
(1931)
Nurse (uncredited)
Rasputin and the Empress
(1932)
Woman Yelling 'Blessed Among Women!' (uncredited)
Lovers Courageous
(1932)
Landlady (uncredited)
Night Court
(1932)
Hungry Woman in Court (uncredited)
The Wet Parade
(1932)
Irish Drunk's Wife (uncredited)
Today We Live
(1933)
Wendy, the Maid (uncredited)
The Little Minister
(1934)
Evalina
His Greatest Gamble
(1934)
Jenny
Great Expectations
(1934)
Sarah Pocket
Forsaking All Others
(1934)
Mrs. Gordon (Uncredited)
The Florentine Dagger
(1935)
Fredericka
Romance in Manhattan
(1935)
Miss Evans
The Flame Within
(1935)
Murdock
Kind Lady
(1935)
Mrs. Edwards
Clive of India
(1935)
Mrs. Clifford
Diamond Jim
(1935)
Organist
A Tale of Two Cities
(1935)
Mrs. Cruncher
Les Misérables
(1935)
Mother Superior
I Found Stella Parish
(1935)
Ship's Clothing Clerk (uncredited)
Mark of the Vampire
(1935)
Little Lord Fauntleroy
(1936)
Landlady
One Rainy Afternoon
(1936)
President of Public Morals Society
Three Men on a Horse
(1936)
Miss Burns
The Devil-Doll
(1936)
Laundry Supervisor (uncredited)
The White Angel
(1936)
Sister Colomba
Dracula's Daughter
(1936)
Miss Peabody
Anthony Adverse
(1936)
Mother Superior
Camille
(1936)
Therese the Maid in Country House (uncredited)
Career Woman
(1936)
Miss Brinkerhoff
Another Dawn
(1937)
Mrs. Farnold
Night Must Fall
(1937)
Nurse
Parnell
(1937)
Irish Woman with Dead Child (uncredited)
The Young in Heart
(1938)
Sarah
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
(1938)
Mrs. Turner
Kidnapped
(1938)
Mrs. Campbell
The Little Princess
(1939)
Cook
Barricade
(1939)
Mrs. Little
The Hound of the Baskervilles
(1939)
Mrs. Barryman
On Borrowed Time
(1939)
Demetria Riffle
The Night Riders
(1939)
Aunt Martha
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
(1939)
Mrs. McLaughlin
We Are Not Alone
(1939)
Archdeacon's Wife
Untamed
(1940)
Mrs. Sarah McGavity
Young Tom Edison
(1940)
Miss Lavina Howard, School Teacher
Flowing Gold
(1940)
Cashier (uncredited)
Foreign Correspondent
(1940)
College Arms Hotel Cashier (uncredited)
Man Hunt
(1941)
Postmistress
Arkansas Judge
(1941)
Mrs. Smithers
Reaching for the Sun
(1941)
Landlady
Hit the Road
(1941)
Cathy Crookshank
I Married a Witch
(1942)
Tabitha Wooley (uncredited)
The Undying Monster
(1942)
Mrs. Walton (uncredited)
You're Telling Me
(1942)
Mrs. Appleby
Scattergood Survives a Murder
(1942)
Mrs. Grimes
The Man in the Trunk
(1942)
Abbie Addison
The Man from Down Under
(1943)
Sarah
Shadow of a Doubt
(1943)
Mrs. Cochran (uncredited)
Above Suspicion
(1943)
Walmer Hotel Proprietess (Uncredited)
Jane Eyre
(1943)
Mrs. Skatcher
The Seventh Cross
(1944)
Fraulein Bachmann
Going My Way
(1944)
Mrs. Carmody
Grissly's Millions
(1945)
Mattie
Paris Underground
(1945)
Madame Martin
Son of Lassie
(1945)
Washwoman
Scared Stiff
(1945)
Mrs. Cooke
She-Wolf of London
(1946)
Hannah, the Housekeeper
The Secret Heart
(1946)
Miss Hunter
Devotion
(1946)
Mrs. Thornton's Friend at the Ball (uncredited)
The Challenge
(1948)
Kitty Fyffe