Billie Whitelaw- Biography

About Billie Whitelaw

She has since turned in highly effective, if intermittent, movie performances. Whitelaw was particularly memorable as the ill-fated nanny in 1976's "The Omen" and was seen by US audiences as the mother of British gangsters "The Krays" (1990), the housekeeper in Franco Zeffirelli's version of "Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre" (1996) and the blind laundress in "Quills" (2000). On the stage, Whitelaw has emerged as the preeminent interpreter of the work of Samuel Beckett.

Partners

Husband

Robert Muller. died on May 27, 1998 at age 72

Family

Son

Matthew Muller.

Step-Daughter

Claire Muller.

Step-Daughter

Sophie Muller.

Career Milestones

1964

Joined National Theatre Company; appeared in Samuel Beckett's "Play"

1954

Film debut in "The Sleeping Tiger" (directed by Joseph Losey)

As a juvenile, worked with the Bradford Civic Playhouse Group and acted in hundreds of (mostly children's) radio programs for the BBC

Evacuated to Liverpool due to intense bombing of hometown during WWII