Barbara Everest (19 June 1890 – 9 February 1968) was a British stage and film actress. She was born in Southfields, Surrey, and made her screen debut in the 1916 film ''The Man Without a Soul''. On stage she played Queen Anne in the 1935 historical play '' Viceroy Sarah'' by

Norman Ginsbury Norman Ginsbury (1902–1991) was a British writer, known for his plays. He also wrote material for film and television. His 1935 play '' Viceroy Sarah'' about Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, ran for 157 performances in the West End. Th ...

. Her most famous rôle was as Elizabeth the rather deaf servant in

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(1944).

Selected filmography

Barbara Everest House, Kew Gardens, London

* '' The Hypocrites'' (1916) – Helen Plugenet * ''The Man without a Soul'' (1916) – Elaine Ferrier * ''

Whosoever Shall Offend ''Whosoever Shall Offend'' is a 1919 British silent crime film directed by Arrigo Bocchi and starring Kenelm Foss, Mary Odette and Mary Marsh Allen.Low p.479 The screenplay concerns a man murders his wife in Italy and then tries to marry a ...

'' (1919) – Maddalena * '' Not Guilty'' (1919) – Hetty Challis * '' The Lady Clare'' (1919) – Alice * '' Calvary'' (1920) – Rachel Penryn * ''The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol'' (1920) – Anne * ''

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'' (1920) – Lucinda * '' The Bigamist'' (1921) – Blanche Maitland * '' A Romance of Old Baghdad'' (1922) – Mrs. Jocelyn * '' The Persistent Lovers'' (1922) – Joyce * '' Fox Farm'' (1922) – Kate Falconer * '' Lily Christine'' (1932) – Hempel * ''

When London Sleeps ''When London Sleeps'' is a 1932 British crime film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Harold French, Francis L. Sullivan, Diana Beaumont and René Ray. It was filmed at Twickenham Studios in west London. It was based on a play by ...

'' (1932) – Madame Lamberti * '' The Lodger'' (1932) – Mrs. Bunting * '' There Goes the Bride'' (1932) – Mme. Marquand (uncredited) * '' The World, the Flesh and the Devil'' (1959) – Mrs. Brophy * '' The Roof'' (1933) – Mrs. Foster * ''

She Was Only a Village Maiden ''She Was Only a Village Maiden'' is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Arthur Maude and starring Anne Grey, Lester Matthews and Carl Harbord. It was made at Shepperton Studios as a quota quickie.Chibnall p.269 Cast * Anne Grey as Priscilla ...

'' (1933) – Agatha * ''

The Lost Chord "The Lost Chord" is a song composed by Arthur Sullivan in 1877 at the bedside of his brother Fred during Fred's last illness. The manuscript is dated 13 January 1877; Fred Sullivan died five days later. The lyric was written as a poem by Adel ...

'' (1933) – Mother Superior * '' The Umbrella'' (1933) – Mrs. Wynne * '' Love's Old Sweet Song'' (1933) – Nurse * ''

Home Sweet Home Home Sweet Home may refer to: Film * Home, Sweet Home (1914 film), ''Home, Sweet Home'' (1914 film), a film about the life of John Howard Payne * Home Sweet Home (1917 film), ''Home Sweet Home'' (1917 film), a British silent film * Home Sweet ...

'' (1933) * ''

The River Wolves ''The River Wolves'' is a 1934 British crime film, directed by George Pearson and starring Helga Moray, Michael Hogan, and John Mills.Wood p.79 Cast * Helga Moray as Moira Clare * Michael Hogan as Captain Guest * John Mills as Peter Far ...

'' (1934) * ''

The Warren Case ''The Warren Case'' is a 1934 British crime film directed by Walter Summers and starring Richard Bird, Nancy Burne and Diana Napier. It was made at Welwyn Studios by British International Pictures.Wood p.80 Cast * Richard Bird as Louis Bevan ...

'' (1934) – (uncredited) * '' Passing Shadows'' (1934) – Mrs. Lawrence * ''

Song at Eventide ''Song at Eventide'' is a 1934 British musical film directed by Harry Hughes and starring Fay Compton, Lester Matthews and Nancy Burne. The screenplay concerns a top cabaret singer who is blackmailed in a scandal that threatens to ruin her and h ...

'' (1934) * ''

The Lad ''The Lad'' is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Gordon Harker, Betty Stockfeld and Jane Carr. It was made at Twickenham Studios. The film is based on a novel by Edgar Wallace. Plot Bill Shane is The Lad, an opp ...

'' (1935) – Mrs. Lorraine * '' Regal Cavalcade'' (1935) – Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited) * ''

The Passing of the Third Floor Back ''The Passing of the Third Floor Back'' is a 1935 British drama film directed by Berthold Viertel and starring Conrad Veidt, Anna Lee, Rene Ray and Frank Cellier. The film is based on a 1908 play and short story by Jerome K. Jerome and depicts ...

'' (1935) – Cook * '' Scrooge'' (1935) – Mrs. Cratchit * ''

Love in Exile ''Love in Exile'' is a 1936 British romantic adventure film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring Helen Vinson, Clive Brook and Mary Carlisle. Production The film was shot at Isleworth Studios in west London by the independent producer M ...

'' (1936) – Anna * '' Men of Yesterday'' (1936) * '' The Man Behind the Mask'' (1936) – Lady Slade * ''

Jump for Glory ''Jump for Glory'' is a 1937 British romantic drama film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Valerie Hobson and Alan Hale. It was based on a novel by Gordon McDonnell. The film was shot at Isleworth Studios by the inde ...

'' (1937) – Mrs. Nolan * ''

Old Mother Riley Old Mother Riley is a fictional character portrayed from about 1934 to 1954 by Arthur Lucan and from 1954 to the 1980s by Roy Rolland as part of a British music hall act. Old Mother Riley (full comedy name: Daphne Bluebell Snowdrop Riley) is an ...

'' (1937) – Mrs. Briggs * '' Death Croons the Blues'' (1937) * ''

Trunk Crime ''Trunk Crime'' is a 1939 British thriller film directed by Roy Boulting and starring Manning Whiley, Barbara Everest and Michael Drake. It was made at Elstree Studios as a quota quickie The Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 ('' 17 & 18 Geo. V ...

'' (1939) – Ursula * ''Discoveries'' (1939) – Mrs. Venters * '' Inquest'' (1939) – Mrs. Wyatt * '' Meet Maxwell Archer'' (1940) – Miss Duke * ''

The Second Mr. Bush ''The Second Mr. Bush'' is a 1940 British comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Wallace Evennett, Evelyn Roberts and Kay Walsh. It was made at Welwyn Studios by British National Films.Wood p.99 Cast * Wallace Evennett as ...

'' (1940) – Mrs. Windel-Tod * '' The Prime Minister'' (1941) – Baroness Lehzen (uncredited) * '' This Man Is Dangerous'' (1941) – Mrs. Cardby * '' He Found a Star'' (1941) – Mrs. Cavour * ''

Commandos Strike at Dawn ''Commandos Strike at Dawn'' is a 1942 war film directed by John Farrow and written by Irwin Shaw from a short story entitled "The Commandos" by C. S. Forester that appeared in ''Cosmopolitan'' magazine in June 1942. Filmed in Canada, it starred ...

'' (1942) – Mrs. Olav * '' Forever and a Day'' (1943) – Girl's Mother in Air Raid Shelter * ''

Mission to Moscow ''Mission to Moscow'' is a 1943 film directed by Michael Curtiz, based on the 1941 book by the former U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union, Joseph E. Davies. The movie chronicles the experiences of the second American ambassador to the Soviet ...

'' (1943) – Mrs. Litvinov * ''

Phantom of the Opera ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (french: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra) is a novel by French author Gaston Leroux. It was first published as a serial in from 23 September 1909 to 8 January 1910, and was released in volume form in late March 1910 by Pierr ...

'' (1943) – Aunt * ''

Jane Eyre ''Jane Eyre'' ( ; originally published as ''Jane Eyre: An Autobiography'') is a novel by the English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published under her pen name "Currer Bell" on 19 October 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. of London. The first ...

'' (1943) – Lady Ingraham * '' The Uninvited'' (1944) – Lizzie Flynn * ''

'' (1944) – Elizabeth * ''

The Valley of Decision ''The Valley of Decision'' is a 1945 film directed by Tay Garnett, based on Marcia Davenport's 1942 novel of the same name. Set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the 1870s, it stars Greer Garson and Gregory Peck. It tells the story of a young Iri ...

'' (1945) – Delia * '' The Fatal Witness'' (1945) – Lady Elizabeth Ferguson / Vera Cavanaugh * ''

Wanted for Murder ''Wanted for Murder'' is the title of a collection of six mystery novellas by Leslie Charteris which was first published in the United States in August 1931. This book was part of an ongoing series of novels and novellas by Charteris featuring ...

'' (1946) – Mrs. Colebrooke * '' Frieda'' (1947) – Mrs Dawson * The Long Mirror (1948) - Mrs.Tenbury * '' Children of Chance'' (1949) – Francesca * '' Madeleine'' (1950) – Mrs. Smith * ''

Tony Draws a Horse ''Tony Draws a Horse'' is a 1950 British comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Cecil Parker, Anne Crawford and Derek Bond. It was adapted from a 1939 play of the same name by Lesley Storm. Plot When their eight-year-old ...

'' (1950) – Mrs. Parsons * ''

An Inspector Calls ''An Inspector Calls'' is a play written by English dramatist J. B. Priestley, first performed in the Soviet Union in 1945 and at the New Theatre in London the following year. It is one of Priestley's best-known works for the stage and is c ...

'' (1954) – committee member * '' The Safecracker'' (1958) – Mrs. Dawson * ''

Upstairs and Downstairs ''Upstairs and Downstairs'' is a 1959 British comedy film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Michael Craig, Anne Heywood, Mylène Demongeot, Claudia Cardinale, James Robertson Justice, Joan Sims, Joan Hickson and Sid James. It feature ...

'' (1959) – 2nd Old Lady * '' El Cid'' (1961) – Mother Superior * ''

Dangerous Afternoon ''Dangerous Afternoon'' is a 1961 British crime film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Ruth Dunning. It was primarily filmed at Twickenham Studios, with the shops next to Strawberry Hill railway station, notably the chemist's in Wellesley ...

'' (1961) – Mrs. Judson * '' The Damned'' (1963) – Miss Lamont * '' Nurse on Wheels'' (1963) – Nurse Merrick * ''

The Man Who Finally Died ''The Man Who Finally Died '' is a 1963 British CinemaScope thriller film directed by Quentin Lawrence and starring Stanley Baker, Peter Cushing, Mai Zetterling and Eric Portman. It was based on a 1959 ITV series of the same name. The scree ...

'' (1963) – Martha Gelman * '' Rotten to the Core'' (1965) – Mrs. Dick * ''Trouble with Junia'' (1967) – Ada * ''Franchette: Les Intrigues'' (1969) – (final film role)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Everest, Barbara 1890 births 1968 deaths English stage actresses English film actresses English silent film actresses 20th-century English actresses