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British actress
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Female
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Birth:
1881(Stockport, United Kingdom)
Death:
11 February 1954(London, UK)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Louise Hampton (1881 – 11 February 1954) was a British stage, film and television actress.
An accomplished stage actress with many West End theatre appearances to her name, she made her film debut in 1911, in the silent thriller Driving a Girl to Destruction. This was the first of many film appearances over the years, often latterly in supporting roles.
She was married to Edward Thane.
Partial filmography
- Brown Sugar (1922) - Miss Gibson
- The Eleventh Commandment (1924) - Lady Barchester
- Nine till Six (1932) - Madam
- His Lordship Goes to Press (1939) - Mrs. Hodges
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) - Mrs. Wickett
- The Middle Watch (1940) - Charlotte Hopkinson
- Busman's Honeymoon (1940) - Mrs. Ruddle
- The House of the Arrow (1940) - Mme. Harlow
- The Saint Meets the Tiger (1943) - Aunt Agatha Gurten
- Bedelia (1946) - Hannah
- Files from Scotland Yard (1951) - Agatha Steele
- Scrooge (1951) - Laundress
- The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952) - Tyb
- The Oracle (1953) - Miss Turner
- Background (1953) - Miss Russell
Selected stage credits
- Living Room by Esther McCracken (1943)