Biography
Eleanor Summerfield (7 March 1921 – 13 July 2001) was an English actress. Summerfield was born in St Pancras, London in 1921. She received her acting training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art In 1937. Her first stage show was "Her Excellency", at the London Hippodrome in 1949.
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Island of Adventure
1981
as Aunt Polly
Four British teens on vacation visit an island and discover that a terrorist group is using it as their headquarters.
The Watcher in the Woods
1980
as Mrs. Thayer
After an American family moves to an old country manor in rural England, one of the daughters is tormented by the spirit of the owner's long lost daug...
Some Will, Some Won't
1970
as Elizabeth Robson
Four people go to great lengths to obtain the fortune left in a will by a very wealthy practical joker.
Foreign Exchange
1970
as Mrs. Roberts
A former British Secret Service agent is persuaded to negotiate a spy exchange with Russia, only to find himself drawn into political intrigues.
The Spy Killer
1969
as Mrs. Roberts
Spy Killer stars Robert Horton as a secret agent turned private eye. Framed for murder, Horton is released, but only after promising that he'll track ...
The Yellow Hat
1966
as Lady Xenia
When an exclusive designer hat blows off the head of the milliner's assistant who borrowed it, the quest to recover it leads her to find love.
The Running Man
1963
as Hilda Tanner
An Englishman with a grudge against an insurance company for a disallowed claim fakes his own death and escapes to Spain, but is soon pursued by an in...
The Invasion
1963
as Heather
Inhabitants in a remote village laughs off and dismiss a couple of schoolboys' claims that they are being invaded by aliens.
On the Beat
1962
as Sgt. Lucilla Wilkins
Norman Pitkin wants to be a policeman like his father was, but he fails the height test (amongst others). One day he gets out his father's old uniform...
Guns of Darkness
1962
as Mrs. Bastian
Committed pacifist Tom Jordan's decision to help former President Rivera escape a military coup is a simple act of mercy that takes him and his wife t...
Petticoat Pirates
1961
as Chief Wren Mabel Rawlins
Undistinguished British farce (in Technicolor and CinemaScope). Stoker Charlie (the diminutive Drake) helps 150 Wrens under Superintendent Maxine Audl...
On the Fiddle
1961
as Flora McNaughton
Tricked into joining the RAF by a wily judge, wide boy Horace Pope sets his sights on the main chance, teams with slow-witted, good-hearted gypsy Pedl...
Don't Bother to Knock
1961
as Mother
An Edinburgh travel agent loses his keys and his fiancé in one night. A friend finds the keys and makes loads of copies with his address attached as a...
Spare the Rod
1961
as Mrs. Harkness
It is London in the year 1960 and John Saunders enthusiastically begins his new teaching career at a tough slum-area school. His class are bored pupil...
The Millionairess
1960
as Mrs. Willoughby
When her father dies, Epifania Parerga, an Italian in London, becomes the world's richest woman. She feels incomplete without a husband and falls in l...
Dentist in the Chair
1960
as Ethel
The misfortunes that befall three dental students when they become unwitting accessories to a burglary.
A Cry from the Streets
1958
as Gloria May
Bittersweet story about London's unwanted children and the good people trying to help them. Ann is a social worker, while Bill is an electrician whose...
No Road Back
1957
as Marguerite
A blind and deaf woman dedicates her life and sacrifices all she has for her son, a good-for-nothing troublemaker who gets mixed up with a criminal ga...
It's Great to be Young!
1956
as Barmaid
IT’S GREAT TO A YOUNG stars John Mills as Dingle an easygoing high school teacher. When autocratic new headmaster Frome (Cecil Parker) begins imposing...
Odongo
1956
as Celia Watford
Steve Stratton (Macdonald Carey) is a hardboiled hunter who catches and keeps wild animals in an African sanctuary in order to sell them to zoos and c...
Lost
1956
as Sergeant Cook
U.S. Embassy employee Lee Cochrane and his wife, Sue, receive a shock when they discover that their 18-month-old son, Simon, has disappeared in London...
Final Appointment
1954
as Jenny Drew
A pair of reporters try to discover the link between three unsolved, seemingly isolated murders. The only connection between them is they all took pl...
Blackout
1954
as Margaret 'Maggie' Doone
When a beautiful young woman suddenly offers inebriated Casey Morrow a lot of money for a quick and easy job, he doesn't ask too many questions. But w...
Face the Music
1954
as Barbara Quigley
A famed trumpet player is suspected of murdering a blues singer. Using only two minor clues, he narrows the suspects to four people, but only after su...
Isn't Life Wonderful!
1953
as Kate, Willie's wife
Around the turn of the century, in England, alcoholic Uncle Willie is the bane of his family, of which his brother-in-law is the family spokesman. It ...
Street Corner
1953
as Edna Hurran
A pseudo-documentary focusing on the daily work and routine of women police officers built around three different storylines.
Top Secret
1952
as Cecilia
A British Sanitary Engineer, goes on holiday with a set of plans for a new secret weapon which he has mistaken for his new plumbing invention. Everyon...
Mandy
1952
as Lily Tabor
London, the early 1950s. Born deaf, Mandy is mute for most of her childhood. As she reaches school age her family itself is in danger of breaking up. ...
The Last Page
1952
as Vi
A married bookstore owner is blackmailed after he makes a pass at his new sexy blonde clerk.
Scrooge
1951
as Miss Flora
Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman; until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show ...
Laughter in Paradise
1951
as Sheila Wilcott
When an eccentric practical joker dies, he divides his fortune among four heirs. But before they can collect the cash they must each do something whic...
The Third Visitor
1951
as Vera Kurton
Suave supercilious Carling (Karel Stepanek) receives several callers to his isolated house, all of whom hold a grudge against him. Next morning a corp...
The Story of Shirley Yorke
1949
as Doris
Nurse Shirley Yorke must assist her boss Dr Napier, the only person able of effecting a new treatment on the ailing wife of a British Lord. The woman ...
No Way Back
1949
as Beryl
A gangster's girl loves a one-eyed boxer who is framed for robbery.
Man on the Run
1949
as May Baker, Anchor Hotel
An Army deserter, still a fugitive in Post-War Britain, wanders into a pawn-shop robbery and finds himself wanted for murder. He meets a war widow who...
All Over the Town
1949
as Beryl Hopper
Newspaper reporter Nat Hearn returns home after serving in the Royal Air Force during World War II. When one of the paper's owners dies, the man's par...
London Belongs to Me
1948
as The Blonde
Classic British drama about the residents of a large terrace house in London between Christmas 1938 and September 1939. Percy Boon lives with his mot...
The Weaker Sex
1948
as Clippie
A British housewife does her own battles against the enemy during World War II.
Thark
1948
as Cherry Buck
Mrs Frush complains to Sir Hector Benbow that Thark, the large country house she has bought from him, is haunted. Investigators and occupants spend a ...
Take My Life
1947
as Miss Carteret
When her husband is wrongly accused of murder, an opera singer sets out to find the real culprit.