Brenda Bruce: movies and TV shows
Brenda Bruce has 107 credits in the archive: 58 films and 49 TV series, from 1943 to 1997. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1943 – 1997 · busiest year: 1964 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Behind the Mask : The IRA and Sinn Fein | Self | Film | 10.0 | 78 |
| 1995 | The Widowing of Mrs. Holroyd | Grandmother | Film | 3.8 | 76 |
| 1994 | The Riff Raff Element | Granny Grogan | TV | 5.6 | 75 |
| 1994 | Men of the World | Mrs Daff | TV | 7.7 | 75 |
| 1993 | Splitting Heirs | Mrs. Bullock | Film | 5.2 | 74 |
| 1993 | Harnessing Peacocks | Amy Tremayne | Film | 5.0 | 74 |
| 1993 | Riders | Granny Maxwell | Film | 5.0 | 74 |
| 1992 | Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | Nurse (voice) | TV | 6.4 | 73 |
| 1991 | Performance | Grandmother | TV | 6.3 | 72 |
| 1990 | Jeeves and Wooster | Aunt Dahlia | TV | 8.1 | 71 |
| 1990 | Antonia and Jane | Therapist | Film | 5.4 | 71 |
| 1990 | The Fool | Film | 8.0 | 71 | |
| 1990 | December Bride | Martha Gilmartin | Film | 7.4 | 71 |
| 1990 | Bingo: Scenes of Money and Death | Old Woman | Film | 7.0 | 71 |
| 1990 | Circles Of Deceit | Maisie | Film | — | 71 |
| 1989 | 4 Play | Sarah | TV | 7.0 | 70 |
| 1989 | Back Home | Lady Beatrice 'Beattie' Langley | Film | 6.3 | 70 |
| 1988 | The Tenth Man | Madame Mangeot | Film | 6.7 | 69 |
| 1988 | Menace Unseen | Norma Trisk | TV | 8.0 | 69 |
| 1987 | The New Statesman | Beryl | TV | 7.5 | 68 |
| 1987 | Doctor Who: Paradise Towers | Tilda | Film | 6.5 | 68 |
| 1987 | The Secret World of Polly Flint | Granny Porter | Film | 10.0 | 68 |
| 1986 | Casualty | Carrie Springett | TV | 6.2 | 67 |
| 1986 | Lovejoy | Mrs. Jaglom | TV | 7.4 | 67 |
| 1986 | Worlds Beyond | Miss Robertson | TV | 5.8 | 67 |
| 1986 | David Copperfield | Betsey Trotwood | TV | 5.2 | 67 |
| 1986 | Time After Time | June Swift | Film | 10.0 | 67 |
| 1985 | Screen Two | Maisie | TV | 7.1 | 66 |
| 1985 | Connie | Bea | TV | 8.5 | 66 |
| 1985 | Steaming | Mrs. Meadows | Film | 5.3 | 66 |
| 1984 | Sharing Time | Alice | TV | — | 65 |
| 1984 | Love and Marriage | Rosa Curzon | TV | 9.0 | 65 |
| 1983 | The Mad Death | Miss Stonecroft | TV | 6.3 | 64 |
| 1983 | The Plot to Murder Lloyd George | Alice Wheeldon | Film | — | 64 |
| 1983 | The Home Front | Mrs. Place | TV | — | 64 |
| 1983 | Macbeth | First Witch | Film | 6.4 | 64 |
| 1981 | Bergerac | Karen Markham | TV | 6.7 | 62 |
| 1979 | Henry IV Part 2 | Hostess Quickly | Film | 8.5 | 60 |
| 1979 | Henry IV Part 1 | Mistress Quickly | Film | 7.3 | 60 |
| 1979 | Henry V | Hostess | Film | 6.2 | 60 |
| 1978 | Armchair Thriller | Sister Elizabeth | TV | 4.2 | 59 |
| 1978 | Do You Remember? | Annie Billet | TV | — | 59 |
| 1978 | Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm | Aunt Miranda | TV | 7.0 | 59 |
| 1978 | A Touch of the Tiny Hacketts | Mrs Hackett | Film | 8.0 | 59 |
| 1978 | Quiet as a Nun | Sister Elizabeth | Film | 8.0 | 59 |
| 1977 | Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle | Lucilla Teatime | TV | 6.5 | 58 |
| 1977 | The Man in the Iron Mask | Reine Anne d'Autriche | Film | 6.4 | 58 |
| 1977 | Auntie Kathleen's Old Clothes | Auntie Kathleen | Film | — | 58 |
| 1975 | All Creatures Great and Small | Miss Harbottle | Film | 6.6 | 56 |
| 1974 | Bedtime Stories | Gertie | TV | — | 55 |
| 1974 | Dial M for Murder | Beth | TV | — | 55 |
| 1974 | Swallows and Amazons | Mrs Dixon | Film | 7.5 | 55 |
| 1973 | Centre Play | Auntie Kathleen | TV | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1973 | Chéri | Charlotte | TV | — | 54 |
| 1973 | Alice Through the Looking Glass | The White Queen | Film | 6.3 | 54 |
| 1973 | That'll Be The Day | Doreen | Film | 6.5 | 54 |
| 1973 | Jingle Bells | Madge | Film | — | 54 |
| 1972 | Country Matters | Mrs Holland | TV | 4.6 | 53 |
| 1972 | The Mill | Mrs. Holland | Film | — | 53 |
| 1972 | Not Counting the Savages | Film | 9.0 | 53 | |
| 1971 | Budgie | Janey-Baib | TV | 7.2 | 52 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Madge | TV | 6.6 | 51 |
| 1969 | The Virgin Soldiers | Nursing Sister | Film | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1968 | The First Lady | TV | 10.0 | 49 | |
| 1968 | Late Night Horror | Mary Pearl | TV | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1968 | William and Mary | Mary Pearl | Film | — | 49 |
| 1967 | Death of a Teddy Bear | Mollie | Film | — | 48 |
| 1966 | Way Off Beat | Betty Bradshaw | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Lady Bountiful | TV | 5.3 | 46 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Wife | TV | 4.2 | 46 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Pat Pendleton | TV | 4.2 | 46 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Avis Abdey | TV | 4.2 | 46 |
| 1965 | Give the Clown His Supper | Pat | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | Mollie | TV | 5.2 | 45 |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | Betty Bradshaw | TV | 5.2 | 45 |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | Ma | TV | 5.2 | 45 |
| 1964 | Sherlock Holmes | TV | 6.7 | 45 | |
| 1964 | Nightmare | Mary Lewis | Film | 6.8 | 45 |
| 1964 | The Uncle | Addie Morton | Film | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | Tilda | TV | 7.9 | 44 |
| 1962 | Zero One | TV | 6.0 | 43 | |
| 1962 | The Winter's Tale | Paulina | Film | 7.5 | 43 |
| 1960 | Sunday-Night Play | Ethel Gibbons | TV | — | 41 |
| 1960 | Armchair Mystery Theatre | Ellen Bunting | TV | 9.0 | 41 |
| 1960 | Peeping Tom | Dora | Film | 7.5 | 41 |
| 1958 | Behind the Mask | Elizabeth Fallon | Film | 6.4 | 39 |
| 1958 | Law and Disorder | Mary Cooper | Film | 6.4 | 39 |
| 1958 | Law and Disorder | Blacky | Film | 6.4 | 39 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Miss Cashcart | TV | 6.0 | 37 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Gwen | TV | 6.0 | 37 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Miss Johns | TV | 6.0 | 37 |
| 1953 | The Final Test | Cora | Film | 6.7 | 34 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Miss Harbottle | TV | 8.8 | 32 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Madame Mangeot | TV | 8.8 | 32 |
| 1951 | Two on the Tiles | Janet Lawson | Film | 6.7 | 32 |
| 1949 | Don't Ever Leave Me | Miss Smith | Film | 7.7 | 30 |
| 1949 | Marry Me | Brenda Delamere | Film | 5.8 | 30 |
| 1948 | My Brother's Keeper | Winnie Foreman | Film | 6.3 | 29 |
| 1947 | When The Bough Breaks | Ruby Chapman | Film | 6.8 | 28 |
| 1947 | While the Sun Shines | Mabel Crum | Film | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1946 | I See a Dark Stranger | American Waitress (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 27 |
| 1946 | Night Boat to Dublin | Lily Leggett | Film | 6.9 | 27 |
| 1946 | Piccadilly Incident | Sally Benton | Film | 6.7 | 27 |
| 1945 | I Live in Grosvenor Square | Girl in Guard's Van | Film | 7.3 | 26 |
| 1945 | What's the Next Job? | Helen | Film | — | 26 |
| 1944 | They Came to a City | WAAF (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 25 |
| 1943 | Millions Like Us | Brenda | Film | 5.6 | 24 |