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Афина Сейлер
Афин Сейлер
Athene Seyler
Acting
Biography
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Athene Seyler, CBE (31 May 1889 – 12 September 1990) was an English actress.
Although better known as a stage actress - she first appeared on the stage in 1909 - she made her film debut in 1921, and became known for playing slightly dotty old ladies in many British films from the 1930s to the 1960s.
Her most memorable stage credits included Mrs. Malaprop in The Rivals, Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest, and a double-act, with her good friend Dame Sybil Thorndike, as the murderous spinster sisters in Arsenic and Old Lace.
Her film and te…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Don't Utter a Note
as Nellie Pringle
Nurse on Wheels
as Miss Farthingale
The Invasion
as Lady Corm
Two and Two Make Six
as Aunt Phoebe Tonks
I Thank a Fool
as Aunt Heather Chandler
The Girl on the Boat
as Mrs Adelaide Hignett
Satan Never Sleeps
as Sister Agness
Francis of Assisi
as Aunt Buona
Visa to Canton
as Mao Tai Tai
A French Mistress
as Beatrice Peake
