Personal Info
Birth date
1921-03-07 (104 Years)
Day of death
2001-07-13
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
St. Pancras, London, England, UK
Also known as
-Eleanor Summerfield
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.
Filmography
Midsomer Murders
7.5
Overview:
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.The Upper Hand
7
Overview:
The Upper Hand is a British television sitcom, produced by Central Independent Television and Columbia Pictures Television and broadcast by ITV from 1990 to 1996. The programme was adapted from the American sitcom Who's the Boss?. As in the former series, an affluent single woman, raising a son with the help of her mother, hires a housekeeper only to have a man apply for the job.UFO
7.6
Overview:
A secret, high-technology international agency called SHADO defends Earth from alien invaders.Ooh La La!
NYR
Overview:
Series based on the short French farces written by Georges Feydeau, Eugène Labiche, Marc Michel and Sacha Guitry. All of them include mistaken identities and impeccable timing.Lovejoy
7.3
Overview:
The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries.Hammer House of Horror
7.1
Overview:
Anthology series, in which each self-contained episode featured a different kind of horror. These varied from witches, werewolves, ghosts, devil worship and voodoo, but also included non-supernatural horror themes such as cannibalism, confinement and serial killers.David Copperfield
5
Overview:
David Copperfield is a BBC television serial starring Ian McKellen in the title role of the adaptation of Charles Dickens's novel that began airing in January 1966. It also featured Tina Packer as Dora, Flora Robson as Betsey Trotwood, Gordon Gostelow as Barkis, and Christopher Guard as young David. The screenplay adaptation was written by Vincent Tilsley.Department S
4.9
Overview:
Department S is a United Kingdom spy-fi adventure series produced by ITC Entertainment. The series consists of 28 episodes which originally aired in 1969–1970. It starred Peter Wyngarde as author Jason King, Joel Fabiani as Stewart Sullivan, and Rosemary Nicols as computer expert Annabelle Hurst. The trio were agents for a fictional special department of Interpol. The head of Department S was Sir Curtis Seretse.Scrooge
7.431
Overview:
Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman; until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show him how his unhappy childhood and adult behavior has left him a selfish, lonely old man.The Watcher in the Woods
5.9
Overview:
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 daughter, who mysteriously disappeared 30 years ago during a solar eclipse.The Running Man
6.7
Overview:
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 insurance investigator.The Last Page
5.7
Overview:
A married bookstore owner is blackmailed after he makes a pass at his new sexy blonde clerk.Mandy
6.9
Overview:
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. Christine, Mandy's mother, has heard of a residential school for the oral education of the deaf.Blackout
6.024
Overview:
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 when the girl's father is found murdered the following day and Morrow's coat is soaked with blood, he must unravel the mystery to clear his name. An intriguing story of deception, greed and immorality.The Millionairess
5.4
Overview:
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 love with a humble, Indian physician, Ahmed el Kabir, much loved by his indigent English patients.The Weaker Sex
6
Overview:
A British housewife does her own battles against the enemy during World War II.Take My Life
7.2
Overview:
When her husband is wrongly accused of murder, an opera singer sets out to find the real culprit.Face the Music
5.7
Overview:
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 surviving poison placed on the mouthpiece of his trumpet!Laughter in Paradise
6.5
Overview:
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 which goes completely against their nature. NB: This is the film which introduced Audrey Hepburn.On the Beat
7.741
Overview:
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 and "walks the beat". This leads to a level of chaos that only Pitkin could causeOn the Fiddle
5.3
Overview:
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 Pedlar Pascoe, and works up a lucrative racket in conning both his colleagues and the RAF. By means of various devious schemes Pope and Pascoe manage to avoid the front lines until they are sent to France - where they find themselves making unexpected and uncomfortably close contact with the enemy.Lost
7
Overview:
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. He was last seen with their nanny, and the couple seemingly have no leads that might help police Detective Craig in his investigation. The media sensationalizes the incident, causing an unnecessary distraction as the couple prepares to confront the culprit face-to-face.Spare the Rod
6
Overview:
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 pupils in their last term before leaving. Will he handle the grave problems that lie ahead?Some Will, Some Won't
4.75
Overview:
Four people go to great lengths to obtain the fortune left in a will by a very wealthy practical joker.The Spy Killer
5
Overview:
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 down a book containing a list of government agents who are operating covertly in Red China. The reluctant spy discovers that he can't completely trust anyone in this endeavor--not even his former chiefTop Secret
6
Overview:
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. Everyone is hunting for him, including the Russians. The Russians find him and offer him a job in the Kremlin doing research (on plumbing he believes). He accepts, arrives in Russia and falls in love with Tania, a secret agent. And then discovers the true nature of the plans he is carrying...Odongo
5
Overview:
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 circuses. When he hires a new veterinarian named "P.J. Muir," he does not imagine that the "P" stands for Pamela, played by the gorgeous Rhonda Fleming!Acting
1997Midsomer Murders (1 Episode) as Elfrida Molfrey
1990The Upper Hand (1 Episode) as Joyce Pickering
1986Lovejoy (1 Episode) as May Walker
1981The Island of Adventure as Aunt Polly
1980Hammer House of Horror (1 Episode) as Lady Strudwick
1980The Watcher in the Woods as Mrs. Thayer
1980Pig In The Middle (20 Episodes) as Unknown
1970UFO (1 Episode) as Muriel Thompson
1970Some Will, Some Won't as Elizabeth Robson
1970Foreign Exchange as Mrs. Roberts
1969The Spy Killer as Mrs. Roberts
1969Department S (1 Episode) as Mrs. Evans
1968Ooh La La! (1 Episode) as Unknown
1966David Copperfield (4 Episodes) as Unknown
1966The Yellow Hat as Lady Xenia
1965The World of Wooster (20 Episodes) as Unknown
1963The Running Man as Hilda Tanner
1963The Invasion as Heather
1962On the Beat as Sgt. Lucilla Wilkins
1962Guns of Darkness as Mrs. Bastian
1961Petticoat Pirates as Chief Wren Mabel Rawlins
1961On the Fiddle as Flora McNaughton
1961Don't Bother to Knock as Mother
1961Spare the Rod as Mrs. Harkness
1960The Dickie Henderson Show (119 Episodes) as Maggie
1960The Millionairess as Mrs. Willoughby
1960Dentist in the Chair as Ethel
1958A Cry from the Streets as Gloria May
1957No Road Back as Marguerite
1956It's Great to be Young! as Barmaid
1956Odongo as Celia Watford
1956Lost as Sergeant Cook
1954Final Appointment as Jenny Drew
1954Blackout as Margaret 'Maggie' Doone
1954Face the Music as Barbara Quigley
1953Isn't Life Wonderful! as Kate, Willie's wife
1953Street Corner as Edna Hurran
1952Top Secret as Cecilia
1952Mandy as Lily Tabor
1952The Last Page as Vi
1951Scrooge as Miss Flora
1951Laughter in Paradise as Sheila Wilcott
1951The Third Visitor as Vera Kurton
1949The Story of Shirley Yorke as Doris
1949No Way Back as Beryl
1949Man on the Run as May Baker, Anchor Hotel
1949All Over the Town as Beryl Hopper
1948London Belongs to Me as The Blonde
1948The Weaker Sex as Clippie
1948Thark as Cherry Buck
1947Take My Life as Miss Carteret