Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Female

Birthday

1879-10-30

Deathday

1961-09-26 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Also Known As

Eily S. Lees-Craston
Eily Malyan
Ely Malyon
Ely Melyon

Eily Malyon

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Eily Malyon (born Eily Sophie Lees-Craston, 30 October 1879 – 26 September 1961) was an English character actress in the 1930s and 1940s.

Malyon was born in London in 1879. Her mother, Agnes Thomas, was also an actress. Malyon specialised in playing stern schoolteachers, maids, nurses, nuns, governesses and spinsters, usually in melodramas, historical dramas and thrillers.

Known For

7.5%

Shadow of a Doubt

Jan 15, 1943

7.0%

Foreign Correspondent

Aug 16, 1940

6.8%

I Married a Witch

Oct 30, 1942

7.1%

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Mar 24, 1939

5.9%

Dracula's Daughter

May 11, 1936

6.7%

Going My Way

Jan 1, 1944

6.9%

Jane Eyre

Dec 24, 1943

6.1%

Mark of the Vampire

Apr 26, 1935

7.0%

Camille

Dec 26, 1936

7.0%

Man Hunt

Jun 13, 1941

6.8%

The Devil-Doll

Jul 10, 1936

6.7%

The Little Princess

Mar 17, 1939

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Acting

1948

The Challenge as Kitty Fyffe

1946		The Secret Heart as Miss Hunter
1946		She-Wolf of London as Hannah, the Housekeeper
1946		Devotion as Mrs. Thornton's Friend at the Ball (uncredited)

1945		Paris Underground as Madame Martin
1945		Scared Stiff as Mrs. Cooke
1945		Son of Lassie as Washwoman
1945		Grissly's Millions as Mattie

1944		The Seventh Cross as Fraulein Bachmann
1944		Going My Way as Mrs. Carmody

1943		Jane Eyre as Mrs. Skatcher
1943		The Man from Down Under as Sarah
1943		Above Suspicion as Walmer Hotel Proprietess (Uncredited)
1943		Shadow of a Doubt as Mrs. Cochran (uncredited)

1942		The Undying Monster as Mrs. Walton (uncredited)
1942		I Married a Witch as Tabitha Wooley (uncredited)
1942		Scattergood Survives a Murder as Mrs. Grimes
1942		The Man in the Trunk as Abbie Addison
1942		You're Telling Me as Mrs. Appleby

1941		Hit the Road as Cathy Crookshank
1941		Man Hunt as Postmistress
1941		Reaching for the Sun as Landlady
1941		Arkansas Judge as Mrs. Smithers

1940		Flowing Gold as Cashier (uncredited)
1940		Foreign Correspondent as College Arms Hotel Cashier (uncredited)
1940		Untamed as Mrs. Sarah McGavity
1940		Young Tom Edison as Miss Lavina Howard, School Teacher

1939		Barricade as Mrs. Little
1939		We Are Not Alone as Archdeacon's Wife
1939		On Borrowed Time as Demetria Riffle
1939		Confessions of a Nazi Spy as Mrs. McLaughlin
1939		The Night Riders as Aunt Martha
1939		The Hound of the Baskervilles as Mrs. Barryman
1939		The Little Princess as Cook

1938		The Young in Heart as Sarah
1938		Kidnapped as Mrs. Campbell
1938		Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm as Mrs. Turner

1937		Another Dawn as Mrs. Farnold
1937		Parnell as Irish Woman with Dead Child (uncredited)
1937		Parnell as Irish Woman with Dead Child
1937		Night Must Fall as Nurse

1936		Camille as Therese the Maid in Country House (uncredited)
1936		Career Woman as Miss Brinkerhoff
1936		Three Men on a Horse as Miss Burns
1936		Anthony Adverse as Mother Superior
1936		The Devil-Doll as Laundry Supervisor (uncredited)
1936		The White Angel as Sister Colomba
1936		One Rainy Afternoon as President of Public Morals Society
1936		Dracula's Daughter as Miss Peabody
1936		Little Lord Fauntleroy as Landlady

1935		A Tale of Two Cities as Mrs. Cruncher
1935		Kind Lady as Mrs. Edwards
1935		I Found Stella Parish as Ship's Clothing Clerk (uncredited)
1935		Diamond Jim as Organist
1935		The Melody Lingers on as Sister Maria
1935		The Farmer Takes a Wife as Angus' Wife
1935		The Flame Within as Murdock
1935		Mark of the Vampire
1935		Les Misérables as Mother Superior
1935		The Florentine Dagger as Fredericka
1935		Clive of India as Mrs. Clifford
1935		Romance in Manhattan as Miss Evans

1934		The Little Minister as Evalina
1934		Forsaking All Others as Mrs. Gordon (Uncredited)
1934		Great Expectations as Sarah Pocket
1934		His Greatest Gamble as Jenny

1933		Looking Forward as Mrs. Munsey
1933		Today We Live as Wendy, the Maid (uncredited)

1932		Rasputin and the Empress as Woman Yelling 'Blessed Among Women!' (uncredited)
1932		Night Court as Hungry Woman in Court (uncredited)
1932		The Wet Parade as Irish Drunk's Wife (uncredited)
1932		Lovers Courageous as Landlady (uncredited)

1931

Born to Love as Nurse (uncredited)