Barbara Everest (19 June 1890 – 9 February 1968) was a British stage and film actress. She was born in Southfields, Surrey, and made her screen debut in the 1916 film ''The Man Without a Soul''. On stage she played Queen Anne in the 1935 historical play '' Viceroy Sarah'' by Norman Ginsbury. Her most famous rôle was Elizabeth, the rather deaf servant in Gaslight (1944).

Selected filmography

* '' The Hypocrites'' (1916) – Helen Plugenet * ''The Man without a Soul'' (1916) – Elaine Ferrier * '' Whosoever Shall Offend'' (1919) – Maddalena * '' Not Guilty'' (1919) – Hetty Challis * '' The Lady Clare'' (1919) – Alice * ''

Calvary Calvary ( or ) or Golgotha () was a site immediately outside Jerusalem's walls where, according to Christianity's four canonical gospels, Jesus was crucified. Since at least the early medieval period, it has been a destination for pilgrimage. ...

'' (1920) – Rachel Penryn * ''The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol'' (1920) – Anne * ''

Testimony Testimony is a solemn attestation as to the truth of a matter. Etymology The words "testimony" and "testify" both derive from the Latin word ''testis'', referring to the notion of a disinterested third-party witness. Law In the law, testimon ...

'' (1920) – Lucinda * '' The Bigamist'' (1921) – Blanche Maitland * ''

A Romance of Old Baghdad ''A Romance of Old Baghdad'' is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Kenelm Foss and starring Matheson Lang, Manora Thew and Roy Travers. It is an adaptation of the novel '' Miss Haroun al Rashid'' by Jessie Douglas Kerruish. In nine ...

'' (1922) – Mrs. Jocelyn * '' The Persistent Lovers'' (1922) – Joyce * '' Fox Farm'' (1922) – Kate Falconer * '' Lily Christine'' (1932) – Hempel * '' When London Sleeps'' (1932) – Madame Lamberti * '' The Lodger'' (1932) – Mrs. Bunting * '' There Goes the Bride'' (1932) – Mme. Marquand (uncredited) * '' The Roof'' (1933) – Mrs. Foster * '' She Was Only a Village Maiden'' (1933) – Agatha * ''

The Lost Chord "The Lost Chord" is a song composed by Arthur Sullivan in 1877 at the bedside of his brother Fred Sullivan, Fred during Fred's last illness. The manuscript is dated 13 January 1877; Fred Sullivan died five days later. The lyric was written as a ...

'' (1933) – Mother Superior * '' The Umbrella'' (1933) – Mrs. Wynne * ''

Love's Old Sweet Song "Love's Old Sweet Song" is a Victorian parlour song published in 1884 by composer James Lynam Molloy and lyricist Graham Clifton Bingham. The first line of the chorus is "Just a song at twilight", and its title is sometimes misidentified as such ...

'' (1933) – Nurse * ''

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'' (1933) * '' The River Wolves'' (1934) * '' The Warren Case'' (1934) – (uncredited) * '' Passing Shadows'' (1934) – Mrs. Lawrence * '' Song at Eventide'' (1934) * '' The Lad'' (1935) – Mrs. Lorraine * ''

Royal Cavalcade ''Royal Cavalcade'', also known as ''Regal Cavalcade'', is a 1935 British, black-and-white, drama film directed by six separate directors: Thomas Bentley (Supervising Director), Herbert Brenon, Norman Lee, Walter Summers, W. P. Kellino and M ...

'' (1935) – Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited) * '' The Passing of the Third Floor Back'' (1935) – Cook * '' Scrooge'' (1935) – Mrs. Cratchit * '' Love in Exile'' (1936) – Anna * '' Men of Yesterday'' (1936) * '' The Man Behind the Mask'' (1936) – Lady Slade * '' Jump for Glory'' (1937) – Mrs. Nolan * ''

Old Mother Riley Old Mother Riley is a fictional character portrayed from about 1934 to 1954 by Arthur Lucan and from 1954 to the 1980s by Roy Rolland as part of a British music hall act. Old Mother Riley (full comedy name: Daphne Bluebell Snowdrop Riley) is a ...

'' (1937) – Mrs. Briggs * '' Death Croons the Blues'' (1937) * '' Trunk Crime'' (1939) – Ursula * ''Discoveries'' (1939) – Mrs. Venters * ''

Inquest An inquest is a judicial inquiry in common law jurisdictions, particularly one held to determine the cause of a person's death. Conducted by a judge, jury, or government official, an inquest may or may not require an autopsy carried out by a cor ...

'' (1939) – Mrs. Wyatt * '' Meet Maxwell Archer'' (1940) – Miss Duke * '' The Second Mr. Bush'' (1940) – Mrs. Windel-Tod * '' The Prime Minister'' (1941) – Baroness Lehzen (uncredited) * '' This Man Is Dangerous'' (1941) – Mrs. Cardby * '' He Found a Star'' (1941) – Mrs. Cavour * '' Commandos Strike at Dawn'' (1942) – Mrs. Olav * '' Forever and a Day'' (1943) – Girl's Mother in Air Raid Shelter * ''

Mission to Moscow Mission (from Latin 'the act of sending out'), Missions or The Mission may refer to: Geography Australia *Mission River (Queensland) Canada * Mission, British Columbia, a district municipality * Mission, Calgary, Alberta, a neighbourhood * ...

'' (1943) – Mrs. Litvinov * '' Phantom of the Opera'' (1943) – Aunt * ''

Jane Eyre ''Jane Eyre'' ( ; originally published as ''Jane Eyre: An Autobiography'') is a novel by the English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published under her pen name "Currer Bell" on 19 October 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. of London. The firs ...

'' (1943) – Lady Ingraham * '' The Uninvited'' (1944) – Lizzie Flynn * '' Gaslight'' (1944) – Elizabeth * '' The Valley of Decision'' (1945) – Delia * '' The Fatal Witness'' (1945) – Lady Elizabeth Ferguson / Vera Cavanaugh * '' Wanted for Murder'' (1946) – Mrs. Colebrooke * '' Frieda'' (1947) – Mrs Dawson * The Long Mirror (1948) - Mrs.Tenbury * '' Children of Chance'' (1949) – Francesca * '' Madeleine'' (1950) – Mrs. Smith * '' Tony Draws a Horse'' (1950) – Mrs. Parsons * '' An Inspector Calls'' (1954) – committee member * '' The Safecracker'' (1958) – Mrs. Dawson * '' The World, the Flesh and the Devil'' (1959) – Mrs. Brophy * '' Upstairs and Downstairs'' (1959) – 2nd Old Lady * ''

El Cid Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar ( – 10 July 1099) was a Castilian knight and ruler in medieval Spain. Fighting both with Christian and Muslim armies during his lifetime, he earned the Arabic honorific ("the Lord" or "the Master"), which would evolve i ...

'' (1961) – Mother Superior * '' Dangerous Afternoon'' (1961) – Mrs. Judson * '' The Damned'' (1963) – Miss Lamont * '' Nurse on Wheels'' (1963) – Nurse Merrick * '' The Man Who Finally Died'' (1963) – Martha Gelman * '' Rotten to the Core'' (1965) – Mrs. Dick * ''Trouble with Junia'' (1967) – Ada * ''Franchette: Les Intrigues'' (1969) – (final film role)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Everest, Barbara 1890 births 1968 deaths English stage actresses English film actresses English silent film actresses 20th-century English actresses Actors from the London Borough of Wandsworth Actresses from Surrey