Eileen Way

Eileen Way
Birth date:	2 September 1911
Death date:	16 June 1994
Work in the DWU
Main roles:	Old Mother
Main jobs:	Actor
Stories:	An Unearthly Child, Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. & The Creature from the Pit
Main time period active:	1963, 1966, 1979
IMDb profile

Eileen Way (2 September 1911-16 June 1994) played Old Mother in the Doctor Who television An Unearthly Child; this was the first character to die in the programme. She also played Karela in The Creature from the Pit and appeared in the film Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. as the old woman who, with her daughter, offers Susan shelter, only to turn her over to the Daleks.

She was also considered for the role of Maren in the The Brain of Morbius. (TCH 24)

Career

Ms. Way's other credits include one of the earliest programmes produced for television broadcast, The Gay Lord Quex, produced in 1938. Other roles include appearances in Disney's Kidnapped, Z-Cars, Dixon of Dock Green, By the Sword Divided, War and Remembrance, Bergerac and Inspector Morse.

External links

• Eileen Way at the Internet Movie Database