Barbara Everest

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 as 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 (1920) – Rachel Penryn The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol (1920) – Anne Testimony (1920) – Lucinda The Bigamist (1921) – Blanche Maitland A Romance of Old Baghdad (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 (1933) – Mother Superior The Umbrella (1933) – Mrs. Wynne Love's Old Sweet Song (1933) – Nurse Home Sweet Home (1933) The River Wolves (1934) The Warren Case (1934) – (uncredited) Passing Shadows (1934) – Mrs. Lawrence Song at Eventide (1934) The Lad (1935) – Mrs. Lorraine Regal Cavalcade (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 (1937) – Mrs. Briggs Death Croons the Blues (1937) Trunk Crime (1939) – Ursula Discoveries (1939) – Mrs. Venters Inquest (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 (1943) – Mrs.