Eileen Essell: Eileen Essell. Actress: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Eileen Essell has to be one of the oldest film débutantes of all time. She became a stage actress when she left university and spent thirteen years in theatrical productions in Britain. However, when she was in her early thirties she got married to a writer and abandoned her career to raise her son. She did later earn a living as a...
Known For: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Grandma Josephine), Duplex (Mrs. Connelly), The Producers (Hold Me-Touch Me), Finding Neverland (Mrs. Snow)