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Wendy Hiller (1912-2003) was an Oscar® winning English actress. Hiller enjoyed a varied acting career that spanned nearly sixty years. The writer Joel Hirschorn, in his 1984 compilation Rating the Movie Stars, described her as “a no-nonsense actress who literally took command of the screen whenever she appeared on film”. Despite many notable film performances, she chose to remain primarily a stage actress. Her IMDb page shows 59 acting from 1937 to 1992. This page will rank Wendy Hiller movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. To do well in our overall rankings a movie has to do well at the box office, get good reviews by critics, be liked by audiences, and get some award recognition.
Wendy Hiller Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Wendy Hiller Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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Best IMDb Trivia On Wendy Hiller
1. Wendy Margaret Hiller was born in Bramhall, Cheshire, England in 1912.
2. Wendy Hiller’s big break occurred on stage in Love On The Dole. Her performance attracted the attention of George Bernard Shaw. Shaw cast her in several of his plays, including Saint Joan, Pygmalion and Major Barbara.
3. Wendy Hiller appeared in five Oscar® Best Picture nominees: Pygmalion (1938),Separate Tables (1958), Sons and Lovers (1960), A Man for All Seasons (1966) and The Elephant Man (1980). A Man for All Seasons is the only winner.
4. Wendy Hiller was director Sidney Lumet’s second choice to play Princess Dragonmiroff inMurder on the Orient Express (1974). His first choice was vetoed by the producers. Ingrid Bergman was then offered the role and declined, instead choosing to play Greta Ohlsson. The role of the Princess was then offered to Hiller.
5. In 1971, Wendy Hiller was awarded an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), by Queen Elizabeth, and in 1975 it was raised to Dame Commander (DBE).
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I saw top 4. 10 not favorite elephant man. 9s not favorites : a man for all seasons, separate tables, murder on the orient express.no hidden gems.
Hey bob cox….thanks for checking out another Best Supporting Actress page. Good ratings…I have seen all the ones you have seen. Good stuff as always.
I’m not too familiar with this lady.
I’ve seen 4 of the 17 films on the chart – The Elephant Man, Murder on the Orient Express, A Man for All Seasons and Pygmalion.
I’ve probably seen The Elephant Man the most from that group, though it rarely gets a watch now, far too depressing.
Good stuff Bruce. Vote Up!
Hey Steve…I am shocked you are not aware of her more. She is from your area of England….I would have thought she would be a hometown here. I have Mark Ruffalo and you have Wendy Hiller. Tally count: Tally count: Flora 8, Bob and PhilHoF17 with 7, me 5 and you 4. I would have guessed Murder on the Orient Express as you most watched Wendy Hiller movie. I agree with you about The Elephant Man. Good stuff as always.
Wasn’t Luise Rainer’s Oscar winning performance in The Great Ziegfeld very short?
Wendy Hiller was never on the Oracle of Bacon Lists; these are the actors on the 2020 list she has shared movies with.
4 MICHAEL CAINE How to Murder a Rich Uncle (1957)
8 JOHN HURT A Man for All Seasons (1966)
8 JOHN HURT The Elephant Man (1980)
10 ANTHONY HOPKINS The Elephant Man (1980)
13 SEAN CONNERY Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
14 MAX VON SYDOW Voyage of the Damned (1976)
18 JOHN GIELGUD Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
18 JOHN GIELGUD The Elephant Man (1980)
25 TREVOR HOWARD Outcast of the Islands (1952)
25 TREVOR HOWARD Sons and Lovers (1960)
26 MALCOLM MCDOWELL Voyage of the Damned (1976)
41 DONALD PLEASENCE Sons and Lovers (1960)
46 VANESSA REDGRAVE A Man for All Seasons (1966)
46 VANESSA REDGRAVE Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
67 VERNON DOBTCHEFF Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
76 DEAN STOCKWELL Sons and Lovers (1960)
91 EDWARD FOX The Cat and the Canary (1978)
98 DAVID NIVEN Separate Tables (1958)
102 ORSON WELLES A Man for All Seasons (1966)
102 ORSON WELLES Voyage of the Damned (1976)
108 JAMES MASON Voyage of the Damned (1976)
127 DENHOLM ELLIOTT Voyage of the Damned (1976)
128 ROBERT MORLEY Major Barbara (1941)
128 ROBERT MORLEY Outcast of the Islands (1952)
131 BURT LANCASTER Separate Tables (1958)
135 BEN GAZZARA Voyage of the Damned (1976)
137 LAUREN BACALL Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
138 FAYE DUNAWAY Voyage of the Damned (1976)
145 BOB HOSKINS The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987)
165 JACQUELINE BISSET Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
180 FERNANDO REY Voyage of the Damned (1976)
200 MARTIN BALSAM Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
218 JONATHAN PRYCE Voyage of the Damned (1976)
222 MAGGIE SMITH The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987)
306 JOSE FERRER Voyage of the Damned (1976)
325 ANNE BANCROFT The Elephant Man (1980)
326 ALBERT FINNEY Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
363 JEAN-PIERRE CASSEL Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
367 JOHN STANDING THE ELEPHANT MAN (1980)
400 SAM WANAMAKER Voyage of the Damned (1976)
502 RICHARD WIDMARK Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
544 OLIVIA HUSSEY (I) THE CAT AND THE CANARY (1978)
555 SUSANNAH YORK A Man for All Seasons (1966)
562 WILFRID HYDE-WHITE Outcast of the Islands (1952)
562 WILFRID HYDE-WHITE The Cat and the Canary (1978)
601 FREDDIE JONES The Elephant Man (1980)
654 MICHAEL CONSTANTINE Voyage of the Damned (1976)
677 ANTHONY PERKINS Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
713 MARNE MAITLAND Outcast of the Islands (1952)
723 NIGEL DAVENPORT A Man for All Seasons (1966)
743 WILLIAM MORGAN SHEPPARD The Elephant Man (1980)
751 RALPH RICHARDSON Outcast of the Islands (1952)
797 ANTHONY QUAYLE Pygmalion (1938)
812 SIDNEY POITIER Something of Value (1957)
813 ROD TAYLOR Separate Tables (1958)
815 REX HARRISON Major Barbara (1941)
825 NEHEMIAH PERSOFF Voyage of the Damned (1976)
826 IAN MCNEICE THE LONELY PASSION OF JUDITH HEARNE (1987)
897 PATRICK MACNEE Pygmalion (1938)
906 PRUNELLA SCALES THE LONELY PASSION OF JUDITH HEARNE (1987)
932 MARIA SCHELL Voyage of the Damned (1976)
956 LEE GRANT Voyage of the Damned (1976)
957 BERNARD LEE Sailor of the King (1953)
963 DEXTER FLETCHER THE ELEPHANT MAN (1980)
Wendy appeared with 19 Oscar winners.
ANNE BANCROFT The Elephant Man (1980)
ANTHONY HOPKINS The Elephant Man (1980)
BURT LANCASTER Separate Tables (1958)
CHARLES COBURN How to Murder a Rich Uncle (1957)
DAVID NIVEN Separate Tables (1958)
FAYE DUNAWAY Voyage of the Damned (1976)
GERALDINE PAGE Toys in the Attic (1963)
INGRID BERGMAN Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
JOHN GIELGUD Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
JOHN GIELGUD The Elephant Man (1980)
JOSE FERRER Voyage of the Damned (1976)
LEE GRANT Voyage of the Damned (1976)
MAGGIE SMITH The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987)
MARTIN BALSAM Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
MICHAEL CAINE How to Murder a Rich Uncle (1957)
PAUL SCOFIELD A Man for All Seasons (1966)
REX HARRISON Major Barbara (1941)
SEAN CONNERY Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
SIDNEY POITIER Something of Value (1957)
VANESSA REDGRAVE A Man for All Seasons (1966)
VANESSA REDGRAVE Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
I’ve seen 7 Wendy Hiller, or should I say Dame Wendy Hiller, films. I like all the top 5 on the list, though I saw Pygmalion a long time ago and never realized a very young DWH was Eliza Doolittle. According to Wikipedia, for that role, she was the first British actress to be nominated for an academy award for best actress in a British film. This was also her stage role.
Hey PhilHoF17….thanks for checking out our Wendy Hiller page. I have seen 4 of her Top 5….the only one I am missing is Pygmalion. That is good trivia about being the first Eliza Doolittle and the first British actress to be nominated for an academy award for best actress in a British film. Tally count: Flora 8, Bob and you 7, me 5 and Steve 4. Good stuff.
Hey Dan. Kudos to you for putting your trivia lists together. So to answer your question…Luise Rainer is in The Great Ziegfeld for about 40 minutes of the close to 3 hour run time. I would like to claim I had that stat just laying around my brain….but I had to look that up.
First list, which is pretty small….but understandable. Orson Welles is her most frequent Oracle co-star with a whopping 2 movies. Speaking of Welles…I finally saw his much delayed The Other Side Of The Wind today….it was a difficult movie to finish. Shocked it has such strong reviews. Voyage of the Damn contributed three as well. I think with this Wendy Hiller page…we now have UMR page on 10 of it’s stars. I am pretty much unaware of it…I am going to have to make a trailer page for it….just so I have a better idea of what the movie is about.
As always, great information….and thank you.
Second list….that is actually a pretty impressive total for so few movies made. Granted 5 were from Murder on the Orient Express.