Barbara Mullen

Acting

Barbara Mullen

Born — Died

1914-06-09 — 1979-03-09

Place of birth

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

20 titles

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Barbara Mullen (9 June 1914, Boston, Massachusetts – 9 March 1979, London, England) was an American actress well known in the UK for playing the part of Janet the housekeeper in Dr Finlay's Casebook. Although the role of Janet brought her fame in later years, she had already made her mark in the theatre. Mullen's parents, Pat and Bridget, were from a fishing family on Inishmore island off the coast of Co. Clare, Ireland. The family had emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts, where Mullen was born. She made her stage debut at the age of three as a dancer. When her father returned to Aran, becoming famous as the 'Man of Aran', in the classic documentary film…

Known for

Film credits

1950s · 6 titles

1940s · 7 titles

Thunder Rock poster
6.2

David Charleston, once a world renowned journalist, now lives alone maintaining the Thunder Rock lighthouse in Lake Michigan. He doesn't cash his paychecks and has no contact other than the monthly inspector's visit. When alone, he imagines conversations with those who died when a 19th century packet ship with some 60 passengers sank. He imagines their lives, their problems, their fears and their hopes. In one of these conversations, he recalls his own efforts in the 1930s when he desperately tried to convince first his editors, and later the public, of the dangers of fascism and the inevitability of war. Few would listen. One of the passengers, a spinster, tells her story of seeking independence from a world dominated by men. There's also the case of a doctor who is banished for using unacceptable methods. David has given up on life, but the imaginary passengers give him hope for the future.

Thunder Rock

1942

Corridor of Mirrors poster
6.0

A man falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begins to suspect that he may have also loved her in a previous life.

Corridor of Mirrors

1948

A Place of One's Own poster
5.8

An elderly couple move into an old, supposedly haunted abandoned house. A young girl comes to live with the pair as a companion for the wife. However, soon the girl is possessed by the spirit of another girl, a wealthy woman who had once lived in the house but who had been murdered there.

A Place of One's Own

1945

Jeannie poster
7.7

Based on Aimee Stuart's play. Little Scots girl decides to use her inheritance for a "grand tour" of the Continent.

Jeannie

1941

My Sister and I poster
7.0

A family is in need of a new house help so they employ a mysterious young woman. They soon realise all is not as it seems as the past comes back to haunt the woman of the house.

My Sister and I

1948

Welcome, Mr Washington poster
6.5

Based on a story by author Noel Streatfeild, the film tells the story of two sisters who are left penniless by their father's sudden death and lease their estate as an airbase to US forces in Britain to help the war effort. Both eventually fall for American servicemen.

Welcome, Mr Washington

1944

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6.5

Opposing ends of a pantomime horse where the 'head' dates a society lady while the 'tail' is unhappily married.

The Trojan Brothers

1946

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