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Damaris Hayman

Damaris Hayman

Acting
1929-06-16
Kensington, London, United Kingdom

Biography

Damaris Hayman is an English character actress, often cast in upper class or eccentric roles. She is perhaps best known for her role as the white witch, Miss Hawthorne, in the 1971 Doctor Who serial The Dæmons, a role which she returned to in recent years for the six-part straight-to-dvd drama White Witch of Devil's End which commended production in 2012, concluding in 2017. Her film credits include The Belles of St Trinians, Only Two Can Play, Bunny Lake Is Missing, The Pink Panther Strikes Again and The Missionary.

Known For & Full Filmography49 Titles

#1Doctor Who

Drama Series - 1963, 16 episodes • as Miss Hawthorne

7.9 / 10
DramaAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy

The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.

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#2Z-Cars

Drama Series - 1962, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role

7.3 / 10
Drama

Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978.

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#3The Bill

Drama Series - 1984, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role

6.8 / 10
CrimeDrama

The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.

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#4No Hiding Place

Drama Series - 1959, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role

4.8 / 10
CrimeDrama

No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16 September 1959 and 22 June 1967. It was the sequel to the series Murder Bag and Crime Sheet, all starring Raymond Francis as Detective Superintendent, later Detective Chief Superintendent Tom Lockhart.

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#5The Sweeney

Drama Series - 1975, 16 episodes • as Mrs. Cowley

8.1 / 10
Action & AdventureDramaCrime

Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.

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#6BBC2 Play of the Week

Drama Series - 1977, 16 episodes • as Madame Belitzkoy

7.0 / 10
DramaComedy

An anthology of plays and novels adapted into feature length TV movies, broadcast on BBC2 from September 1977 to April 1979.

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#7The Young Ones

Drama Series - 1982, 16 episodes • as Woman Pushing Corpse

7.9 / 10
Comedy

The misadventures of four lunatic students who live in a shared student house. There's Rick, the overblown political one addicted to Cliff Richard, Vyvyan the experimental scientific one/part-time anarchist, Neil the worried hippy, and Mike the ladies' man (at least he is in his mind).

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#8The Onedin Line

Drama Series - 1971, 16 episodes • as Aunt Letitia

7.0 / 10
Drama

The Onedin Line is a BBC television drama series which ran from 1971 to 1980. The series was created by Cyril Abraham. The series is set in Liverpool from 1860 to 1886 and deals with the rise of a shipping line, the Onedin Line, named after its owner James Onedin. Around this central theme are the lives of his family, most notably his brother and partner, shop owner Robert, and his sister Elizabeth, giving insight into the lifestyle and customs at the time, not only at sea, but also ashore. The series also illustrates some of the changes in business and shipping, such as from wooden to steel ships and from sailing ships to steam ships. It shows the role that ships played in affairs like international politics, uprisings and the slave trade.

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#9The House of Eliott

Drama Series - 1991, 16 episodes • as Lady Latner

6.6 / 10
Drama

Two sisters who set up a London fashion house for society of the early 1920s.

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#10One Foot in the Grave

Drama Series - 1990, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role

7.7 / 10
Comedy

One Foot in the Grave is a BBC television sitcom series. The series features the exploits of Victor Meldrew and his long-suffering wife, Margaret. The programmes invariably deal with Meldrew's battle against the problems he creates for himself. Living in a typical household in an unnamed English suburb, Victor takes involuntary early retirement. His various efforts to keep himself busy, while encountering various misfortunes and misunderstandings are the themes of the sitcom. Despite its traditional production, the series supplants its domestic sitcom setting with elements of black humour and surrealism.

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#11Steptoe and Son

Drama Series - 1962, 16 episodes • as Cashier of Cinema Screening Fellini

7.8 / 10
Comedy

Steptoe and Son is a British sitcom written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson about a father and son played by Wilfred Brambell and Harry H. Corbett who deal in selling used items. They live on Oil Drum Lane, a fictional street in Shepherd's Bush, London. Four series were broadcast by the BBC from 1962 to 1965, followed by a second run from 1970 to 1974. Its theme tune, "Old Ned", was composed by Ron Grainer. The series was voted 15th in a 2004 BBC poll to find Britain's Best Sitcom. It was remade in the US as Sanford and Son, in Sweden as Albert & Herbert and in the Netherlands as Stiefbeen en zoon. In 1972 a movie adaptation of the series, Steptoe and Son, was released in cinemas, with a second Steptoe and Son Ride Again in 1973.

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#12Steptoe and Son

Drama Series - 1962, 16 episodes • as Karen Frobisher

7.8 / 10
Comedy

Steptoe and Son is a British sitcom written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson about a father and son played by Wilfred Brambell and Harry H. Corbett who deal in selling used items. They live on Oil Drum Lane, a fictional street in Shepherd's Bush, London. Four series were broadcast by the BBC from 1962 to 1965, followed by a second run from 1970 to 1974. Its theme tune, "Old Ned", was composed by Ron Grainer. The series was voted 15th in a 2004 BBC poll to find Britain's Best Sitcom. It was remade in the US as Sanford and Son, in Sweden as Albert & Herbert and in the Netherlands as Stiefbeen en zoon. In 1972 a movie adaptation of the series, Steptoe and Son, was released in cinemas, with a second Steptoe and Son Ride Again in 1973.

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#13Super Gran

Drama Series - 1985, 16 episodes • as Lady Chisleton

6.4 / 10
ComedyFamilyCrime

Adapted from Forrest Wilson's books, the children's programme revolves around a grandmother with super powers and her arch nemesis, The Scunner Campbell.

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#14The Pink Panther Strikes Again

Movie - 1976, 2h 15m • as Fiona

6.9 / 10
ComedyCrime

Charles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid of Clouseau once and for all.

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#15Happy Ever After

Drama Series - 1974, 16 episodes • as Peggy Finch

6.8 / 10
Comedy

Middle-aged, middle-class couple Terry and June Fletcher expect to settle down in domestic bliss when their children leave home and they are left with a quiet, peaceful house. Their peace, however, is short-lived when ditzy Aunt Lucy decides she’s moving in.

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#16Happy Ever After

Drama Series - 1974, 16 episodes • as Miss Sneed

6.8 / 10
Comedy

Middle-aged, middle-class couple Terry and June Fletcher expect to settle down in domestic bliss when their children leave home and they are left with a quiet, peaceful house. Their peace, however, is short-lived when ditzy Aunt Lucy decides she’s moving in.

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#17Sinister Street

Drama Series - 1969, 16 episodes • as Lady Stilton

8.0 / 10
Drama

Sinister Street is a 1969 British television miniseries based on Compton Mackenzie's 1913-14 novel of the same name. Dramatised by Ray Lawler, the six-part serial stars Brett Usher, Gillian Hawser, Kate Lansbury, and Jo Kendall. Being the sole televised adaptation produced, all episodes were wiped and are believed to be lost. A psychological coming-of-age drama, two children, Michael Fane and his sister Stella, are born out of wedlock, something considered taboo at the time, but to rich parents.

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#18Not in Front of the Children

Drama Series - 1967, 16 episodes • as County Lady

7.0 / 10
Comedy

Jennifer Corner is a rather scatterbrained middle-class housewife. Her husband Henry is a school art teacher, and they have three children, Henry, Robin and Trudi.

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#19Duty Free

Drama Series - 1984, 16 episodes • as Lady Stoneleigh-Jackson

7.4 / 10
Comedy

Duty Free is a British sitcom written by Eric Chappell and Jean Warr that aired on ITV from 1984 to 1986. It was made by Yorkshire Television.

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#20Filthy Rich & Catflap

Drama Series - 1987, 16 episodes • as The Lady

6.7 / 10
Comedy

Richie causes trouble in his pursuit of TV fame with Eddie, his alcoholic minder, and Filthy, his sponging agent.

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#21If You See God, Tell Him

Drama Series - 1993, 16 episodes • as Singer

7.5 / 10
Comedy

Following a freak accident, Godfrey Spry develops a 30-second attention span, causing him to take ad slogans literally and leading to chaotic behaviour.

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#22Clarence

Drama Series - 1988, 16 episodes • as Miss Hardacre

7.1 / 10
Comedy

Clarence is a 1988 BBC situation comedy starring Ronnie Barker and Josephine Tewson, written by Ronnie Barker under the pseudonym "Bob Ferris". It was Barker's final sitcom appearance before his retirement. Barker had previously faced some criticism over his employment of a stammer for comedic effect in Open All Hours. However, the slapstick potential of a short-sighted furniture shifter must have seemed irresistible. The series was inspired by The Removals Person by Hugh Leonard, an earlier programme in the 1971 LWT comedy series, Six Dates With Barker. The house of Jane Travers, which inspired the opening titles, is located on Malvern Road in Cheltenham.

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#23The Missionary

Movie - 1982, 2h 15m • as Lady Quimby

5.6 / 10
Comedy

In 1905, after 10 years of missionary work in Africa, the Rev. Charles Fortesque is recalled to England, where his bishop gives him his new assignment - to minister to London's prostitutes.

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#24Bunny Lake Is Missing

Movie - 1965, 2h 15m • as Daphne

7.2 / 10
MysteryThriller

A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.

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#25Full Circle

Movie - 1978, 2h 15m • as Miss Pinner

6.2 / 10
DramaHorrorMystery

After the death of her daughter, wealthy housewife Julia Lofting abruptly leaves her husband and moves into an old Victorian home in London to re-start her life. All seems well until she is haunted by the sadness of losing her own child and the ghosts of other children.

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#26Confessions of a Driving Instructor

Movie - 1976, 2h 15m • as Tweedy Golfing Lady

4.7 / 10
Comedy

Timothy Lea and his brother-in-law Sidney decide upon opening a driving school as their latest get-rich-quick scheme. Though he sincerely wants to teach, young Timmy finds that his female students are far more interested in keeping their eyes on him than on the road.

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#27Armchair Theatre

Drama Series - 1956, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role

6.0 / 10
Drama

Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968.

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#28Armchair Theatre

Drama Series - 1956, 16 episodes • as Reporter

6.0 / 10
Drama

Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968.

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#29Armchair Theatre

Drama Series - 1956, 16 episodes • as Mary

6.0 / 10
Drama

Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968.

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#30Armchair Theatre

Drama Series - 1956, 16 episodes • as Miss Earnshaw

6.0 / 10
Drama

Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968.

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#31Dawson's Weekly

Drama Series - 1975, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role

7.0 / 10
Comedy

Les Dawson puts his innate comic ability to excellent use as the hapless protagonist in this series of comedy plays made by ITV company Yorkshire Television. The series is written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. Supporting actors include Roy Barraclough and a wealth of special guests.

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#32Smokescreen

Movie - 1964, 2h 15m • as Mrs Roper's Nurse (Uncredited)

7.3 / 10
CrimeMystery

A fastidious insurance assessor investigates a potential case of insurance fraud.

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#33You Must Be Joking

Movie - 1965, 2h 15m • as Fan Club worker (uncredited)

5.4 / 10
Comedy

A motley group of soldiers are set loose on swinging England in an initiative test to collect a selection of esoteric items.

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#34Only Two Can Play

Movie - 1962, 2h 15m • as Lady Committee Member

5.9 / 10
Comedy

John Lewis is bored of his job and his wife. Then Liz, wife of a local councillor, sets her sights on him. But this is risky stuff in a Welsh valleys town - if he and Liz ever manage to consummate their affair, that is.

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#35Memento Mori

Movie - 1992, 2h 15m • as Miss Lottinville

6.3 / 10
DramaTV MovieComedy

Several elderly friends and acquaintances in 1950s London are disturbed to receive mysterious telephone calls predicting their impending deaths...

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#36Mutiny on the Buses

Movie - 1972, 2h 15m • as Mrs. Jenkins

7.4 / 10
Comedy

Bus driver Stan Butler agrees to marry Suzy, much to the anguish of Mum, her son-in-law, Arthur, and daughter Olive. How, they wonder, will they ever manage without Stan's money coming in? Then Arthur is sacked, and Stan agrees to delay the wedding. Meanwhile, he hits on an idea: Arthur should learn to drive a bus. Somehow he does just that, and even gets a job. Stan then blackmails the Depot Manager into giving him the job of driver on the new money-making Special Tours Bus. A great idea ...if only the inspector hadn't taken Stan on his trial run to the Windsor Safari Park

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#37West 11

Movie - 1963, 2h 15m • as Schoolteacher

6.9 / 10
DramaCrime

In Notting Hill's jazz club, coffee bar and bedsit land of the early 1960s, Joe Beckett is a young unemployed misfit and drifter whose life takes a turn for the worse when he encounters Richard Dyce, an ex-army officer.

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#38West 11

Movie - 1963, 2h 15m • as Guide with School Party (uncredited)

6.9 / 10
DramaCrime

In Notting Hill's jazz club, coffee bar and bedsit land of the early 1960s, Joe Beckett is a young unemployed misfit and drifter whose life takes a turn for the worse when he encounters Richard Dyce, an ex-army officer.

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#39Man About the House

Movie - 1974, 2h 15m • as Old Lady (uncredited)

4.9 / 10
Comedy

An unscrupulous property developer wants to flatten the street to make way for new buildings. Householder George Roper is happy to take the offered money and run but his wife Mildred and their lodgers join with other residents to take a stand and keep things as they are.

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#40Press for Time

Movie - 1966, 2h 15m • as Miss Popkiss (uncredited)

5.9 / 10
Comedy

Norman is quite happy selling newspapers outside Westminster station but his Grandfather (the Prime Minister) wants to get him "a more responsible job". A few favours are called in and Norman becomes the newest reporter at the seaside town of Tinmouth. After causing chaos at a local council meeting and causing the demolition of a new house he tries to organise a beauty pageant. A slapstick tale of corruption in high and low places

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#41The Death of the Heart

Movie - 1987, 2h 15m • as Miss Paullie

8.5 / 10
Drama

A young orphan girl, Portia, goes to live with her well-to-do aunt and uncle. As she is groomed to become a lady, she is confused by the young man who seems to be courting her. Surrounded by pretentious people who have no clue how to deal with teenagers, she soon loses her naïveté and thinks of running away.

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#42Doctor Who: The Dæmons

Movie - 1971, 2h 15m • as Miss Hawthorne

7.6 / 10
Sci-FiDramaAdventure

On the eve of May Day, dark elemental forces begin to disturb the village of Devil's End as the Master summons the demon Azal: unexplained murders, a stone gargoyle come to life, and a nigh-impenetrable infernal energy dome. With the Master fully prepared to destroy the Earth, the Doctor and UNIT - aided by a benevolent practitioner of witchcraft - battle the wicked rites of a secret science wielded by an alien from another world.

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#43Roger Delgado: The Master

Movie - 2009, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

8.8 / 10
Documentary

A biography of actor Roger Delgado, featuring previously unseen photographs, rare excerpts from his many BBC TV appearances and interviews with those who knew and loved him.

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#44Liza

Movie - 1978, 2h 15m • as Madame Belitzkoy

8.8 / 10

Lavretsky returns to Russia from Europe and joins the group of admirers of his beautiful young cousin Liza.

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#45The Magnificent Six and ½: Peewee's Pianola

Movie - 1968, 2h 15m • as Teacher

8.8 / 10
Family

The kids find a pianola, and try to bring it to junkyard owner Old Tom. But when it runs away, with Peewee trapped inside of it, nothing but chaos ensues.

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#46Anoop and the Elephant

Movie - 1972, 2h 15m • as Miss Flint

8.0 / 10
Family

Two English kids meet their friend Anoop Singh and his baby elephant Ranee. The nasty circus owner wants the elephant for his circus and the children decide that they must prevent this.

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#47Truly Miss Marple: The Curious Case of Margaret Rutherford

Movie - 2012, 2h 15m • as Self

6.4 / 10
DocumentaryTV Movie

The true life story of Margaret Rutherford (1892-1972) is in fact much more eccentric than the most famous fictional role she ever played: Miss Jane Marple, Agatha Christie's amateur sleuth. Rutherford's version was the very first appearance of Miss Marple on the big screen and it was far removed though from the petite, upper middle-class lady in the detective novels.

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#48White Witch of Devil's End

Movie - 2017, 2h 15m • as Miss Hawthorne

8.8 / 10
Sci-Fi

White Witch of Devil's End is a 2016 direct-to-video production by Reeltime Pictures. It featured Damaris Hayman reprise her role as Olive Hawthorne who was last seen in The Dæmons.

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#49The Doctors: Heroes!

Movie - 2019, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

8.8 / 10
Documentary

This documentary includes the best in-depth interviews with TREVOR MARTIN (the Doctor in the stage play Seven Keys to Doomsday), DAMARIS HAYMAN (Olive Hawthorne in The Daemons), STEWART BEVAN (Cliff Jones in The Green Death), JEREMY BULLOCH (Hal the Archer in The Time Warrior), ANDREW HAYDEN-SMITH (Jake Simmonds in Rise of the Cybermen) and DAVID BRIERLEY (Voice of K9) ever undertaken!

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