Eily Malyon
Eily Malyon ( born October 30, 1879 in London, England as Eily Sophie Lees- Craston; † September 26, 1961 in South Pasadena, California ) was a British actress.
Eily Malyon was the daughter of actress Agnes Thomas. At the age of 52 years Malyon was in 1931 made her film debut in Hollywood movie Born to Love. Because of their shape and their skinny bony face, she was usually cast as a strict and hostile spinster. Especially frequently it played in supporting roles governesses, housekeepers, aunts or teachers. They often played in film adaptations, as deeply religious Mrs. Cruncher in the Dickens adaptation escape from Paris or as sinister servants in Sherlock Holmes film The Hound of the Baskervilles. Until her retirement in 1948 she came to more than 80 film credits. She died in 1961 at the age of 81 years in California.