Amy Veness

Amy Veness (26 February 1876 – 22 September 1960) was an English film actress. She played the role of Grandma Huggett in The Huggetts Trilogy and was sometimes credited as Amy Van Ness.

Veness was born Amy Clarice Beart in Aldeburgh, Suffolk. She was married to Basil Springett. On 22 September 1960 she died in Saltdean, Sussex, England at age 84.

Selected filmography

Please Help Emily (1917) - Mrs. Lethbridge My Wife (1918) - Mrs. Hammond The Brat (1919) - Mrs. Forrester The Wife's Family (1931) - Arabella Nagg Hobson's Choice (1931) - Mrs. Hepworth Tonight's the Night (1932) - Emily Smithers Murder on the Second Floor (1932) - (uncredited) Money for Nothing (1932) - Emma Bolt Self Made Lady (1932) - Old Sookey The Marriage Bond (1932) - Mrs. Crust Pyjamas Preferred (1932) - Mme. Gautier Let Me Explain, Dear (1932) - Aunt Fanny Red Wagon (1933) - Petal Schultze The Love Nest (1933) - Ma Their Night Out (1933) - Gertrude Bunting Hawleys of High Street (1933) - Mrs. Hawley A Southern Maid (1934) - Donna Rosa The Old Curiosity Shop (1934) - Mrs. Jarley Lorna Doone (1934) - Betty Muxworthy Brewster's Millions (1935) - Mrs. Barry Drake of England (1935) - Mother Moore Joy Ride (1935) - Lady Clara Mutch-Twistleton Play Up the Band (1935) - Lady Heckdyke Royal Cavalcade (1935) The Beloved Vagabond (1936) - Cafe Owner Crime Over London (1936) Windbag the Sailor (1936) - Emma Harbottle The Mill on the Floss (1936) - Mrs. Deane Skylarks (1936) - Stacy Hirano King of Hearts (1936) - Mrs. Ponsonby Black Roses (1936) - Annushka Aren't Men Beasts! (1937) - Mrs. Flower The Show Goes On (1937) - Mrs. Scowcroft, Sally's Mother The Angelus (1937) - Mrs. Grimes Thistledown (1938) - Mary Glenloch Yellow Sands (1938) - Mary Varwell Flying Fifty-Five (1939) - Aunt Eliza Just William (1940) - Mrs. Bott This England (1941) - Jenny The Saint Meets the Tiger (1941) - Mrs. Donald Jones The Man in Grey (1943) - Mrs. Armstrong (uncredited) Millions Like Us (1943) - Mrs. Blythe Fanny by Gaslight (1944) - Mrs. Heaviside This Happy Breed (1944) - Mrs. Flint Don't Take It to Heart (1944) - Cook Madonna of the Seven Moons (1945) - Tessa The World Owes Me a Living (1945) - Mrs. Waterman (uncredited) They Were Sisters (1945) - Mrs. Purley Don Chicago (1945) - Bowie Knife Bella Carnival (1946) - Aunt Fanny The Turners of Prospect Road (1947) - Grandma Master of Bankdam (1947) - Mrs. Pilling Blanche Fury (1948) - Mrs. Winterbourne Good-Time Girl (1948) - Mrs. Chalk Oliver Twist (1948) - Mrs. Bedwin Bond Street (1948) - Seamstress My Brother's Keeper (1948) - Mrs. Gully Here Come the Huggetts (1948) - Grandma Huggett Vote for Huggett (1949) - Grandma Huggett A Boy, a Girl and a Bike (1949) - Grannie The Huggetts Abroad (1949) - Grandma The Astonished Heart (1950) - Alice Smith Madeleine (1950) - Miss Aiken (uncredited) Chance of a Lifetime (1950) - Lady Davis The Woman with No Name (1950) - Sophie Portrait of Clare (1950) - Lady in the Train Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951) - Mrs. McPhee (Hornblower's Housekeeper) The Magic Box (1951) - Grandmother in Wedding Group Tom Brown's Schooldays (1951) - Mrs. Wixie Angels One Five (1952) - Aunt Tabitha Doctor in the House (1954) - Grandma Cooper (uncredited) The Woman for Joe (1955) - Landlady (uncredited) (final film role)