Billie Whitelaw Collection

BW

1964-1980s

Billie Whitelaw was born in Coventry on 6 June 1932 and educated at Thornton Grammar School, Bradford. She was an actress who worked extensively with Samuel Beckett. She was appointed CBE in 1991. Billie Whitelaw died on 21 December 2014.

Annotated scripts, notebooks, correspondence relating to her theatrical work with Samuel Beckett. Includes a cassette recording of Samuel Beckett reading from and discussing his play Rockaby; 2 dresses worn by Whitelaw during performances of Beckett playsThe theatrical papers of Samuel Beckett's favourite actress were acquired by the University at auction in December 2014, with the generous support of the Arts Council England/Victoria and Albert Museum Purchase Grant Fund. Website: http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/p/puchase-grant-fund/

1 archive box; 2 dress boxes

BC, JEK, BC MS 5411, BC MS 5519, BC MS 2622, BC VHS 10, BC VHS 12, BC MS 2622/2, BC MS 4647, BC MS 5698/4, BC MS 5698/4/2, BC MS 5698/5, BC MS 5698/14/2, BC MS 5698/15, BC MS 5698/16, BC MS 5698/18, BC MS 5698/14