Dame Lilian Braithwaite was essentially a theatre actress who made few films. Played Ivor Novello's mother in Hitchcock's "Downhill", but few of her other films are of note. Only made one film after 1932 - "A Man About the House". Knighted as a Dame Commander of the British Empire (D.B.E.) by the King for her services to the arts.
Mother of actress Joyce Carey.
She was awarded Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the King's Honours List for her services to drama.