大卫·凯利1929年7月11日生于爱尔兰都柏林，一生出演过多部影片，其在“Strumpet City”中的演出让爱尔兰观众广为熟悉；而他在《弗尔蒂旅馆》出演的奥莱利先生（O'Reilly）一角，让英国观众认识了这位爱尔兰演员，但要说让大卫·凯利为美国和世界观众熟知，还是蒂姆·波顿的《查理和巧克力工...
Billie Whitelaw first appeared on the radio aged 11. She made her theatrical debut in 1950 and in films from 1953. She has made a speciality of playing intense, single-purposed women. Also, (on stage), she has appeared in many of the stranger plays by Samuel Beckett.
