Eileen Way’s first film role was in 1938. She was an established actress by the time she was cast as the Old Woman in the first Doctor Who story. She continued to act in film and TV until 1983. She was considered for the role of Maren in Brain of Morbius before Cynthiaz Greville was cast. She was later cast as Karela in the story The Creature From The Pit. She is also one of a handful of people who were involved in the two Peter Cushing Doctor Who films in the 1960s, appearing as 'Old Woman' in Dalek Invasion of Earth:2150