Actress. She was best known for playing the character roles of married women, jury members, cooks, single women, and servants, usually in comedy films, crime films, and mystery films, but some were uncredited. She will be best remembered for playing the role of 'Mary Hillcrist' in the comedy crime mystery film, "The Black Abbot" (1934). The film which was directed by Georga A. Cooper, which was based on a story by Philip Godfrey, which was adapted for the screen by Terence Egan, and which also starred John Stuart, Richard Cooper, Edgar Norfolk, Ben Welden, Farren Soutar, John Turnbull, Cyril Smith, Earl Grey, Davina Craig, and Judy Kelly, tells the story of a gang of crooks who uses the legend of a ghost haunting an old dark mansion to help them kidnap a rich man. She was born as Drusilla Mary Willis in London, England, on November 14, 1884. She was educated locally and she began her acting career on the stage at the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith, England, in 1902. She appeared in several stage productions of such plays as, "Winnie Brooke, Widow" (1904-1905), "Monsieur Beaucaire" (1914-1915), "The Other Side Of Love" (1914-1915), "Gamblers All" (1915-1916), "Nurse Benson" (1919-1920), as 'Curtis' in "The Taming Of The Shrew" (April 30, 1928, to ), as 'Veronica Travers' in "Queer Cargo" (July 9, 1934, to November 17, 1934), as 'Mrs. Hannah' in "A Sleeping Clergyman" (June 19, 1947, to September 6, 1947), as 'Lizzie' in "The Bat" (1922- ), and as 'Labourer's Wife' in "Tess Of The D'Urbervilles" August 7, 1925, to December 12, 1925). She also appeared on Broadway in New York City, New York, in the stage production of the play, as 'Miss Snell' in "Murder On The Second Floor" (September 11, 1929, to October 1929). During her time on the stage, she worked with or appeared at the St. James's Theatre in London, England, the Barnes Theatre in London, England, the Garrick Theatre in London, England, Howard Wyndham/Charles Macdona, the Prince's Theatre in Bristol, England, the Grand Theatre in Southampton, England, the Royal Court Theatre in London, England, the Piccadilly Theatre in London, England, the New Theatre in Oxford, England, and the Criterion Theatre in London, England. During this time, she also made the transition to appearing in films. She made her actual film debut playing the role of 'Maggie' in the war film drama, "The Old Wives' Tale" (1921). The film which was directed by and written for the screen by Denison Clift, which was based on the novel by Arnold Bennett, and which also starred Fay Compton, Florence Turner, Henry Victor, Frances Lister, Mary Brough, Joseph R. Tozer, Norman Page, and Tamara Karsavina, tells the story of a woman who leaves her husband to run a Paris, France, boarding house, and reunites with her sister after the war. Besides, playing the role of 'Maggie' in the war film drama, "The Old Wives' Tale" (1921), and playing the role of 'Mary Hillcrist' in the comedy crime mystery film, "The Black Abbot" (1934), her many other film credits include, "What The Butler Saw" (1924), "The Happy Ending" (1925), "To What Red Hell" (1930), "Murder!" (1930, She played the role of a 'Jury Member' in the crime mystery thriller film which was also directed by Alfred Hitchcock), "The Phantom Fiend" (1932), "Old Spanish Customers" (1932), "Britannia Of Billingsgate" (1933), "The Medicine Man" (1933), "Little Miss Nobody" (1933), "The Night Club Queen" (1934), "The Big Splash" (1935), "Squibs" (1935), "The High Command" (1937), "Non-Stop New York" (1937), "The Beautiful One" (1938), "Felicity's First Season" (1938), "A Spot Of Bother" (1938), "A Girl Must Live" (1939), "Courageous Mr. Penn" (1942), "Welcome, Mr. Washington" (1944), "Champagne Charlie" (1944), "Johnny Frenchman" (1945), and "The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby" (1947). Her last role was playing 'Countess's Old Servant' in the fantasy horror film drama, "The Queen Of Spades" (1949). The film which was directed by Thorold Dickinson, which was written for the screen by Rodney Ackland, and Arthur Boys, which was based on the story, "The Queen Of Spades," by Alexander Pushkin, and which also starred Anton Walbrook, Edith Evans, Yvonne Mitchell, Ronald Howard, Mary Jerrold, Anthony Dawson, Miles Malleson, Michael Medwin, Athene Seyler, Ivor Barnard, Violetta Elvin, Pauline Tennant, George Woodbridge, and Jacqueline Clarke, tells the story of an army officer who becomes obsessed with learning the secret to a card game which an elderly countess sold her soul for years earlier. She continued to act and entertain until her death. During her acting career, she also used the names Druscilla Wills and Dursilla Wills. She passed away in a hospital in London, England, on August 6, 1951, at the age of 67. Following her death, she was buried at Brompton Cemetery in West Brompton, England. She never married nor had any children. On an interesting, the actress who would jokingly call herself ugly once said, "What chance have you on the stage with a face like that? I tried aces in the mirror and made myself laugh. That is how it began." Her acting career that lasted almost fifty years.