Kay Walsh

Aktor, Scenariusz

15 listopada 1911 — 16 kwietnia 2005 (93 years)
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Kay Walsh  (born Kathleen Walsh, 15 November 1911,Chelsea, London, England; died 16 April 2005, Chelsea, London) was an English actress and dancer. She grew up in Pimlico, brought up by her grandmother. She began her career as a dancer in West End music halls. Walsh made her film debut in How's Chances? (1934) in a small part, and had a larger role in another 1934 film, Get Your Man. She continued to act in "quota quickies" films for several years. Walsh first met David Lean, then a film editor, in 1936, during the filming of Secret Of Stamboul. They began a relationship and Walsh broke off her engagement to Pownell Pellew. Walsh and Lean married on 23 November 1940. She moved on to higher-prestige films with appearances in two Noel Coward-scripted films, In Which We Serve (1942) and This Happy Breed (1944), both directed by Lean. Walsh had campaigned for Lean to receive co-director credit on In Which We Serve. Walsh contributed dialogue to the 1938 film of Pygmalion, and also devised the scenario for the closing sequence of Lean's film adaptation of Great Expectations (1946), for which she received a writing credit on the latter film. She also devised the opening sequence of Lean's adaptation of Oliver Twist (1948), as well as performing the role of Nancy. Walsh and Lean divorced in 1949, on grounds of infidelity based on Lean's relationship with Ann Todd. Walsh continued to work as a character actress in films through the 1950s, including films with Alfred Hitchcock and Ronald Neame. Her own favourite film role was that of the barmaid Miss D. Coker in Neame's 1958 film of The Horse's Mouth, with Alec Guinness. Between films, she appeared regularly in plays and farces at the Strand and Aldwych Theatres, directed by Basil Dean. She was a semi-regular on the 1979 Anglo-Polish TV series Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. She remained active in films until her retirement in 1981, after the film Night Crossing. Walsh later lived in retirement in London. She died at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital from multiple burns, following an accident, aged 93. Her second marriage was to the Canadian psychologist Elliott Jaques, and they adopted a daughter, Gemma, in 1956. This marriage also ended in divorce.

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Wielkie nadzieje
    Wielkie nadzieje1946
  • Oliver Twist
    Oliver Twist1948
  • Opowieść Wigilijna
    Opowieść Wigilijna1970
  • Pigmalion
    Pigmalion1938
  • Wyższe sfery
    Wyższe sfery1972
  • Nasz okręt
    Nasz okręt1942
  • Ta szczęśliwa rasa
    Ta szczęśliwa rasa1944
  • Koński pysk
    Koński pysk1958
  • 80,000 Suspects
    80,000 Suspects1963

Known For

  • Wielkie nadzieje
    Wielkie nadzieje1946
  • Oliver Twist
    Oliver Twist1948
  • Trema
    Trema1950
  • Koński pysk
    Koński pysk1958
  • The Witches
    The Witches1966
  • Nasz okręt
    Nasz okręt1942
  • Pieśni chwały
    Pieśni chwały1960
  • Cast a Dark Shadow
    Cast a Dark Shadow1955
  • Ostatnie wakacje
    Ostatnie wakacje1950
  • Ta szczęśliwa rasa
    Ta szczęśliwa rasa1944
  • Urodzony w październiku
    Urodzony w październiku1947
  • Młoda Bess
    Młoda Bess1953
  • Ścigany
    Ścigany1952
  • The Magnet
    The Magnet1950
  • Połączone pokoje
    Połączone pokoje1970
  • Mściciel w masce
    Mściciel w masce1963
  • The Rainbow Jacket
    The Rainbow Jacket1954
  • Lunch Hour
    Lunch Hour1962
  • Keep Fit
    Keep Fit1937
  • Reach for Glory
    Reach for Glory1962

Filmography

1982
1979
1972
The Ruling Class · as Mrs. Piggott-JonesNa Plex
1970
Scrooge · as Mrs. FezziwigNa Plex
1970
The Virgin and the Gypsy · as Aunt Cissie
1970
Connecting Rooms · as Mrs. Brent
1969
Taste of Excitement · as Miss Barrow
1969
Journey to the Unknown · as Mrs. Joan Walker (episode 'the Last Visitor'
1968
Journey to the Unknown · as Mrs Joan Walker
1966
The Witches · as Stephanie Bax
1966
ABC Stage 67 · as Greta
1966
The Baron · as Dr. Ingar Sorenson
1965
He Who Rides a Tiger · as Mrs. Woodley
1965
A Study in Terror · as Cathy Eddowes
1964
Gideon C.I.D. · as Harriet Bright
1964
Contest Girl · as Mrs. Freeman
1964
Circus World · as Flo Hunt
1964
1963
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow · as Mrs. Waggett
1963
80,000 Suspects · as MatronNa Plex
1963
The Human Jungle · as Mrs. Kross
1963
Lunch Hour · as The Manageress
1962
The L-Shaped Room · as Prostitute (uncredited)
1962
Reach for Glory · as Mrs. Curlew
1961
1960
Tunes of Glory · as Mary Titterington
1958
The Horse's Mouth · as Dee CokerNa Plex
1956
Now and Forever · as Miss Muir
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents · as Mrs. Morgan
1955
Cast a Dark Shadow · as Charlotte Young
1954
Disneyland · as Mrs. Waggett
1954
Lease of Life · as Mrs. Vera Thorne
1954
The Rainbow Jacket · as Barbara Crain
1953
Young Bess · as Mrs. Ashley
1952
Tonight at 8:30 · as Lily Pepper
1952
The Stranger in Between · as Mrs. Sykes
1951
Encore · as Miss Molly Reid
1951
The Magic Box · as Hotel Receptionist
1950
The Magnet · as Mrs Brent
1950
Last Holiday · as Mrs. Poole
1950
Stage Fright · as Nellie Goode
1948
Oliver Twist · as NancyNa Plex
1948
Vice Versa · as Florence 'fanny' Verlane
1947
The October Man · as Molly Newman
1944
This Happy Breed · as Queenie GibbonsNa Plex
1942
In Which We Serve · as Freda Lewis / FredaNa Plex
1940
The Middle Watch · as Fay Eaton
1940
The Chinese Den · as Sadie Merivale
1940
The Second Mr. Bush · as Angela Windel-Todd
1939
All at Sea · as Diana
1939
Sons of the Sea · as Alison Devar
1938
I See Ice! · as Judy Gaye
1937
The Last Adventurers · as Margaret Arkell
1937
Keep Fit · as Joan Allen
1937
All That Glitters · as Eve Payne-Coade
1936
The Spy in White · as Diana
1935
A Little Bit of Bluff · as Enid's Friend (uncredited)

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