Kay Walsh
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kay Walsh, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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- 2008 · Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh as Mrs. Waggett
- 1979 · Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as Mrs. Watson
- 1972 · The Ruling Class as Mrs. Piggott-Jones
- 1970 · Scrooge as Mrs. Fezziwig
- 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 Joan Walker
- 1968 · Journey to the Unknown as Mrs Joan Walker
- 1967 · Bikini Paradise as Harriet Pembroke
- 1966 · The Witches as Stephanie Bax
- 1966 · ABC Stage 67 as Greta
- 1965 · A Study in Terror as Cathy Eddowes
- 1965 · He Who Rides a Tiger as Mrs. Woodley
- 1965 · Gideon's Way as Harriet Bright
- 1964 · The Beauty Jungle as Mrs. Freeman
- 1963 · Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow as Mrs. Waggett
- 1963 · 80,000 Suspects as Matron
- 1963 · The Human Jungle as Mrs. Kross
- 1962 · The L-Shaped Room as Prostitute (uncredited)
- 1962 · Reach for Glory as Mrs. Curlew
- 1962 · Lunch Hour as The Manageress
- 1961 · Greyfriars Bobby as Mrs. Brown
- 1960 · Tunes of Glory as Mary Titterington
- 1958 · The Horse's Mouth as Dee Coker
- 1956 · Now and Forever as Miss Muir
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Mrs. Morgan
- 1955 · Cast a Dark Shadow as Charlotte Young
- 1954 · The Wonderful World of Disney as Mrs. Waggett
- 1954 · Lease of Life as Mrs. Vera Thorne
- 1954 · The Rainbow Jacket as Barbara Crain
- 1953 · Gilbert Harding Speaking of Murder as Priscilla
- 1953 · Young Bess as Mrs. Ashley
- 1952 · Meet Me Tonight as Lily Pepper
- 1952 · Hunted as Mrs. Sykes
- 1952 · The Magic Box as Hotel Receptionist
- 1951 · Encore as Miss Molly Reid
- 1950 · The Magnet as Mrs Brent
- 1950 · Last Holiday as Mrs. Poole
- 1950 · Stage Fright as Nellie Goode
- 1948 · Oliver Twist as Nancy
- 1948 · Vice Versa as Florence 'Fanny' Verlane
- 1947 · The October Man as Molly Newman
- 1944 · This Happy Breed as Queenie Gibbons
- 1942 · In Which We Serve as Freda Lewis / Freda
- 1940 · The Middle Watch as Fay Eaton
- 1940 · The Chinese Bungalow as Sadie Merivale
- 1940 · The Second Mr. Bush as Angela Windel-Todd
- 1939 · Sons of the Sea as Alison Devar
- 1939 · The Missing People as Peggy Gillette
- 1939 · The Mind of Mr. Reeder as Peggy Gillette
- 1938 · I See Ice as Judy Gaye
- 1937 · Keep Fit as Joan Allen
- 1936 · All That Glitters as Eve Payne-Coade
- 1936 · Secret of Stamboul as Diana
- 1935 · The Luck of the Irish as Eileen O'Donnell
- 1935 · A Little Bit of Bluff as Enid's Friend (uncredited)