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Kay Walsh
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Acting
Birthday
1911-11-15,Chelsea, London, England, UK
Gender
Female
Biography
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

Filmography

A Study in Terror

6.3

A Study in Terror
1965-10-01

6.8

Stage Fright
1950-02-23

7.48

Oliver Twist
1948-06-28

Cast a Dark Shadow

6.3

Cast a Dark Shadow
1955-09-20

6

The Witches
1966-11-21

6.9

Scrooge
1970-11-05

Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow

7

Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
1963-12-06

7.1

Tunes of Glory
1960-09-17

The Horse's Mouth

6.8

The Horse's Mouth
1958-11-11

5.9

Young Bess
1953-05-29

7.3

Last Holiday
1950-05-15

The October Man

6.2

The October Man
1947-08-28

6.2

The Magnet
1950-10-01

The Rainbow Jacket

6.9

The Rainbow Jacket
1954-05-27

The L-Shaped Room

6.7

The L-Shaped Room
1962-11-20

Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh

8.3

Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
2008-11-11

6.8

Lunch Hour
1962-01-01

8.1

I See Ice
1938-02-10

6.6

Hunted
1952-03-17

Journey to the Unknown

0

Journey to the Unknown
1969-06-15

Sons of the Sea

6.8

Sons of the Sea
1939-12-23

A Little Bit of Bluff

0

A Little Bit of Bluff
1935-05-02

Greyfriars Bobby

6.8

Greyfriars Bobby
1961-07-17

Connecting Rooms

6

Connecting Rooms
1970-05-01

Secret of Stamboul

6

Secret of Stamboul
1936-10-05

5.6

Keep Fit
1937-07-31

7.4

Lease of Life
1954-10-18

The Chinese Bungalow

4.2

The Chinese Bungalow
1940-04-06

The Beauty Jungle

5.2

The Beauty Jungle
1964-08-25

80,000 Suspects

6.5

80,000 Suspects
1963-08-15

The Mind of Mr. Reeder

0

The Mind of Mr. Reeder
1939-03-04

Reach for Glory

5.8

Reach for Glory
1962-04-14

In Which We Serve

6.8

In Which We Serve
1942-09-17

6.3

Vice Versa
1948-01-28

The Middle Watch

5

The Middle Watch
1940-05-11

Taste of Excitement

5.9

Taste of Excitement
1969-11-01

The Missing People

0

The Missing People
1939-05-01

Now and Forever

7

Now and Forever
1956-09-10

This Happy Breed

7.087

This Happy Breed
1944-05-28

The Ruling Class

6.5

The Ruling Class
1972-09-13

Gilbert Harding Speaking of Murder

0

Gilbert Harding Speaking of Murder
1953-12-04

The Virgin and the Gypsy

2.2

The Virgin and the Gypsy
1970-06-01

6.3

The Magic Box
1952-01-01

All That Glitters

0

All That Glitters
1936-12-01

Meet Me Tonight

6.7

Meet Me Tonight
1952-09-09

Bikini Paradise

6

Bikini Paradise
1967-05-03

He Who Rides a Tiger

0

He Who Rides a Tiger
1965-10-01

6.2

Encore
1951-06-11

The Second Mr. Bush

5

The Second Mr. Bush
1940-04-02

The Luck of the Irish

0

The Luck of the Irish
1935-12-01

6.8

Gideon's Way
1965-03-18

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.7

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-10-02

5.667

ABC Stage 67
1966-09-14

The Human Jungle

8.2

The Human Jungle
1963-03-30

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson

6

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
1979-10-15

Journey to the Unknown

6.3

Journey to the Unknown
1968-09-26

The Wonderful World of Disney

7.6

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954-10-27