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person_profile-Kay Walsh

Kay Walsh Died at age: 93

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Kay Walsh

Date of Birth:

Nov 15, 1911

Country of birth:

UK

Died:

Apr 16, 2005

Biography of

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.

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Kay Walsh

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Filmography of

Kay Walsh

Found 45 Movies in total

... 2008

The Ruling Class

Mrs. Piggott-Jones ( Actor )

... 1972

Scrooge

Mrs. Fezziwig ( Actor )

... 1970

The Virgin and the Gypsy

Aunt Cissie ( Actor )

... 1970

Connecting Rooms

Mrs. Brent ( Actor )

... 1970

Taste of Excitement

Miss Barrow ( Actor )

... 1969

Journey to the Unknown

Joan Walker ( Actor )

... 1969

Bikini Paradise

Harriet Pembroke ( Actor )

... 1967

The Witches

Stephanie Bax ( Actor )

... 1966

A Study in Terror

Cathy Eddowes ( Actor )

... 1965

He Who Rides a Tiger

Mrs. Woodley ( Actor )

... 1965

The Beauty Jungle

Mrs. Freeman ( Actor )

... 1964

Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow

Mrs. Waggett ( Actor )

... 1963

80,000 Suspects

Matron ( Actor )

... 1963

The L-Shaped Room

Prostitute (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1962

Reach for Glory

Mrs. Curlew ( Actor )

... 1962

Lunch Hour

The Manageress ( Actor )

... 1962

Greyfriars Bobby

Mrs. Brown ( Actor )

... 1961

Tunes of Glory

Mary Titterington ( Actor )

... 1960

The Horse's Mouth

Dee Coker ( Actor )

... 1958

Now and Forever

Miss Muir ( Actor )

... 1956

Cast a Dark Shadow

Charlotte Young ( Actor )

... 1955

Lease of Life

Mrs. Vera Thorne ( Actor )

... 1954

The Rainbow Jacket

Barbara Crain ( Actor )

... 1954

Young Bess

Mrs. Ashley ( Actor )

... 1953

Meet Me Tonight

Lily Pepper ( Actor )

... 1952

Hunted

Mrs. Sykes ( Actor )

... 1952

The Magic Box

Hotel Receptionist ( Actor )

... 1952

Encore

Miss Molly Reid ( Actor )

... 1951

The Magnet

Mrs Brent ( Actor )

... 1950

Last Holiday

Mrs. Poole ( Actor )

... 1950

Stage Fright

Nellie Goode ( Actor )

... 1950

Oliver Twist

Nancy ( Actor )

... 1948

Vice Versa

Florence 'Fanny' Verlane ( Actor )

... 1948

The October Man

Molly Newman ( Actor )

... 1947

This Happy Breed

Queenie Gibbons ( Actor )

... 1944

In Which We Serve

Freda Lewis / Freda ( Actor )

... 1942

The Chinese Bungalow

Sadie Merivale ( Actor )

... 1940

The Second Mr. Bush

Angela Windel-Todd ( Actor )

... 1940

All At Sea

Diana ( Actor )

... 1940

Sons of the Sea

Alison Devar ( Actor )

... 1939

I See Ice

Judy Gaye ( Actor )

... 1938

Keep Fit

Joan Allen ( Actor )

... 1937

Secret of Stamboul

Diana ( Actor )

... 1936

The Luck of the Irish

Eileen O'Donnell ( Actor )

... 1935