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Kay Walsh

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93 Years Old

​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

Born

Chelsea, London, England, UK on 15th November 1911

Died

16th April 2005

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The Human Jungle
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Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
Mrs. Watson
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Journey to the Unknown
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Gideon's Way
Harriet Bright
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Mrs. Morgan
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The Wonderful World of Disney
Mrs. Waggett
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ABC Stage 67
Greta
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Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
Mrs. Waggett
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Scrooge
Mrs. Fezziwig
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Oliver Twist
Nancy
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The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
Mrs. Waggett
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The Ruling Class
Mrs. Piggott-Jones
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The Magic Box
Hotel Receptionist
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Stage Fright
Nellie Goode
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Greyfriars Bobby
Mrs. Brown
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Last Holiday
Mrs. Poole
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In Which We Serve
Freda Lewis / Freda
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This Happy Breed
Queenie Gibbons
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A Study in Terror
Cathy Eddowes
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Tunes of Glory
Mary Titterington
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The L-Shaped Room
Prostitute (uncredited)
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Cast a Dark Shadow
Charlotte Young
Night Crossing Image
Night Crossing
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The Witches
Stephanie Bax
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Young Bess
Mrs. Ashley
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Vice Versa
Florence 'Fanny' Verlane
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The Magnet
Mrs Brent
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Hunted
Mrs. Sykes
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The October Man
Molly Newman
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Now and Forever
Miss Muir
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The Horse's Mouth
Dee Coker
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The Rainbow Jacket
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Keep Fit
Joan Allen
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He Who Rides a Tiger
Mrs. Woodley
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Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
Mrs. Waggett
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The Virgin and the Gypsy
Aunt Cissie
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Sons of the Sea
Alison Devar
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Lunch Hour
The Manageress
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Connecting Rooms
Mrs. Brent
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Taste of Excitement
Miss Barrow
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The Chinese Bungalow
Sadie Merivale
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Secret of Stamboul
Diana
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Meet Me Tonight
Lily Pepper
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The Second Mr. Bush
Angela Windel-Todd
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The Middle Watch
Fay Eaton
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I See Ice
Judy Gaye
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The Beauty Jungle
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Lease of Life
Mrs. Vera Thorne
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Reach for Glory
Mrs. Curlew
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80,000 Suspects
Matron
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Encore
Miss Molly Reid
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The Mind of Mr. Reeder
Peggy Gillette
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Bikini Paradise
Harriet Pembroke
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Journey to the Unknown
Joan Walker
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All At Sea
Diana
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Gilbert Harding Speaking of Murder
Priscilla
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All That Glitters
Eve Payne-Coade
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The Luck of the Irish
Eileen O'Donnell
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The Missing People
Peggy Gillette
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A Little Bit of Bluff
Enid's Friend (uncredited)