Kay Walsh
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 15, 1911
- Died
- April 16, 2005 (aged 93)
- Birthplace
- Chelsea, London, England, UK
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
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Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
Movie · as Mrs. Waggett (archive footage)
The World of Hammer
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Night Crossing
Movie
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
TV · as Mrs. Watson · 24 eps
The Ruling Class
Movie · as Mrs. Piggott-Jones
Scrooge
Movie · as Mrs. Fezziwig
Connecting Rooms
Movie · as Mrs. Brent
The Virgin and the Gypsy
Movie · as Aunt Cissie
Journey to the Unknown
Movie · as Joan Walker
Taste of Excitement
Movie · as Miss Barrow
Journey to the Unknown
TV · as Mrs Joan Walker · 1 ep
Bikini Paradise
Movie · as Harriet Pembroke
The Witches
Movie · as Stephanie Bax
ABC Stage 67
TV · as Greta · 1 ep
A Study in Terror
Movie · as Cathy Eddowes
He Who Rides a Tiger
Movie · as Mrs. Woodley
Gideon's Way
TV · as Harriet Bright · 2 eps
The Beauty Jungle
Movie · as Mrs. Freeman
The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
TV · as Mrs. Waggett · 3 eps
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
Movie · as Mrs. Waggett
80,000 Suspects
Movie · as Matron
The Human Jungle
TV · as Mrs. Kross · 1 ep
The L-Shaped Room
Movie · as Prostitute (uncredited)
Lunch Hour
Movie · as The Manageress
Reach for Glory
Movie · as Mrs. Curlew
Greyfriars Bobby
Movie · as Mrs. Brown
Tunes of Glory
Movie · as Mary Titterington
The Horse's Mouth
Movie · as Dee Coker
Now and Forever
Movie · as Miss Muir
Cast a Dark Shadow
Movie · as Charlotte Young
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Mrs. Morgan · 1 ep
The Rainbow Jacket
Movie · as Barbara Crain
Lease of Life
Movie · as Mrs. Vera Thorne
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · as Mrs. Waggett · 3 eps
Young Bess
Movie · as Mrs. Ashley
Gilbert Harding Speaking of Murder
Movie · as Priscilla
Hunted
Movie · as Mrs. Sykes
The Magic Box
Movie · as Hotel Receptionist
Meet Me Tonight
Movie · as Lily Pepper
Encore
Movie · as Miss Molly Reid
Stage Fright
Movie · as Nellie Goode
Last Holiday
Movie · as Mrs. Poole
The Magnet
Movie · as Mrs Brent
Oliver Twist
Movie · as Nancy
Vice Versa
Movie · as Florence 'Fanny' Verlane
The October Man
Movie · as Molly Newman
This Happy Breed
Movie · as Queenie Gibbons
In Which We Serve
Movie · as Freda Lewis / Freda
The Chinese Bungalow
Movie · as Sadie Merivale
The Middle Watch
Movie · as Fay Eaton
The Second Mr. Bush
Movie · as Angela Windel-Todd
All At Sea
Movie · as Diana
Sons of the Sea
Movie · as Alison Devar
The Mind of Mr. Reeder
Movie · as Peggy Gillette
The Missing People
Movie · as Peggy Gillette
I See Ice
Movie · as Judy Gaye
Meet Mr. Penny
Movie · as Peggy Allgood
Keep Fit
Movie · as Joan Allen
The Secret of Stamboul
Movie · as Diana
All That Glitters
Movie · as Eve Payne-Coade
A Little Bit of Bluff
Movie · as Enid's Friend (uncredited)
The Luck of the Irish
Movie · as Eileen O'Donnell