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Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 15, 1911
Died
April 16, 2005
Place of Birth
Chelsea, London, England, UK
Also Known As
- Kathleen "Kay" Walsh
- Kathleen Walsh
Kay Walsh
0.5 Popularity
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
Known For
8.3
Mrs. Waggett (archive footage)
Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
2008
6.5
Self (archive footage)
The World of Hammer
1994
6.1
Night Crossing
1982
6.0
Mrs. Watson
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
1979
6.4
Mrs. Piggott-Jones
The Ruling Class
1972
6.8
Mrs. Fezziwig
Scrooge
1970
2.1
Aunt Cissie
The Virgin and the Gypsy
1970
5.5
Mrs. Brent
Connecting Rooms
1970
5.9
Miss Barrow
Taste of Excitement
1969
0.0
Joan Walker
Journey to the Unknown
1969
Credits
Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
as Mrs. Waggett (archive footage)
2008
8.3
The World of Hammer
as Self (archive footage)
1994
6.5
Night Crossing
1982
6.1
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
as Mrs. Watson
1979
6.0
The Ruling Class
as Mrs. Piggott-Jones
1972
6.4
Scrooge
as Mrs. Fezziwig
1970
6.8
The Virgin and the Gypsy
as Aunt Cissie
1970
2.1
Connecting Rooms
as Mrs. Brent
1970
5.5
Taste of Excitement
as Miss Barrow
1969
5.9
Journey to the Unknown
as Joan Walker
1969
0.0
Journey to the Unknown
as Mrs Joan Walker
1968
6.3
Bikini Paradise
as Harriet Pembroke
1967
6.0
The Witches
as Stephanie Bax
1966
6.0
ABC Stage 67
as Greta
1966
6.2
A Study in Terror
as Cathy Eddowes
1965
6.2
He Who Rides a Tiger
as Mrs. Woodley
1965
0.0
Gideon's Way
as Harriet Bright
1965
6.8
The Beauty Jungle
as Mrs. Freeman
1964
4.7
The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
as Mrs. Waggett
1964
0.0
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
as Mrs. Waggett
1963
6.9
80,000 Suspects
as Matron
1963
6.9
The Human Jungle
as Mrs. Kross
1963
8.2
The L-Shaped Room
as Prostitute (uncredited)
1962
6.8
Reach for Glory
as Mrs. Curlew
1962
5.3
Lunch Hour
as The Manageress
1962
6.8
Greyfriars Bobby
as Mrs. Brown
1961
6.9
Tunes of Glory
as Mary Titterington
1960
7.1
The Horse's Mouth
as Dee Coker
1958
6.7
Now and Forever
as Miss Muir
1956
7.0
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mrs. Morgan
1955
7.8
Cast a Dark Shadow
as Charlotte Young
1955
6.4
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Mrs. Waggett
1954
7.8
Lease of Life
as Mrs. Vera Thorne
1954
7.4
The Rainbow Jacket
as Barbara Crain
1954
6.9
Gilbert Harding Speaking of Murder
as Priscilla
1953
0.0
Young Bess
as Mrs. Ashley
1953
5.7
Meet Me Tonight
as Lily Pepper
1952
6.7
Hunted
as Mrs. Sykes
1952
6.9
The Magic Box
as Hotel Receptionist
1952
6.4
Encore
as Miss Molly Reid
1951
6.1
The Magnet
as Mrs Brent
1950
6.3
Last Holiday
as Mrs. Poole
1950
7.1
Stage Fright
as Nellie Goode
1950
6.8
Oliver Twist
as Nancy
1948
7.6
Vice Versa
as Florence 'Fanny' Verlane
1948
6.3
The October Man
as Molly Newman
1947
6.2
This Happy Breed
as Queenie Gibbons
1944
7.2
In Which We Serve
as Freda Lewis / Freda
1942
6.8
🎬
The Middle Watch
as Fay Eaton
1940
5.0
The Chinese Bungalow
as Sadie Merivale
1940
3.4
The Second Mr. Bush
as Angela Windel-Todd
1940
5.0
All At Sea
as Diana
1940
0.0
Sons of the Sea
as Alison Devar
1939
6.8
🎬
The Missing People
as Peggy Gillette
1939
0.0
🎬
The Mind of Mr. Reeder
as Peggy Gillette
1939
0.0
I See Ice
as Judy Gaye
1938
8.1
Keep Fit
as Joan Allen
1937
6.0
🎬
All That Glitters
as Eve Payne-Coade
1936
0.0
The Secret of Stamboul
as Diana
1936
6.0
The Luck of the Irish
as Eileen O'Donnell
1935
0.0
🎬
A Little Bit of Bluff
as Enid's Friend (uncredited)
1935
0.0