Kay Kendall

Kendall's life is explored in "The Brief, Madcap Life of Kay Kendall," written by Eve Golden, Kim Kendall, and Kim Elizabeth Kendall (University Press of Kentucky, 2002). She is working with rock songwriter Linda Perry, among others. Before her marriage to Harrison, Kendall had a romantic relationship with Sydney Chaplin, a son of Charlie Chaplin. Lewis is currently preparing to launch a career as a solo singer and musician. She succumbed to her illness on September 6 the following year, soon after completing the movie "Once More with Feeling", starring opposite Yul Brynner. She received an Emmy nomination for her performance in My Louisiana Sky in 2001. In 1958, Kendall won a Golden Globe Award for her performance in Les Girls, probably the best-known film of her career. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1992 for Cape Fear.

Harrison was married to actress Lilli Palmer at the time, but when he learned Kendall had been diagnosed with myeloid leukemia from her doctor, he divorced Palmer and married Kendall, never revealing to her the reason for her failing health. She has appeared in over forty films and made-for-TV movies. Later she starred opposite Rex Harrison in the comedy The Constant Husband (1955), and an affair soon followed. She wanted to act since she was six years old, and got her start in TV at the age of twelve. She co-starred with Clark again in Dance Hall (1950), and was featured in a quick succession of forgettable films before gaining fame in "Genevieve" (1953). Her father is actor Geoffrey Lewis and her mother a graphic designer. Her first major screen role was in the Sid Field-Petula Clark musical London Town (1946), notable for being one of the costliest flops in British film history. Lewis was born in Hollywood, California.

Her father was Terry Kendall, a vaudevillian. Juliette Lewis (born June 21, 1973) is an American actress. Her maternal grandmother was Marie Kendall, a musical-comedy star for her vivacious personality and diction while singing. Home Fires (1987). She was born Kay Justine Kendall McCarthy on May 26, 1927 in Withernsea, a coastal resort in eastern England. I Married Dora (1987). Kay Kendall (1927-1959) was a British actress. My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988).

Meet the Hollowheads (1989). Christmas Vacation (1989). The Runnin' Kind (1989). The Wonder Years (1988).

Too Young to Die? (1990). A Family for Joe (1990). Crooked Hearts (1991). Cape Fear (1991).

Husbands and Wives (1992). That Night (1992). Kalifornia (1993). Romeo Is Bleeding (1993).

What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993). Natural Born Killers (1994). Mixed Nuts (1994). The Basketball Diaries (1995).

Strange Days (1995). From Dusk Till Dawn (1996). The Evening Star (1996). The Audition (1996).

Some Girl (1998). The Other Sister (1999). The 4th Floor (1999). The Way of the Gun (2000).

Room to Rent (2000). Gaudi Afternoon (2001). My Louisiana Sky (2001). Picture Claire (2001).

Hysterical Blindness (2002). Armitage: Dual Matrix (2002). Enough (2002). Old School (2003).

Free for All (2003). Cold Creek Manor (2003). Chasing Freedom (2004). Blueberry (2004).

Starsky & Hutch (2004). Aurora Borealis (2004).