This page will contain videos about Kay Kendall, as they become available.Kay KendallKay Kendall (1927-1959) was a British actress. She was born Kay Justine Kendall McCarthy on May 26, 1927 in Withernsea, a coastal resort in eastern England. Her maternal grandmother was Marie Kendall, a musical-comedy star for her vivacious personality and diction while singing. Her father was Terry Kendall, a vaudevillian. 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. 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). Later she starred opposite Rex Harrison in the comedy The Constant Husband (1955), and an affair soon followed. 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. In 1958, Kendall won a Golden Globe Award for her performance in Les Girls, probably the best-known film of her career. She succumbed to her illness on September 6 the following year, soon after completing the movie "Once More with Feeling", starring opposite Yul Brynner. Before her marriage to Harrison, Kendall had a romantic relationship with Sydney Chaplin, a son of Charlie Chaplin. 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). This page about Kay Kendall includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Kay Kendall News stories about Kay Kendall External links for Kay Kendall Videos for Kay Kendall Wikis about Kay Kendall Discussion Groups about Kay Kendall Blogs about Kay Kendall Images of Kay Kendall |
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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). Margaret Leighton died of multiple sclerosis at the age of fifty-three in Chichester, West Sussex. Before her marriage to Harrison, Kendall had a romantic relationship with Sydney Chaplin, a son of Charlie Chaplin. She received a BAFTA nomination for Best British Actress for her role as Valerie Carrington in Carrington, V.C. (1955) and also received a Hollywood Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for The Go-Between. She succumbed to her illness on September 6 the following year, soon after completing the movie "Once More with Feeling", starring opposite Yul Brynner. Maudsley in The Go-Between (1970), Leighton won the British BAFTA Film Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 1958, Kendall won a Golden Globe Award for her performance in Les Girls, probably the best-known film of her career. For her film role as Mrs. 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. Her last appearance on Broadway was as Birdie Hubbard in a revival of Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes (1967) starring Anne Bancroft as Regina Giddens. Later she starred opposite Rex Harrison in the comedy The Constant Husband (1955), and an affair soon followed. Kildare. 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). And she was nominated for an Emmy in 1966 for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama for four episodes of Dr. 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. She won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Drama for Hamlet (1970). Her father was Terry Kendall, a vaudevillian. She also had a noteworthy list of TV appearances, including Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Ben Casey and Burke's Law. Her maternal grandmother was Marie Kendall, a musical-comedy star for her vivacious personality and diction while singing. Leighton was nominated for Best Actress in a Play for Much Ado About Nothing (1959) opposite John Gielgud and for Tchin-Tchin (1962) opposite Anthony Quinn. She was born Kay Justine Kendall McCarthy on May 26, 1927 in Withernsea, a coastal resort in eastern England. She won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance in Separate Tables (1956); she won another Tony in that category for The Night of the Iguana (1962), playing Hannah Jelkes opposite Bette Davis as Maxine Faulk. Kay Kendall (1927-1959) was a British actress. Leighton had three husbands, publisher Max Reinhardt (married 1947-divorced 1955), actor Laurence Harvey (married 1957-divorced 1961) and actor Michael Wilding (married 1964-her death 1976). Other film co-stars included Ralph Richardson, Rex Harrison, Yul Brynner, Joanne Woodward, Peter Sellers, Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, and Michael Caine. She starred with Walter Pidgeon in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer crime/mystery Calling Bulldog Drummond (1951). After appearing in two British films, including the starring role of Flora MacDonald opposite David Niven in Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948), the willowy blonde actress played the second female lead in Hitchcock's Hollywood film Under Capricorn (1949) starring Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, and Michael Wilding. Leighton's Broadway debut was as the Queen in Henry IV (1946) starring Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson during a visit to America of the Old Vic company, which performed a total of five plays from its repertoire before returning to London. She went on to become a star of the Old Vic. Her stage debut was as Dorothy in Laugh With Me (1938), which was also performed that year for television on BBC. Born in Barnt Green, Worcestershire, England, she studied acting with Barry Jackson at his Birmingham Theatre School. Margaret Leighton (February 26, 1922 – January 13, 1976) was an English actress. Arra. Journey Through the Black Sun (1976) (ITC) .. Miss Havisham. Great Expectations (1974) (NBC) .. Francoise DuVal. Frankenstein: The True Story (1973) (NBC) .. Lady Seacroft. The Upper Crusts (1973) (series) (ITV) .. Gertrude. Hamlet (1970) (NBC) .. Cheveley. Mrs. An Ideal Husband (1969) (BBC) .. Rosalind. As You Like It (1953) (BBC) .. Dorothy. Laugh With Me (1938) (BBC) .. Ma Gore. Trial by Combat (1976) (Combat-Warner Bros.) .. Elderly Court Lady. Galileo (1975) (The American Film Theatre) .. Madame Orloff in segment The Elemental. From Beyond the Grave (1973) (Warner Bros.) .. Lady Frances Nelson. A Bequest to the Nation (1973) (Universal) .. Lady Melbourne. Lady Caroline Lamb (1972) (MGM-EMI) .. aka X, Y and Zee (USA). Gladys .. Zee and Co. (1972) (Columbia) .. Maudsley. Mrs. The Go-Between (1970) (EMI Distribution) .. Constance, the Madwoman of Passy. The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969) (Warner Bros.) .. Agatha Andrews. 7 Women (1966) (MGM) .. Helen Kenton. Mrs. The Loved One (1965) (MGM) .. Alice Russell. The Best Man (1964) (United Artists) .. The Third Secret (1964) (20th Century Fox). Waltz of the Toreadors (1962) (The Rank Organisation Film Productions) ... Emily Fitzjohn. Caddy Compson. The Sound and the Fury (1959) (20th Century Fox) .. Judith Wynter/Leonie. A Passionate Stranger (1955) (British Lion Films) .. Miss Chesterman. The Constant Husband (1955) (British Lion Films) .. Valerie Carrington. Carrington, V.C. (1955) (Kingsley-International Pictures) .. Eve Ravenscourt. The Good Die Young (1954) (United Artists) .. Helen Teckman. The Teckman Mystery (1954) (Associated Artists Productions) .. Margaret Gregory. The Holly and the Ivy (1952) (London Film Productions) .. Janet Preston. Home at Seven (1952) (British Lion Films) .. Helen Smith. Sgt. Calling Bulldog Drummond (1951) (MGM) .. Marguerite Blakeney. The Elusive Pimpernel (1950) (British Lion Films) .. Leonora Vail. The Astonished Heart (1949) (General Film Distributors) .. Milly. Under Capricorn (1949) (Warner Bros.) .. Flora MacDonald. Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948) (London Film Productions) .. Catherine Winslow. The Winslow Boy (1948) (British Lion Films) .. |