Kay Walsh
Highest Rated: 100% Greyfriars Bobby (1961)
Lowest Rated: 70% The Devil's Own (1966)
Birthday: Aug 27, 1911
Birthplace: London, England, UK
Kay Walsh was a gorgeous screen siren in the 1930s and '40s who went on to make her mark as a revered actress in the '50s and beyond in such films as "Oliver Twist" and "The Horse's Mouth." Beginning her career as a dancer working alongside Andre Charlot, she eventually hung up her shoes to try acting, and made her first splash with a supporting role in George King's 1934 comedy, "Get Your Man." Two years later she met famed director David Lean, who was working as a film editor at the time; the two married in 1940 as their careers were just warming up. Soon Walsh was discovered while performing on a West End stage, by producer-director Basil Dean, and signed with Ealing Studios. In the '40s she played leads in the mystery thriller "The Missing People" opposite Will Fyffe, and in '48 collaborated with Lean, portraying Nancy in his screen version of the Charles Dickens classic "Oliver Twist"; the two divorced the following year. As Walsh aged she worked in more supporting and character roles, notably with Alfred Hitchcock on his thriller "Stage Fright," and with Ronald Neame in the Scottish military drama "Tunes of Glory." In 1958 she was in the Alec Guinness vehicle "The Horse's Mouth," citing it as her favorite role. Meanwhile, she appeared on the London stage and began to work in television. Walsh carried on with screen appearances until 1982, when she retired in London.
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Kay Walsh
Filmography
Movies
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80% |
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Night Crossing | Doris' Mother (Character) | - | 1981 |
75% |
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Scrooge | Mrs. Fezziwig (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Connecting Rooms | Mrs. Brent (Character) | - | 1969 |
70% |
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The Devil's Own | Stephanie Bax (Character) | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet |
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A Study in Terror | Cathy Eddowes (Character) | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | He Who Rides a Tiger | Mrs. Woodley (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mission to Paradise | Harriet Pembroke (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Reach for Glory | Mrs. Curlew (Character) | - | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lunch Hour | Manageress (Character) | - | 1962 |
100% |
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Greyfriars Bobby | Mrs. Brown (Character) | - | 1961 |
73% |
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Tunes of Glory | Mary Titterington (Character) | - | 1960 |
89% |
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The Horse's Mouth | Dee Coker (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Now and Forever | Miss Muir (Character) | - | 1956 |
86% |
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Cast a Dark Shadow | Charlotte Young (Character) | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rainbow Jacket | Barbara Crain (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lease of Life | Mrs. Vera Thorne (Character) | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet |
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Young Bess | Mrs. Ashley (Character) | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet |
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Hunted | Mrs. Sykes (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tonight at 8:30 | Lily Pepper: Red Peppers (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet |
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Encore | Miss Molly Reid (Character) | - | 1951 |
100% |
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Last Holiday | Mrs. Poole (Character) | - | 1950 |
92% |
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Stage Fright | Nellie Goode (Character) | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet |
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The Magnet | Mrs. Brent (Character) | - | 1950 |
100% |
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Oliver Twist | Nancy (Character) | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet |
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The October Man | Molly Newman (Character) | - | 1947 |
100% |
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This Happy Breed | Queenie Gibbons (Character) | - | 1944 |
90% |
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In Which We Serve | Freda Lewis (Character) | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Chinese Bungalow | Sadie Merivale (Character) | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Missing People | Peggy Gillette (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sons of the Sea | Alison Devar (Character) | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet |
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I See Ice | Judy Gaye (Character) | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Keep Fit | Joan Allen (Character) | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Luck of the Irish | Eileen O'Donnell (Character) | - | 1936 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 87% | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Mrs. Morgan (Character) | 1961 |