Kay Walsh

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Kay Walsh  born Kathleen Walsh 15 November 1911Chelsea 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 Hows 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 higherprestige films with appearances in two Noel Cowardscripted films In Which We Serve 1942 and This Happy Breed 1944 both directed by Lean Walsh had campaigned for Lean to receive codirector 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 Leans film adaptation of Great Expectations 1946 for which she received a writing credit on the latter film She also devised the opening sequence of Leans 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 Leans 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 Neames 1958 film of The Horses 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 semiregular on the 1979 AngloPolish 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia