Kay Walsh (born Kathleen Walsh, 27 August 1911, London, England; died 16 April 2005, London) was an English actress and dancer. She grew up in Pimlico, raised 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...
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Kay Walsh (born Kathleen Walsh, 27 August 1911, London, England; died 16 April 2005, London) was an English actress and dancer. She grew up in Pimlico, raised 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...
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