Kay Kendall
Nascimento : 1927-05-21, England
Morte : 1959-09-06
História
Kay Kendall (21 de maio de 1927 - 6 de setembro de 1959) foi uma atriz inglesa.
Kendall começou sua carreira no cinema no filme musical London Town (1946). Embora o filme tenha sido um fracasso financeiro, Kendall continuou a trabalhar regularmente até que sua aparição no filme de comédia Genevieve (1953) trouxe seu amplo reconhecimento. Mais prolífica nos filmes britânicos, Kendall também alcançou alguma popularidade com o público americano e ganhou um Globo de Ouro de Melhor Atriz - Filme Musical ou Comédia por seu papel no filme de comédia musical Les Girls (1957). Ela começou um relacionamento romântico com o ator Rex Harrison depois que eles apareceram juntos no filme de comédia The Constant Husband (1955), e se casaram em 1957. Harrison soube pelo médico de Kendall que ela havia sido diagnosticada com leucemia mieloide, um fato que foi mantido de Kendall, que acreditava estar sofrendo de deficiência de ferro. O ator cuidou de Kendall até sua morte, aos 32 anos.
Dolly Fabian
The wife of brilliant, but boisterous and ill-tempered conductor of the London Symphony puts up with his childishness, but the last straw is drawn when he begins an affair with a young pianist.
Sheila Broadbent
Jimmy (Rex Harrison) e Sheila (Kay Kendall) formam o casal Broadbent, que está de volta à Inglaterra depois de ter passado um bom tempo na América. Mas eles terão dificuldades com a adaptação da filha Jane (Sandra Dee), totalmente acostumada com a rotina americana.
Lady Sybil Wren
Os ex-membros de uma trupe de dança estão na justiça por causa de memórias recentemente publicadas. Cada um insiste no seu próprio ponto de vista. Depois de escrever um livro revelador sobre seus dias na trupe de dança "Barry Nichols and Les Girls", Sybil Wren é processada por difamar sua colega dançarina Angele. Uma narrativa no estilo Rashômon apresenta a história de três pontos de vista, onde Sybil acusa Angele de ter um caso com Barry, enquanto Angele insiste que na verdade era Sybil quem estava tendo o caso. Finalmente, Barry mostra seu lado da história.
Laura Foster
Bickering married performers agree to star in a "Mr. and Mrs." TV show. Director Muriel Box's 1956 British comedy also stars Muriel Pavlow, Ian Carmichael, Maurice Denham and Richard Wattis.
Isabelle, Countess of Marcroy
No século XV, Quentin Durward (Robert Taylor), um pobre e bonito cavaleiro escocês, é enviado por seu tio para conhecer a bela condessa de Macroy, Isabelle (Kay Kendall). Ele deverá apresentar os cumprimentos do velho homem, que pretende se casar com a jovem condessa prometida a ele por razões políticas, pelo duque da Borgonha (Alec Clunes). No entanto, ela rejeita as reivindicações e foge para a França com a intenção de ir para a cidade de Tours, buscando a proteção do grande rival de Charles, Louis XI (Robert Morley), rei da França. Quando Durward segue seu encalço, acaba salvando a condessa de grandes perigos, e a convivência faz com que eles se apaixonem. Mas as intrigas da corte mostrarão perigos muito mais mortais do que os campos de batalha da idade média.
Monica Hathaway
Charles Hathaway wakes up in West Wales with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. With the help of a Cardiff specialist he traces his life back to his gorgeous wife and their large London house, so all seems well with the world. But more detective work starts to uncover an alarming chain of further stunning wives and a way of going on that the new Charles finds pretty unacceptable.
Ronnie
Abdullah, absolute monarch of a wealthy Middle Eastern country, has everything a man could want. Everything, that is, until he falls for a beautiful model. She rejects his advances, however, along with his offers of riches and luxury, chosing instead an officer in the king's army as her lover. As all of this is going on, the ruler is oblivious to the growing discontent among his subjects, and the threat of revolt that is increasing with each passing day.
Isobel Minster
The first of the seven "Doctor" films, based on Richard Gordon's novels and released between 1954 and 1970. Simon Sparrow is a newly arrived medical student at St Swithin's hospital in London. Falling in with three longer-serving hopefuls he is soon immersed in the wooing, imbibing and fast sports-car driving that constitute 1950s medical training. There is, however, always the looming and formidable figure of chief surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt to remind them of their real purpose.
Carol Hankin
An unmarried couple are forced to adopt a series of pretexts when they stay at a country inn together with only one spare room.
Lonely Hearts Singer
A TV set given as a retirement present is sold on to different households causing misery each time.
Barbara Gale
A saloon owner falls in love with the abused wife of a heavy gambler. He is snared into a web of intrigue when an ex-girlfriend is found murdered in his apartment.
Eve
Boxing drama following the lives of 5 different fighters and their reasons for becoming boxers.
Rosalind Peters
Two friends driving in the London to Brighton vintage car rally bet on which of them will be the first to arrive back home.
Vera Corridge
Branded as criminally insane and incarcerated for a murder he did not commit, Speight escapes from the asylum, determined to clear his name. He befriends private detective Hugo Bishop who, convinced that the wrong man has been convicted, agrees to help find the real killer. They begin their search for the murderer closest to home where both Thelma Speight and her employer Maurice Jerrard were visibly distressed by the news of her husband's jailbreak. More than Speight's 'insanity' fuels their worries.
Lady Caroline Frencham
A talented dress designer, who lets nothing get in the way of her success, rises in the fashion world then loses contact with her own humanity. She also forgets that you meet the same people on the way up as on the way down.
Alexia LaRoche
A former pilot suffering from blackouts discovers that a fellow flyer is suspected of being mixed up with a web of smugglers. While searching for his missing buddy, he unwittingly becomes entangled in a morass of suspicion.
Sandra Beverley
In a small town in the 1950's a repertory company meets on Monday morning to start rehearsing the following week's play. This is a ghastly thing written by the aunt of one of the theatre's directors. The producer doesn't try to hide his annoyance about it, and is further exercised when the authoress herself arrives to help. The cast have to try and sort out real-life problems that keep intruding as they wrestle with the play's dire dialogue.
Sylvia Clark
Marjory Clark wins a competition in her Midland town and finds herself in a Festival of Britain procession as Lady Godiva - though not in the buff. This leads by way of a suspect beauty competition to the show-business world of London. But it could be a slippery slope for simple home-town Marge.
Helen's Girl (uncredited)
Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes fed up when he taps her for yet another loan.
Doreen
Episodic tale of four factory girls and their various romances at the local dance hall in Chiswick, London. Unusual at the time, the film tells its story from a feminine perspective. Today, it is mainly recognised for its post-war London atmosphere, with bomb sites, trolleybuses and rationing.
Patsy
Veteran music-hall entertainer Jerry Stanford a washed-up comedian hopes to stage a comeback in a glittering new revue. Alas, Stanford is hired as merely an understudy and bit player. His faithful daughter pulls a few fast ones in order to get her dad back on stage in a starring role....
Slave Girl (uncredited)
The aging Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen. Adapted by George Bernard Shaw from his own play.
Girl (uncredited)
Two British soldiers and a WREN take refuge at Stonehenge during a thunderstorm, they are struck by lightning and transported back to ancient Rome.
Bit Part (uncredited)
A man from the countryside becomes London’s newest music hall sensation, and competes with a rival music hall performer for the audience’s attention.
