- Ann Todd
Ann Todd (
24 January 1909 , Hartford,Cheshire —6 May 1993 ,London ) was a popular English actress and producer.She was born in Hartford, Cheshire and was educated at St Winifrid's School in Eastbourne. She became a popular actress in such films as "Perfect Strangers" (1945) (as a nurse) and "
The Seventh Veil " (1947) (as a troubled concert pianist), as well as several ofDavid Lean 's films including "Madeleine " (1949) and "The Sound Barrier" (1952). Lean became her third husband. She later produced a series of travel films. Her autobiography is entitled "The Eighth Veil".She died from a stroke aged 84.
Personal
Ann Todd was married three times. Her first husband Victor Malcolm was a grandson of
Lillie Langtry , while her second and third husbands (Nigel Tangye and David Lean) were first cousins.Filmography
* “Maigret” - One episode, "The patience of Maigret" (1992), Mlle Josette
* “The McGuffin ” (1986), Mrs Forbes-Duthie
* “Maelstrom” (1985), Astrid Linderman
* “The Human Factor” (1979), Castle’s mother
* “The Fiend ” (1972), Birdy Wemys
* "Thirty Minute Theatre TV series " - One episode: "The keys on the streets" (1967), ?
* "Armchair Theatre (TV series)" - Two episodes: "Ready for glory"(1966), Lady Baynton; "The Lady of Camellias" (1958), Marguerite Gautier
* "Ninety degrees in the shade " (1965), Mrs Kurka
* "Figlio del capitano Blood II " (1962), Arabella Blood
* "Thriller TV series" - One episode: "Letter to a lover" (1961), Sylvia Lawrence
* "Taste of Fear " (1961), Jane Appleby
* "Playhouse 90 TV series" - Two episodes: "The grey nurse said nothing" (1959), Laura Mills; "Not the glory" (1958), Lady Diane Goodfellow
* "The Offshore Island " (1959) (TV), Rachel Verney
* "Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV series" - One episode: "Sylvia" (1958), Sylvia Leeds Kent
* "General Electric Theater TV series" - One episode: "Letters from Cairo" (1958), Cynthia Spence
* "Climax TV series" - One episode: "Shadow of a Memory" (1957), Jane Palmer
* "Time Without Pity " (1957), Honor Stanford
* "The United States Steel Hour TV series" - One episode: "Edward My Son" (1955), Evelyn Holt
* "The Alcoa Hour TV series" - One episode: "The Black Wings" (1955), Jane Cornish
* "The Green Scarf " (1954), Solange Vauthier
* "" (1954) (TV), Grand Duchess Tatiana Petrovna
* "The Sound Barrier " (1952), Susan Garthwaite
* "Madeleine " (1950), Madeleine Smith
* "The Passionate Friends " (1949), Mary Justin
* "So Evil My Love " (1948), Olivia Harwood
* "Daybreak" (1948), Frankie
* "The Paradine Case " (1947), Gay Keane
* "Gaiety George " (1946), Kathryn Davis
* "The Seventh Veil " (1945), Francesca
* "Perfect Strangers " (1945), Elena
* "Ships with Wings " (1942), Kay Gordon
* "Danny Boy " (1941), Jane Kaye
* "Poison Pen " (1940), Ann Rider
* "Tower of London " (1939), Princess - uncredited
* "Ann and Harold TV series " - unknown episodes, (1938), Ann Teviot
* "The Old and the Young " (1938) (TV), ?
* "Black Magic " (1938) (TV), Mary Chalfont
* "South Riding " (1938), Midge Carne
* "The Squeaker " (1937), Carol Stedman
* "Action for Slander " (1937), Ann Daviot
* "Things to Come " (1936), Mary Gordon
* "The Return of Bulldog Drummond " (1934), Phyllis Drummond
* "The Water Gipsies " (1932), Jane Bell
* "The Ghost Train " (1931), Peggy Murdock
* "These Charming People " (1931), Pamela Crawford
* "Keepers of Youth " (1931), MillicentExternal links
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