Born October 26, 1903· Leylands Farm, Winchester, Hampshire, England, UK
† Died June 9, 1959
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Hailing from the Hampshire village of Owslebury, she was the second daughter of an accountant and, after an early loss of her mother, received education at Badminton School in Bristol before training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Her professional debut came as a maid in Noël Coward’s Easy Virtue at the Duke of York’s Theatre, launching a long association with Coward’s works that included r…