Born March 4, 1912· Camberley, Surrey, England, UK
† Died August 29, 1974
16Roles★ 6.5Average rating
Emerging from a distinguished military family-her father Lieutenant-General Sir William Furse and mother Jean Adelaide-she attended St Paul’s Girls’ School before studying theatre at the Old Vic in the early 1930s, launching a stage career by decade’s end. Transitioning to screen, she appeared as Sister Briony in Black Narcissus (1947) and quickly became known for her heavy-set, somewhat masculine…
