Kay Kendall
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Kay Kendall (21 May 1927 – 6 September 1959) was an English actress and comedienne.
She began her film career in the musical film London Town (1946).
Despite the fact that the film was a financial loss, Kendall continued to work on a regular basis until her appearance in the comedy film Genevieve (1953) brought her worldwide fame.
Kendall also gained some acclaim among American audiences and was named Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for her role in the 1957 comedy film Les Girls.
Harrison discovered she had been diagnosed with myeloid leukemia from Kendall's physician, a fact that was kept from Kendall, who believed she was suffering from an iron deficiency.
Kendall continued caring for her until her death at the age of 32.
Early life
Justine Kay Kendall McCarthy, born in Withernsea, a coastal resort in Yorkshire's East Riding. Terrence "Terry" McCarthy, a.k.a., was Kendall's father. Terry Kendall, the vain son of music hall performer Marie Kendall, was the son of vain in the United States. The former Gladys Drewery, Kay's mother, was the first to die.
Terrence Justin "Terry" McCarthy (born 1939) and Patricia Kim "Pat" Kendall McCarthy (a.k.a. Kim Kendall, 1925, was born in 1925. Cavan Spencer McCarthy McCarthy McCarthy, a.k.a., was born during her father's second marriage to her professional dancing partner, Dora Spencer, in the United Kingdom. Cavan Kendall (1942–1999), Cavan Kendall (1942–1999). Young Justine attended many schools, including St Leonard's (Brighton), St Margaret's (near Oban, Scotland), and the Lydia Kyasht Dancing Academy (London).
Personal life
Kendall had a long affair with actor Sydney Chaplin, the second son of actor Charlie Chaplin's second wife, actress Lita Grey, early in her career. She also had affairs with Swedish prince and supermarket heir James Sainsbury, and it was reported that she had a romance with Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh.
She appeared in The Constant Husband as Rex Harrison in 1955, and they had a feud. At the time, Harrison was married to actress Lilli Palmer. However, when Kendall's doctor learned that she had been diagnosed with myeloid leukaemia, he and Palmer decided to divorce in order to marry Kendall and provide for her care. In 1957, Kendall married Harrison.
Kendall never was aware of her illness and thought she had an iron deficiency. Palmer said she was not distraught because she had a lover as well. Palmer and Harrison intended to remarry after Kendall's death, but Palmer fell in love with her companion, actor Carlos Thompson, and married him.
Career
Her first major screen appearance came in 1946's drama London Town, one of the more expensive flops in British cinema history. She appeared in a few minor films before gaining success in Genevieve (1953), co-starring Petula Clark again in the drama film Dance Hall (1950).
She partnered Dirk Bogarde in this film, the comedy Doctor in the House (1954). She was under contract to the Rank Organisation but was dissatisfied with the results, turning down Value for Money (1955), As Long As They Are Happy (1955) and Doctor at Sea (1955).
With Peter Finch, Simon and Laura (1955); the comedy Abdulla the Great (1955) with Sydney Chaplin and Gregory Ratoff; and the epic historical film The Adventures of Quentin Durward (1955), with Robert Taylor and Robert Morley. She appeared in two episodes of the short-lived American television series The Polly Bergen Show in October and November 1957. In Series 3 episode 17 of The Phil Silvers Show on January 17, 1958, she appeared as herself. Phil Silvers Presents Kay Kendall, as the film's name suggests.
Kendall earned a Golden Globe Award in 1958 for her role as Lady Sybil Wren in Les Girls, the story of three showgirls in postwar Paris (with Mitzi Gaynor and Taina Elg). In the comedy The Reluctant Debutante, she appeared opposite Harrison for a year.
Kendall died in 1959, aged 32, just after completing her last film, "Once More" became a hit on Feeling. (1960), portraying Yul Brynner opposite Yul Brynner.
"She was completely unpredictable," Stanley Donen, who produced and directed Once More, wrote and directed Feeling! She was an instinctive comedienne with a real clown sense. Since Carole Lombard – and Kay was a better actor," no one has had it; and, yes, it was a good actor."
"As they say about crime victims, Kay Kendall was in the wrong place at the wrong time at the wrong time," Rhoda Koenig, a journalist for The Independent in 2006. "The offence was a waste of resources in her case." One of the most charming of British actresses, a handful of her films gave her a chance to shine. Kendall, a natural screwball hero, was born too late for the 1930s comedies, in which she may have been the equal of the late but vivacious Carole Lombard or Claudette Colbert, but not fortunately enough for the 1960s' naughtiness and absurdity... She was a true comedienne, unafraid to compromise her ladylike appearance with pratfalls, pop eyes, and comedic drunk scenes. Kendall could get away with such antics without being vulgar.