Diana Wynyard, CBE (born Dorothy Isobel Cox, 16 January 1906 – 13 May 1964) was an English stage and film actress.
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Diana Wynyard-Actress.
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1. Profile :
Diana Wynyard Argentinean Magazine AD
Born Dorothy Isobel Cox, 16 January 1906, Lewisham, South London, England
Died 13 May 1964 (aged 58), Holborn, Central London, England
Years active 1928–1960
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Spouse(s)
1. Carol Reed - (m. 1943; div. 1947)
2. Tibor Csato - (m. 1951; div. 1958)
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2. Introduction :
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3. Life and career :
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4. After World War II :
She appeared in Alexander Korda's version An Ideal Husband (1947), based on the Oscar Wilde play, but her remaining film appearances were in supporting roles. Usually maternal, these included Tom Brown's Schooldays (1951) and the secretive mother (of James Mason's character) in Island in the Sun (1957). She played Empress Elisabeth of Austria in Mayerling (1957), an early American television film which starred Audrey Hepburn. In 1958 she appeared in the West End in A Touch of the Sun by N.C. Hunter.
She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1953.
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5. Personal life :
She died from renal disease in Holborn, Central London in 1964, aged 58, while rehearsing The Master Builder with Michael Redgrave and Maggie Smith as part of the new National Theatre Company. Celia Johnson replaced her.
Her last television performance was in the play The Man in the Panama Hat recorded in March 1964. Her death occurred before the intended broadcast in May 1964 and it was eventually shown posthumously on 21 September 1964.
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6. Filmography :
Cavalcade (1933)
Men Must Fight (1933)
Reunion in Vienna (1933)
Where Sinners Meet (1934)
Let's Try Again (UK title: The Marriage Symphony) (1934)
One More River (1934)
On the Night of the Fire (1939)
Gaslight (1940)
Freedom Radio (1941)
The Prime Minister (1941)
Kipps (1941)
An Ideal Husband (1947)
Tom Brown's Schooldays (1951)
The Feminine Touch (1956)
Island in the Sun (1957)
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