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Kay Walsh (August 27, 1911 – April 16, 2005)
was an England|English actor|actress and dancer.

She was born Kathleen Walsh in London, England,
and started out in show business dancing in West
End of London|West End music halls. She made her
film debut playing Mary Vivien in Get Your Man
(1934 in film|1934). 

Walsh first married film director David Lean, on
November 23, 1940. They divorced in 1949. She
later married Canada|Canadian psychologist Elliott
Jaques, and they adpoted a daughter, Gemma, in
1956. This marriage also ended in divorce.

She appeared in two classic Noel Coward films,
playing Freda Lewis in In Which We Serve (1942 in
film|1942) and Queenie Gibbons in This Happy Breed
(1944 in film|1944), which were directed by her
husband, Lean. He also directed her in her role of
Nancy in Oliver Twist (1948 in film|1948).

In 1950 in film|1950, Walsh played a shrewd,
scheming maid, Nellie Goode, who attempts to
blackmail the character played by movie star|star
Jane Wyman in Alfred Hitchcock|Hitchcock's Stage
Fright. Walsh's favourite role was that of the old
pub barmaid, Miss D. Coker, in the 1958 in
film|1958 comedy The Horse's Mouth with Alec
Guinness.

Between films, she appeared regularly in stage
play|plays and farces at the Strand and Aldwych
Theatres, directed by Basil Dean. She was a
semi-regular on the 1979 in television|1979
Anglo-Polish Television|TV Television
program|series Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. She
remained active in films until her retirement in
1981, after the film Night Crossing.

Walsh later lived in retirement in London. She
died there at age 93.

==External links==
*http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0909727/ IMDb entry
for Kay Walsh