| Diana Wynyard | |
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| Born | Dorothy Isobel Cox January 16, 1906 London, England, United Kingdom |
| Died | May 13, 1964 London, England, United Kingdom |
| Spouse(s) | Carol Reed (1943-1947) Tibor Csato |
Diana Wynyard (January 16, 1906 – May 13, 1964) was an English stage and film actress. Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
Biography
Born as Dorothy Isobel Cox in London, she was an acclaimed stage actress. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. As a film actress she created the role of the tortured wife in the 1940 original film version of Gaslight (UK) (later remade with Ingrid Bergman in the United States). Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about the 1940 film Gaslight For the 1944 film see Gaslight. (ˈbærjman in Swedish but usually ˈbɝgmən in English (August 29 1915 &ndash August 29 1982 was a Swedish three-time Academy Award -winning and two-time Emmy
After success in Liverpool and London, she attracted attention on Broadway and appeared first in Rasputin and the Empress in 1932, with Ethel, John, and Lionel Barrymore. Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Ethel Barrymore ( August 15, 1879 – June 18, 1959) was an Academy Award -winning American actress and a member of John Sidney Blyth Barrymore ( February 15 1882 – May 29 1942) was an American Actor, frequently called the greatest Lionel Barrymore ( April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American Academy Award -winning actor of stage radio Fox Film Corporation then borrowed her for their lavish film version of Noel Coward's stage spectacle Cavalcade (1933). Sir Noël Peirce Coward ( 16 December 1899 26 March 1973) was an English Actor, Playwright Cavalcade is a 1933 film that takes a historical view of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 through New Years Day 1933
She was the first British actress to be nominated for the Best Actress Oscar. Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. As the noble wife and mother she aged gracefully against a background of the Boer War, the sinking of the Titanic, the First World War, and the arrival of the Jazz Age. See also First Boer War,, South African Wars (1879-1915 The Second Boer War ( Dutch: Tweede Boerenoorlog, Afrikaans: Construction The Titanic was a White Star Line ocean liner built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The Jazz Age describes the period from 1918-1929 the years after the end of World War I, continuing through the Roaring Twenties and ending with the rise of the
After a brief and largely unsatisfactory Hollywood career, most notably as John Barrymore's old flame in Reunion in Vienna, she returned to Britain. John Sidney Blyth Barrymore ( February 15 1882 – May 29 1942) was an American Actor, frequently called the greatest Here she concentrated on theatre work, including roles as Charlotte Brontë in Clemence Dane's Wild Decembers, in Sweet Aloes, and as Gilda in the British premiere of Noel Coward's Design for Living. Charlotte Brontë (ˈbrɒnti (21 April 1816 &ndash 31 March 1855 was a British Novelist, the eldest of the three famous Brontë sisters whose Novels Clemence Dane was the Pseudonym of Winifred Ashton ( 21 February 1888 in Blackheath, England, United Kingdom Sir Noël Peirce Coward ( 16 December 1899 26 March 1973) was an English Actor, Playwright Design for Living is a Comedy play written by Noel Coward that premiered in 1932
Tempted to return to the screen to play opposite Ralph Richardson in On the Night of the Fire, she had a great success as the frightened heroine of the first film version of Patrick Hamilton's play Gas Light (1940). Sir Ralph David Richardson ( 19 December 1902 &ndash 10 October 1983) was an English Actor, one of a group of theatrical This article is about the 1940 film Gaslight For the 1944 film see Gaslight. There have been several well-known people named Patrick Hamilton, including Patrick Hamilton of Kincavil, Scottish noble and father of the following Gas Light (known in the USA as Angel Street) is a 1938 play by the British dramatist Patrick Hamilton. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This led to infrequent prestigious appearances on the screen, including roles opposite Clive Brook in Freedom Radio, John Gielgud in The Prime Minister and Michael Redgrave in Kipps, directed by her then husband Carol Reed. Clive Brook ( 1 June 1887 - 17 November 1974) was an English actor AFN Iraq is the American Forces Network of Radio stations within Iraq. Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH ( 14 April, 1904 – 21 May 2000) known as Sir John Gielgud, was an The Prime Minister is a Novel by Anthony Trollope, first published in 1876. Sir Michael Scudamore Redgrave CBE ( 20 March, 1908 — 21 March, 1985) was an English actor author director and Kipps, also known as The Remarkable Mr Kipps, is a 1941 Comedy film adaptation of H For the New York weathercaster see Carol Reed (weather broadcaster.
After the War, she enhanced the Technicolor elegance of Alexander Korda's An Ideal Husband (1947) as the wife in question, but her remaining film roles were small, usually providing graceful maternal support in roles in the 1950s such as Tom Brown's Schooldays and as the secretive mother (of James Mason's character) in Island in the Sun. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Technicolor is the trademark for a series of color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation Sir Alexander Korda (September 16 1893 - January 23 1956 was a Hungarian-born Film director and producer. An Ideal Husband, also known as Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband, is a 1947 film adaptation of the play by Oscar Wilde. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tom Brown's Schooldays is a novel by Thomas Hughes first published in 1857 James Neville Mason ( 15 May 1909 – 27 July 1984) was a three-time Academy Award -nominated British Actor who On television she played Empress Elisabeth of Austria in the 1957 version of Mayerling (1957), which starred Audrey Hepburn. Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie ( 24 December, 1837 &ndash 10 September, 1898) of the House of Wittelsbach, was the Empress Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Mayerling is the title of an episode of the American television series Producers' Showcase made for NBC, which was aired in Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Audrey Hepburn ( &ndash) was an English/Dutch Academy Award - Emmy Award - Tony Award - and Grammy Award -winning film and stage actress
Her stage career, however, flourished after the War, and as a Shakespearean leading lady at Stratford, in London's West End, and on tour in Australia, she had her pick of star parts. William Shakespeare ( baptised Stratford-upon-Avon (ˌstrætfɚd əpɒn ˈɛɪvən is a Market town and Civil parish in south Warwickshire, England. West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London 's "Theatreland" For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Between 1948 and 1952, she memorably played Portia, Gertrude, Lady Macbeth, Katherine the shrew, Desdemona, Katherine of Aragon, Hermione in The Winter's Tale, and, perhaps most notably, Beatrice to Gielgud's Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Portia is the heroine of William Shakespeare 's The Merchant of Venice. In William Shakespeare 's play Hamlet, Gertrude is Hamlet 's mother and Queen of Denmark. Lady Macbeth is a character in William Shakespeare play Macbeth. The Taming of the Shrew is an early comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written between 1590 and 1594 Desdemona is a fictional character in the tragedy Othello the Moor of Venice (1604 by William Shakespeare. The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eighth is a history play by William Shakespeare, based on the life of Henry VIII of England. The Winter's Tale is a play by William Shakespeare, first published in the First Folio in 1623 Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare. First published in 1600 it is likely to have been first performed in the autumn or winter In this production, she succeeded her friend Peggy Ashcroft. Dame Peggy Ashcroft DBE ( 22 December, 1907 &ndash 14 June, 1991) was an acclaimed Academy Award -winning English Wynyward famously stumbled off the rostrum during the sleepwalking scene in Macbeth in 1948 and fell 15 feet - and continued. Macbeth is among the best-known of William Shakespeare 's plays, and is his shortest tragedy, believed to have been written some time between Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Throughout the 1940s and 1950s she also had success in the works of several contemporary writers, including the British production of Tennessee Williams's Camino Real. Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26 1911 &ndash February 25 1983 better known as Tennessee Williams, was a major American playwright who received many of the top theatrical Camino Real is a 1953 play by Tennessee Williams. The title of the play can be pronounced "Ka- mee -no Ray- al " (with a Spanish
She was married to the English film director Sir Carol Reed from February 3, 1943 until August 1947, and subsequently to a Hungarian physician, Tibor Csato. For the New York weathercaster see Carol Reed (weather broadcaster. Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
She died from renal disease in London in 1964, aged 58, while rehearsing The Master Builder with Michael Redgrave and Maggie Smith as part of the new National Theatre Company. The kidneys are complicated organs that have numerous biological roles A disease is an abnormal condition of an organism that impairs bodily functions and can be deadly Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. The Master Builder (original Norwegian title Bygmester Solness) is a play by Norwegian Playwright Henrik Ibsen. Dame Margaret Natalie Smith, DBE (born December 28 1934) better known as Maggie Smith, is a British Film, stage The Royal National Theatre, located on the South Bank in the London Borough of Lambeth, England. Celia Johnson replaced her. Dame Celia Elizabeth Johnson DBE (18 December 1908 &ndash 26 April 1982 was an English actress, famous for her role in the 1945 film Brief Her last television performance was in the play The Man In The Panama Hat recorded in March 1964. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Her death occurred before the intended broadcast in May 1964 and it was eventually shown posthumously on September 21, 1964. Events 1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar.
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| NAME | Wynyard, Diana |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cox, Dorothy Isobel |
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| DATE OF BIRTH | January 16, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London, England, United Kingdom |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 13, 1964 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | London, England, United Kingdom |
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