Ann Todd

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Ann Todd (24 January 1909, Hartford, Cheshire — 6 May 1993, London) was a popular English actress and producer.

She was born in Hartford, Cheshire and was educated at St Winifrid's School in Eastbourne. She became a popular actress in such films as Perfect Strangers (1945) (as a nurse) and The Seventh Veil (1947) (as a troubled concert pianist), as well as several of David Lean's films including Madeleine (1949) and The Sound Barrier (1952). Lean became her third husband. She later produced a series of travel films. Her autobiography is entitled "The Eighth Veil".

She died from a stroke aged 84.

Contents 1 Personal 2 Filmography 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Personal

Ann Todd was married three times. Her first husband Victor Malcolm was a grandson of Lillie Langtry, while her second and third husbands (Nigel Tangye and David Lean) were first cousins.

[edit] Filmography

• “Maigret” - One episode, "The patience of Maigret" (1992), Mlle Josette
• “The McGuffin” (1986), Mrs Forbes-Duthie
• “Maelstrom” (1985), Astrid Linderman
• “The Human Factor” (1979), Castle’s mother
• “The Fiend” (1972), Birdy Wemys
• "Thirty Minute Theatre TV series" - One episode: "The keys on the streets" (1967), ?
• "Armchair Theatre (TV series)" - Two episodes: "Ready for glory"(1966), Lady Baynton; "The Lady of Camellias" (1958), Marguerite Gautier
• "Ninety degrees in the shade" (1965), Mrs Kurka
• "Figlio del capitano Blood II" (1962), Arabella Blood
• "Thriller TV series" - One episode: "Letter to a lover" (1961), Sylvia Lawrence
• "Taste of Fear" (1961), Jane Appleby
• "Playhouse 90 TV series" - Two episodes: "The grey nurse said nothing" (1959), Laura Mills; "Not the glory" (1958), Lady Diane Goodfellow
• "The Offshore Island" (1959) (TV), Rachel Verney
• "Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV series" - One episode: "Sylvia" (1958), Sylvia Leeds Kent
• "General Electric Theater TV series" - One episode: "Letters from Cairo" (1958), Cynthia Spence
• "Climax TV series" - One episode: "Shadow of a Memory" (1957), Jane Palmer
• "Time Without Pity" (1957), Honor Stanford
• "The United States Steel Hour TV series" - One episode: "Edward My Son" (1955), Evelyn Holt
• "The Alcoa Hour TV series" - One episode: "The Black Wings" (1955), Jane Cornish
• "The Green Scarf" (1954), Solange Vauthier
• "BBC Sunday Night Theatre: Tovarich" (1954) (TV), Grand Duchess Tatiana Petrovna
• "The Sound Barrier" (1952), Susan Garthwaite
• "Madeleine" (1950), Madeleine Smith
• "The Passionate Friends" (1949), Mary Justin
• "So Evil My Love" (1948), Olivia Harwood
• "Daybreak" (1948), Frankie
• "The Paradine Case" (1947), Gay Keane
• "Gaiety George" (1946), Kathryn Davis
• "The Seventh Veil" (1945), Francesca
• "Perfect Strangers" (1945), Elena
• "Ships with Wings" (1942), Kay Gordon
• "Danny Boy" (1941), Jane Kaye
• "Poison Pen" (1940), Ann Rider
• "Tower of London" (1939), Princess - uncredited
• "Ann and Harold TV series" - unknown episodes, (1938), Ann Teviot
• "The Old and the Young" (1938) (TV), ?
• "Black Magic" (1938) (TV), Mary Chalfont
• "South Riding" (1938), Midge Carne
• "The Squeaker" (1937), Carol Stedman
• "Action for Slander" (1937), Ann Daviot
• "Things to Come" (1936), Mary Gordon
• "The Return of Bulldog Drummond" (1934), Phyllis Drummond
• "The Water Gipsies" (1932), Jane Bell
• "The Ghost Train" (1931), Peggy Murdock
• "These Charming People" (1931), Pamela Crawford
• "Keepers of Youth" (1931), Millicent

[edit] External links

• Ann Todd at the Internet Movie Database

[edit] References