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Actor Born: May 21, 1926 in Withensea, near Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK Death: September 6, 1959 in London, England, UK Biography:The granddaughter of musical comedy star Marie Kendall, daughter of vaudevillian Terry Kendall, British actress "Kay Kendall" prepared for her own career by studying ballet. Her earliest professional engagement was a music-hall tour in an act with her sister Kim. She made her film bow in the notorious British flop "London Town" (1944). After this disastrous movie debut, Kendall was abruptly told off by one powerful British producer: "You're ugly, you have no talent, you're too tall and you photograph badly. Go marry some nice man, settle down and have a family." Refusing to listen to the dreadful man, Kendall went back to Square One with regional repertory work. As for her "ugliness," Kendall's principal claim to fame was her stunning natural beauty -- so stunning that virtually every man who crossed her path proposed marriage on the spot (or seriously considered doing so). Though unusually tall for a... Full Biography
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