Penelope Dudley-Ward
Biography
Penelope Dudley-Ward was an English film actress who became a leading lady of British cinema during the 1930s and 1940s, born in London in 1914. She tended to play strong but feminine characters. Under contract to Korda's London Films, she worked repeatedly with the director Anthony Asquith, her frequent collaborator. Her roles included Natasha Kovrin in Asquith's Moscow Nights (1935), opposite Laurence Olivier, and she appeared in Noël Coward's In Which We Serve (1942) as Maureen Fenwick, followed by Asquith's The Demi-Paradise (1943), in which she played Ann Tisdall. Her last screen role came in Harold French's romantic comedy English without Tears (1944), playing Joan Heseltine alongside Michael Wilding, after which she retired from acting.
67years old at death
- Born London
- Died London
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Also credited as Penelope Anne Rachel Dudley Ward, Penelope, Lady Reed, Penelope Anne Rachel, Lady Reed, Penelope Reed, Lady Reed, Penelope Anne Rachel Reed, Lady Reed and Penelope Pelissier
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 6 years1938 to 1944
Every film, newest first
- 1944The Way AheadIMDb rating 6.9
- 1941Major BarbaraIMDb rating 6.8
- 1938The CitadelIMDb rating 7.0
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Worked with
Penelope Dudley-Ward shares two films with Rex Harrison, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Robert Morley's page
Peter Ustinov's page
Ralph Richardson's page
King VidorDirector, 1 film, 1938
All films by King Vidor
All films by Carol Reed
Gabriel PascalDirector, 1 film, 1941
All films by Gabriel Pascal
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