Moira Redmond
| Moira Redmond | |
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| Born |
14 July 1928 Bognor Regis, Sussex, England, UK |
| Died | 16 March 2006 (aged 77) London, England, UK |
| Years active | 1959-1997 |
| Spouse(s) |
Anthony Hughes (1951-1957) Herbert Wise (1962-1972) |
Moira Redmond (14 July 1928 – 16 March 2006) was an English actress.
She was born in Bognor Regis, Sussex, England. Her parents were actors and director managers. Her grandfather was the actor manager playwright E Hill Mitchelson.
As a young actress, she joined the Windmill Girls (recently evoked in the film Mrs Henderson Presents) who performed non-stop revues and nude tableux at the Windmill Theatre in the West End. Several years later, she married her first husband and emigrated to Australia, but the marriage did not endure so she returned to Britain determined to make her name as an actress. While in Australia, Moira became a successful radio actress. She played in the major radio features, Caltex Theatre and General Motors' Hour as well as plays for the Australian Broadcasting Commission. Her best remembered radio drama was Linday Hardy's Stranger in Paradise along Guy Doleman, a New Zealand actor who later had a movie career both in the US and Britain.
She made her stage debut as an understudy to Vivien Leigh in Peter Brook's revival of Titus Andronicus with Laurence Olivier. In July of that year, she made her London debut at the Stoll in the same production.
In 1958, she made her film debut in a thriller, entitled Violent Moment (1958), which was followed by several more roles in the films Doctor in Love (1960), A Shot in the Dark (1964) and several B-film thrillers.
Meanwhile her theatrical career had taken off with roles in Verdict (Strand), in which she played Helen Rollander; Detour After Dark (Fortune Theatre), Horizontal Hold (Comedy Theatre); Patrick Peace Hotel (Queen's); The Winter's Tale (Cambridge Theatre) and 'Flint (Comedy Theatre).
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