Kathleen Byron

Kathleen Byron
Byron in Black Narcissus
Born	Kathleen Elizabeth Fell[1] (1921-01-11)11 January 1921 Manor Park, Essex, England
Died	18 January 2009(2009-01-18) (aged 88) Northwood, London, England
Other names	Kathleen Jacob
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1938–2001
Spouses	Daniel Bowen ​ ​ (m. 1943; div. 1950)​ Alaric Jacob ​ ​ (m. 1953; died 1995)​
Children	3

Kathleen Elizabeth Fell (11 January 1921 – 18 January 2009), known professionally as Kathleen Byron, was an English actress.

Early life

Byron was born Kathleen Elizabeth Fell in Manor Park (then part of Essex)^[1][2] to what she described as "staunch working-class socialists", who later became Labour mayors of the County Borough of East Ham. She attended the local grammar school and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She had her first speaking film role in Carol Reed's The Young Mr. Pitt (1942), in which she had two lines as a maid opposite Robert Donat.^[3]

Career

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In 1943, Byron married a

In 1953, Byron married her second husband, the British journalist and writer Alaric Jacob (who predeceased her); Jacob was then working for the BBC. They had one son and daughter; with a child from Jacob's previous marriage.^[5]

Byron died on 18 January 2009, aged 88, at Denville Hall in Northwood, London,^[3][6] She had breast cancer.^[1]

Filmography

References

Sources

• McFarlane, Brian. An Autobiography of British Cinema. London: Methuen. 1997;
  ISBN 0-413-70520-X

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