Renee Gadd
Renee Gertrude Gadd | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 June 1906 Film actor |
| Years active | 1932 - 1956 |
| Spouses | Guy Tooth
(m. 1929, divorced)Henry Hardman
(m. 1947, divorced) Joe Wilson (m. 1950) |
Renee Gertrude Gadd (22 June 1906 – 20 July 2003) was an Argentine-born British
film actress.[1]
She acted mostly in British films.
Early life
Gadd was born on a ranch in
Stratford-on-Avon. She enjoyed a series of successful West End roles.[3] During this same period she acted, and had an affair, with Fred Astaire.[4]
Film career
In 1931 Gadd signed a contract with
quota quickies and small roles in minor productions for the remainder of her career. Her final appearance was in the 1950 Ealing Studios film The Blue Lamp.[7]
Personal life and death
Gadd married her first husband Guy Tooth, the youngest son of a family of Cork Street art dealers, in Westminster, in 1929. In 1932, Gadd began an affair with the actor Hugh Williams, which lasted until 1934, spelling the end of her marriage. In 1947, she married wealthy septuagenarian Henry "Harry" Hardman, a relationship that would also prove to be short-lived. Her third and final marriage was to insurance manager Joe Wilson in 1950. After his death, she settled in Hove in East Sussex, where she died aged 97.[8]
Partial filmography
- Money for Nothing (1932) - Maid
- Josser Joins the Navy (1932) - Polly
- Aren't We All? (1932) - Kitty Lake
- The Bad Companions (1932) - Josie
- White Face (1932) - Janice Harman
- The Maid of the Mountains (1932) - Vittoria
- His Wife's Mother (1932) - Tony
- Happy (1933) - Pauline
- Skipper of the Osprey (1933, Short) - Maggie Cringle
- Letting in the Sunshine (1933) - Jane
- Uncertain Lady (1934) - Myra Spaulding
- The Love Captive (1934) - Valerie Loft
- David Copperfield (1935) - Janet
- The Crimson Circle (1936) - Millie Macroy
- Where's Sally? (1936) - Sally
- Tomorrow We Live (1936) - Patricia Gordon
- The Man in the Mirror (1936) - Miss Blake
- The Man Who Made Diamonds (1937) - Marianne
- Clothes and the Woman (1937) - Schoolmistress
- Brief Ecstasy (1937) - Marjorie
- Under a Cloud (1937) - Judy St. John
- Meet Mr. Penny (1938) - Mrs. Brown
- Murder in Soho (1939) - Woman in Police Station
- Unpublished Story (1942) - Miss Hartley
- They Came to a City (1944) - Mrs. Stritton
- Dead of Night (1945) - Mrs. Craig (segment "Linking Story")
- Frieda (1946) - Mrs. Freeman
- Good-Time Girl (1948) - Mrs. Parsons
- The Blue Lamp (1950) - Woman Driver (uncredited)
Citations
- The Stage, "Obituaries", 7 August 2003, Page 21.
References
- ^ BFI Database entry
- ^ Sweet p.87
- ^ Sweet p.87
- ^ Sweet p.88
- ^ Sweet p.90
- ^ Sweet p.90
- ^ Sweet p.91-92
- ^ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/renee-gadd-36851.html
Bibliography
- Sweet, Matthew. Shepperton Babylon: The Lost Worlds of British Cinema. Faber and Faber, 2005.
External links
- Renee Gadd at IMDb
- Renee Gadd at the Internet Broadway Database