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Kay Kendall
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Sex:F
Age:33
Birth Date:May 21, 1926
Astrology Sign:Gemini
Chinese Sign:Tiger - Yang
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Died Date:September 6, 1959
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Occupation:Movie actress

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KAY KENDALL
Kay Kendall

Biography:Kay Kendall (May 21, 1926 - September 6, 1959) was a British actress.

She was born Justine Kendall McCarthy in Withernsea, England, a coastal resort. Her maternal grandmother was Marie Kendall who was a musical-comedy star known for her vivacious personality and diction while singing. Her father was Terry McCarthy, a vaudevillian. She was commonly known to family and friends as Kate, according to the memoirs of the late actor Sir Dirk Bogarde. Her brother, Cavan Kendall (born Cavan McCarthy), who died on October 30, 1999, was also an actor.

Kendall's distinctive nose, an aristocratic swoop, was the result of plastic surgery after a car crash. As she told Bogarde, the surgeon had only two noses in his repertoire, "this one and the other one." The one she chose, Kendall explained, made it difficult to photograph her in profile.

Her first major screen role was in the Sid Field-Petula Clark musical London Town (1946), notable for being one of the costliest flops in British film history. She co-starred with Clark again in Dance Hall (1950), and was featured in a quick succession of forgettable films before gaining fame in Genevieve (1953).

Later she starred opposite Rex Harrison in the comedy The Constant Husband (1955), and an affair soon followed. Harrison was married to actress Lilli Palmer at the time. However, when he learned from Kendall's doctor that the actress had been diagnosed with myeloid leukemia, he and Palmer agreed to divorce so he could marry Kendall and provide for her care. Kendall was never told of her illness and ended up believing she merely had an iron deficiency. As for the divorce, Palmer said she was not upset because she had a lover, too. She and Harrison planned to remarry after Kendall's death, but Palmer ended up falling in love with her companion, Carlos Thompson, and married him instead.

In 1958, Kendall won a Golden Globe Award for her performance as Lady Sybil Wren in Les Girls, probably one of the best-known films of her career, the story of three showgirls in postwar Paris (the other actresses were Mitzi Gaynor and Taina Elg). She succumbed to her illness on September 6, 1959, at the age of 33, soon after completing her last movie Once More with Feeling, starring opposite Yul Brynner.

Before her marriage to Harrison, Kendall had a romantic relationship with Sydney Earle Chaplin, the elder son of Charlie Chaplin by his first wife, Lita Grey Chaplin.

Kendall's life is explored in The Brief, Madcap Life of Kay Kendall, written by Eve Golden, Kim Kendall, and Kim Elizabeth Kendall (University Press of Kentucky, 2002).

Achievements: (Filmography)
Doctor in the House (1954)
Genevieve (1953)

Chinese Horoscope for Kay Kendall
Includes characteristics and Vices
Kay Kendall's Chinese Horoscope
Chinese Year: February 13, 1926 - February 01, 1927
Birthday: May 21, 1926

The Tiger is a Yang,
and is the Third sign of the Chinese horoscope.

Characteristics:    
Fervor
Bravery
Magnetism
Good Luck
Benevolence
Authority
Vices:
Impetuosity
Hotheadedness
Disobedience
Swagger
Intemperance
Itinerancy


Personality and Character Cards:
Personality and character cards are identical!

Kay Kendall's Personality Tarot Card Strength - Personality Card

Birthday: May 21, 1926

A time for self-awareness involving courage, strength, and determination.


This year's Growth Tarot Card
Based on this year's birthday

Kay Kendall's Growth Tarot Card The Chariot

Birthday: May 21, 2024

A struggle or conflict, yet strong potential for triumph over adversity.

 

 

 

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