Ann Todd
British actress (1907-1993) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 86
Dorothy Ann Todd was an English film, television and stage actress who achieved international fame when she starred in The Seventh Veil (1945). From 1949 to 1957 she was married to David Lean who directed her in The Passionate Friends (1949), Madeleine (1950), and The Sound Barrier (1952).
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MaelstromSeries1984
James Mason: The Star They Loved to HateFilm1972
The FiendFilm, Birdy Wemys1965
Thirty-Minute TheatreSeries, The Woman1962
The Son of Captain BloodFilm, Arabella Blood1960
ThrillerSeries, Sylvia Lawrence
The Snows of KilimanjaroFilm, 1960Helen1957
Time Without PityFilm, Honor Stanford1956
Armchair TheatreSeries1955
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries, Sylvia Leeds Kent1954
Climax!Series, Jane Palmer1953
General Electric TheaterSeries, Cynthia Spence1952
The Sound BarrierFilm, Susan Garthwaite1948
DaybreakFilm, Frances "Frankie" Tribe1946
Gaiety GeorgeFilm, Kathryn Davis1942We ServeFilm1939
Poison PenFilm, Ann Rider1937
Action for SlanderFilm, Ann Daviot1934
The Return of Bulldog DrummondFilm, Phyllis Drummond1931Keepers of YouthFilm, Millicent1907Born24 January 1907People around Ann
Alexander Korda Produced South Riding and Action for Slander
Ralph Richardson Also in The Sound Barrier (1952)- Victor Saville Directed South Riding (1938)
- Sydney Box Produced The Seventh Veil and Daybreak
- Compton Bennett Directed The Seventh Veil and Daybreak
Ann E. Todd Also in Destry Rides Again and Brigham Young
Jiří Weiss Directed Ninety Degrees in the Shade (1965)
Edward Chapman Also in Madeleine, Things to Come and Poison Pen- Allan Jeayes Also in Perfect Strangers and The Squeaker
- John Clements Also in South Riding and Ships with Wings
Alfred Hitchcock Directed The Paradine Case (1948)
Alla Nazimova Produced Zaza (1938)
Jiřina Jirásková Also in Ninety Degrees in the Shade (1965)
Leslie Banks Also in Ships with Wings and Madeleine- Ronald Allen Also in The Lady of the Camellias and The Fiend
- Harry Joe Brown Produced The Son of Captain Blood (1962)
- Tulio Demicheli Directed The Son of Captain Blood (1962)
Zdenka Procházková Also in Ninety Degrees in the Shade (1965)
Ivor Barnard Also in Perfect Strangers and So Evil My Love- John Turnbull Also in Keepers of Youth and Daybreak
- Muir Mathieson Wrote Action for Slander (1937)
- Clifton Parker Wrote Perfect Strangers and Taste of Fear
David Mercer Wrote Ninety Degrees in the Shade (1965)
Frank Cellier Also in Action for Slander and Ships with Wings
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Taste of Fear 1961
The Passionate Friends 1949
Time Without Pity 1957
The Sound Barrier 1952
Things to Come 1936
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She was a member of The Old Vic theatre company and in 1957 starred in a Broadway play. In her later years she wrote, produced and directed travel documentaries.
