Kay Kendall
(1926-1959), ActressSitter in 10 portraits
First appeared on screen in 1944 and became a major star playing opposite Kenneth More in Genevieve (1953). Other films included Doctor in the House (1954) and The Constant Husband (1955),when she first met her Rex Harrison who married her in 1957. Her starring role opposite Gene Kelly in the Hollywood musical Les Girls (1957) attracted plaudits by the critics who compared her to Carole Lombard. Already ill with leukemia she made only two more films The Reluctant Debutante (1958) and Once More, with Feeling! (1960).
by Cecil Beaton
vintage bromide print on white card mount, 1957
NPG P869(18)
by Anthony Buckley
modern bromide print from original negative, 1948
NPG x75963
by Fred Daniels
modern print from original negative, 1949
NPG x133204
by Fred Daniels
modern print from original negative, 1949
NPG x133205
by Fred Daniels
modern print from original negative, 1949
NPG x133206
by (Edward) Russell Westwood
cibachrome print from original transparency, 1950s
NPG x68273
Kay Kendall as Monica Hathaway and Rex Harrison as William Egerton in 'The Constant Husband'
by Unknown photographer
vintage print, 1955
NPG x194280
Vivien Leigh; Kay Kendall; Sir Noël Coward; Lauren Bacall
by Keystone Press Agency Ltd
vintage press print, 29 January 1959
NPG x139808
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