Vera Lindsay
Vera Lindsay (née Poliakoff;[1] 27 November 1911 – 15 June 1992) was a British Shakespearean actress.
Career[]
Vera Lindsay performed at The Old Vic during the 1930s alongside Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud and under the direction of Michel Saint-Denis.
She also appeared in a number of early TV productions including Annajanska the Bolshevik Empress (1939),[2] Katharine and Petruchio (1939),[3] The Tempest (1939),[4] Twelfth Night (1939) [5] and Spellbound (1941)[6]
Personal life[]
Lindsay was daughter of Vladimir Poliakoff. She was married to:
- Major Percy Basil Harmsworth Burton
- the News Chronicle editor Gerald Barry. Their son Stephen was a stage director and performing arts administrator.[7]
- John Russell CBE, a British American art critic[8]
Selected filmography[]
- Spellbound (1941)
References[]
- ^ Vera Lindsay Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins
- ^ Annajanska the Bolshevik Empress in Internet Movie Database
- ^ Katharine and Petruchio in Internet Movie Database
- ^ The Tempest in Internet Movie Database
- ^ Twelfth Nightin Internet Movie Database
- ^ Spellbound in Internet Movie Database
- ^ Stephen Barry (obituary) The Guardian, London, 9 November 2000
- ^ John Russell, Art Critic for The Times, Dies at 89
Categories:
- British stage actresses
- British Shakespearean actresses
- 20th-century British actresses
- British television actresses
- 1911 births
- 1992 deaths
- British stage actor stubs