Sunday Wilshin

British actress and radio producer (1905–1991)

Sunday Wilshin, by Bassano, vintage print, late 1932

Sunday Wilshin (26 February 1905 – 19 March 1991) was a British actress and radio producer; the successor to George Orwell on his resignation in 1943.[1] She was born in London as Mary Aline Wilshin[2] (corroborated by publicly available birth records; other sources give Sunday/ Sundae Mary Aline Horne (-) Wilshin)[3] and educated at the Italia Conti Stage School.[4] Wilshin was a member of the 'Bright young things' of the 1920s, and a close friend of the actress Cyllene Moxon and of author (and former actress) Noel Streatfeild.[5] In connection with the 'bright young things', Wilshin commonly appears in accounts of a gathering whereat she was assaulted by the silent film actress Brenda Dean Paul.[6]

Selected filmography

  • The Green Caravan (1922)
  • Pages of Life (1922)
  • Petticoat Loose (1922)
  • Hutch Stirs 'em Up (1923)
  • Champagne (1928)
  • An Obvious Situation (1930)
  • The Chance of a Night Time (1931)
  • Michael and Mary (1931)
  • Nine till Six (1932)
  • Collision (1932)
  • The Love Contract (1932)
  • Dance Pretty Lady (1932)
  • Marry Me (1932)
  • To Brighton with Gladys (1933)
  • As Good as New (1933)
  • Borrowed Clothes (1934)
  • Murder by Rope (1936)
  • First Night (1937)

References

  1. ^ All Propaganda is Lies, 1941–1942, George Orwell, Secker & Warburg, 2001, pg 9
  2. ^ BFI.org
  3. ^ Evelyn Brent: The Life and Films of Hollywood's Lady Crook, Lynn Kear and James King, McFarland & Company, 2009, pg 137
  4. ^ Noel Streatfeild: A Biography, Angela Bull, Collins, 1984, pg 82
  5. ^ "Sunday Wilshin". 30 October 2011.
  6. ^ The Twenties, John Montgomery, 1957

Bibliography

  • Low, Rachael. The History of British Film. Volume VII. Routledge, 1997.
  • Sutton, David R. A chorus of raspberries: British film comedy 1929–1939. University of Exeter Press, 2000.

External links

  • Sunday Wilshin at IMDb


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