Kay Hammond

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Kay Hammond was a English stage and film actress.

Early years

She was born in London, England as Dorothy Katherine Standing, the daughter of Sir Guy Standing and his wife, Dorothy.

Career

She studied at RADA and first appeared on the London stage in 1927. Her most famous role was that of Elvira in Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit, which she played in the original stage production. She reprised her role in the 1945 film version opposite Rex Harrison, Margaret Rutherford and Constance Cummings.

Husband

Hammond's second husband was stage actor Sir John Clements; their son, John Standing is an actor also.

Death

Kay Hammond died in Brighton, aged 71, from undisclosed causes, on 4 May 1980.

Films

• Children of Chance (1930)
• Carnival (1931)
• Bitter Sweet (1933)
• Britannia of Billingsgate (1933)
• Jeannie (1941)
• Blithe Spirit (1945)
• Call of the Blood (1949)
• Henry V (1953)
• Five Golden Hours (1961)

External links

• Kay Hammond at the Internet Movie Database
• Cine Morgue

References

Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies - John Walker (editor), 14th edition, 2001, ISBN 0-06-093507-3