Self-possessed and beautiful British leading lady who settled in Hollywood to make films that were generally unworthy of her talents
British comedian who after years in music hall became a West End star in 1943
Plummy-voiced British leading lady of the 1940s
Durable, indomitable British leading lady who was an appealing ingénue of the 1930s, a star villainess in the 1940s, and, from the 1950s, a likeable character actress of stage and television