Dorothy Hyson
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Dorothy Hyson, Lady Quayle (December 24, 1914 – May 23, 1996) was a popular film and stage actress, born Dorothy Wardell Heisen in Chicago, Illinois. She was the daughter of actress Dorothy Dickson and matinée idol Carl Hyson (né Heisen).
Hyson led a successful stage career.
She was married twice:
- The actor Robert Douglas (1936 – 1945)
- The actor and director Sir Anthony Quayle (1947 – 1989); (two daughters Jenny and Rosanna, and a son Christopher).
It is not known whether she ever relinquished her American citizenship and/or became a British subject.
She was widowed in 1989 and died from a stroke on May 23, 1996, aged 81 in England, a year after the death of her mother, who died at age 102.
[edit] Selected filmography
- Sing as We Go! (1931)