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Dorothy Ann Todd was an English film, television and stage actress who achieved international fame when she starred in The Seventh Veil (1945). From 1949 to 1957 she was married to David Lean who directed her in The Passionate Friends (1949), Madeleine (1950), and The Sound Barrier (1952). She was a member of The Old Vic theatre company and in 1957 starred in a Broadway play. In her later years she wrote, produced and directed travel documentaries.
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Filmography15 titles
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955as Sylvia Leeds Kent
1955as Sylvia Leeds Kent
I Am Alfred Hitchcock
2021as Self (archive footage)
2021as Self (archive footage)
Taste of Fear
1961as Jane Appleby
1961as Jane Appleby
Madeleine
1950as Madeleine Hamilton Smith
1950as Madeleine Hamilton Smith
The Passionate Friends
1949as Mary Justin
1949as Mary Justin
Thriller
1960as Sylvia Lawrence
1960as Sylvia Lawrence
Vacation from Marriage
1945as Elena
1945as Elena
The Seventh Veil
1945as Francesca Cunningham
1945as Francesca Cunningham
Time Without Pity
1957as Honor Stanford
1957as Honor Stanford
The Sound Barrier
1952as Susan Garthwaite
1952as Susan Garthwaite
Things to Come
1936as Mary Gordon
1936as Mary Gordon
The Paradine Case
1947as Gay Keane
1947as Gay Keane
The Squeaker
1937as Carol Stedman
1937as Carol Stedman
The Return of Bulldog Drummond
1934as Phyllis Drummond
1934as Phyllis Drummond
90° in the Shade
1965as Mrs. Kurka
1965as Mrs. Kurka