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Please join me in this video, The Secret That Destroyed Kay Kendall.
Kay Kendall was destined for show business with her mother a Chorus Girl, her father a dancer, and her grandmother the famous Marie Kendall - Star of the Music Hall!
Working hard at what she loved most, acting - Kay Kendall thought she had hit the big time in 1946, she did indeed find fame, but for all the wrong reasons when she found herself starring in one of Britain’s greatest box office disasters!
Kay Kendall never gave up - the show MUST go on and in 1953 she found true stardom with her outstanding performance in the iconic film Genevieve! Kay continued to enjoy a string of successes with her vivacious, light-hearted manner and vibrant lovable personality she appeared in hits including “Doctor in the House” “The Reluctant Debutante” and the Gene Kelly musical “Les Girls”
Kay’s private life was far more complicated and interesting than the plot of any movie - as she embarked on a series of on-again, off-again affairs with married men, co-stars, directors, and producers!
In 1954 Kay Kendall was working on the film ‘The Constant Husband’ where she met and fell in love with her married co-star Rex Harrison, who had his own tangled web of relationships - together they were about to face the very worst that life could throw at them - one knowingly, the other seemingly oblivious - or were they?
Please join me in remembering the exciting, exhilarating, and ultimately tragic life of one of Britain’s most glamorous and beautiful comedy movie stars, and come with me as I take flowers to the final resting place of the wild, wonderful, and funny actress Kay Kendall.
For more information on Kay Kendall, I would recommend reading ‘The Brief, Madcap Life of Kay Kendall’ by the fabulous author Eve Golden - I really can’t recommend Eve’s work highly enough - I’m not sponsored or affiliated and any opinions are my own! The book is published by The University Press of Kentucky and is available from most online bookstores including Amazon.
If you are interested in finding out more about the Kay Kendall Leukaemia Fund the link is here:
kklf.org.uk/
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