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Dorothy Katherine Standing, Lady Clements (18 February 1909 – 4 May 1980), known professionally as Kay Hammond, was an English stage and film actress. Family. Kay Hammond was born in London, England as Dorothy Katherine Standing, the daughter of Sir Guy Standing and his wife, Dorothy Hammond (Dorothy Plaskitt). [1] .
Kay Hammond. Actress: Blithe Spirit. Delightful, sophisticated English actress, daughter of the distinguished thespian Sir Guy Standing. Kay trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and was taught elocution by Mrs. Patrick Campbell. She made her theatrical debut in "Tilly of Bloomsbury" in 1927.
Kay Hammond (December 14, 1901 – January 7, 1982) was an American actress. She was born in Kansas City, Kansas. She acted only in Hollywood productions.
Hammond, Kay (1909–1980) British actress who originated the role of Elvira in Blithe Spirit. Born Dorothy Katherine Standing inLondon, England, on February 18, 1909; died on May 5, 1980; daughter of Guy Standing (an actor) and Dorothy Standing; attended Banstead in Surrey; studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art; married John Selby ...
Kay Hammond was born on 14 December 1901 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. She was an actress, known for Abraham Lincoln (1930), Her Private Affair (1929) and Racetrack (1933). She was married to Henry Visscher Wetherby. She died on 7 January 1982 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Blithe Spirit: Directed by David Lean. With Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond, Margaret Rutherford. A man and his second wife are haunted by the ghost of his first wife.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Dorothy Katherine Standing (18 February 1909 - 4 May 1980), better known under the stage name Kay Hammond, was an English stage and film actress.
Kay Hammond played leads in a number of early Hollywood talkies. She was born in London, the daughter of actor Sir Guy Standing. In 1927, Hammond made her debut bow on the London stage. In film, one of her most famous roles was Mary Todd Lincoln in Abraham Lincoln.
Kay Hammond was an American actress. She was born in Kansas City, Kansas. She acted only in Hollywood productions. There has generally been some confusion to which of the two actresses was in the film Abraham Lincoln as some reference books designate an English actress of the same name.
Things go decidedly not as planned when she summons the spirit of his dead first wife (Kay Hammond), a severe inconvenience for his current one (Constance Cummings). Employing Oscar-winning special effects to spruce up Coward’s theatrical farce, Blithe Spirit is a sprightly supernatural comedy with winning performances.
