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Beryl May Jessie Toye, CBE (1 May 1917 – 27 February 2010), known professionally as Wendy Toye, was a British dancer, stage and film director and actress.
Wendy Toye was born on 1 May 1917 in London, England, UK. She was a director and actress, known for The Stranger Left No Card (1952), On the Twelfth Day... (1955) and Follow the Star (1979). She was married to Edward Selwyn Sharp. She died on 27 February 2010 in Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK.
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Mar 2, 2010 · Few 20th century theatrical address books could have been more packed and star-studded than Wendy Toye's. In an extraordinarily varied career spanning eight decades, first as a dancer in...
Nov 18, 2022 · T here are few figures in British film history as fascinating as Wendy Toye. Born in east London in 1917, she was a showbiz prodigy who first appeared on stage aged three at the Royal Albert...
- Pamela Hutchinson
Director. 30 April 1917 to 27 February 2010. A pioneering female director, Toye enjoyed Cannes success with her award winning short The Stranger Left No Card (1952).
Feb 28, 2010 · A curiously-garbed stranger, played by Alan Badel, visits a British town (Windsor) and beguiles the inhabitants (and us) until he reveals his plan for the perfect murder. It all takes place to the precise beat of a metronome and the hynoptic sound of Hugo Alfvén's Swedish Rhapsody, and is executed with such wit and panache.
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Wendy Toye was born in London on 1 May 1917, and at the age of three and a half appeared on stage at the Albert Hall in London as a member of a juvenile dance troupe. Her solo turn as part of the act brought her considerable publicity, and Toye began to perform in music halls and charity shows with many of the day's top stage stars.
