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Years active
  
1931–1947

Name
  
Daphne Courtney


Role
  
Actress

Spouse
  
Hugh McDermott

Daphne Courtney

Born
  
1917
South Africa

Movies
  
Bed and Breakfast, The Captain's Table

People also search for
  
Hugh McDermott, Percy Marmont, Walter West

Daphne Courtney (born 1917) is a South African actress, who performed in B-movie British "quota quickies" of the 1930s and 1940s. She had a supporting role in at least one French film, Le battalion du ciel, directed by Alexander Esway. She also had a stage career, and stage credits include the first British performance of The Man Who Came to Dinner (17 Nov 1941) – pre-dating its London debut by three weeks – in which she appeared with her husband the Scottish actor Hugh McDermott.

Contents

Selected filmography

  • The Happy Ending (1931)
  • A Political Party (1934)
  • Father and Son (1934)
  • Oh, Daddy! (1935)
  • Murder by Rope (1936)
  • The Captain's Table (1936)
  • Bed and Breakfast (1938)
  • They Are Not Angels (1947)
  • Le battalion de ciel (1947)

    • Stage credits

  • The Women (The Strand Theatre, 1940)
  • The Man Who Came to Dinner (Theatre Royal, Birmingham, 1941)
  • Matinée Idylls (Theatre Royal Haymarket, 1942)
  • They Also Serve (Theatre Royal, Glasgow, 1944)

    • References

    Daphne Courtney Wikipedia
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