Other names Lady Quayle Occupation Stage actress | Name Dorothy Hyson Role Film actress | |
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Full Name Dorothy Wardell Heisen Born December 24, 1914 ( 1914-12-24 ) Chicago, Illinois,United States Died May 23, 1996, London, United Kingdom Children Jenny Quayle, Rosanna Quayle, Christopher Quayle Parents Dorothy Dickson, Carl Hyson Movies The Ghoul, Spare a Copper, Sing As We Go, A Cup of Kindness, Turkey Time Similar People Anthony Quayle, Dorothy Dickson, Tom Walls, Hermione Hannen, Jenny Quayle | ||
Dorothy hyson sings sun in my eyes from turkey time film 1933
Dorothy Hyson, Lady Quayle (December 24, 1914 – May 23, 1996) was an American film and stage actress, born Dorothy Wardell Heisen in Chicago, Illinois. She was the daughter of actress Dorothy Dickson and matinée idol Carl Hyson (né Heisen). She led a successful stage career.
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She was married twice:
She worked at the secret codebreaking establishment Bletchley Park during World War II, and, although married to Robert Douglas, was visited there by her Anthony Quayle, who became her second husband. Quayle recalled that:
She was a byword for theatrical West End glamour and after the war returned to the West End, joining John Gielgud’s Haymarket Company in 1945.
She married Quayle in 1947 after divorcing Douglas, and soon after retired from the stage to concentrate on bringing up their three children.
Death
She was widowed in 1989 and died from a stroke on May 23, 1996, aged 81, in England, a year after the death of her mother, who died at age 102.
It is not known whether she or her mother ever relinquished their United States citizenship and/or became a British subjects.