Name Elspeth March | Role Actress | |
Died April 5, 1999, London Borough of Hillingdon, United Kingdom Spouse Stewart Granger (m. 1938–1948) Children Jamie Granger, Lindsey Granger Parents Harry Malcolm, Elfreda Mackenzie Movies Woman Times Seven, The Three Lives of Thomasina, The Roman Spring of, Promise at Dawn, Two Gentlemen Sharing Similar People Stewart Granger, Jean Simmons, Tracy Granger, Jose Quintero, Don Chaffey | ||
Elspeth March (5 March 1911 – 5 April 1999) was an English actress.
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Early years
March was born as Jean Elspeth Mackenzie in Kensington, London, England, the daughter of Harry Malcolm and Elfreda Mackenzie. She studied speech and drama under Elsie Fogerty at the Central School of Speech and Drama, then based at the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Career & marriage
She led a long stage, film and television career as a respected character actress, making her professional debut in Jonah and the Whale at London's Westminster Theatre in 1932. She met and married actor Stewart Granger in 1938. As his film career blossomed, the marriage faltered and the couple divorced in 1948. They had a son, Jamie and a daughter, the theatrical agent Lindsey Granger, who died in 2011.
She resumed her career in 1944 and she continued to play strong supporting roles in plays, films and television into her eighties. She appeared with the National Theatre in 1977, playing roles in The Madras House and Don Juan Comes Back from the War and in 1983 in the thriller Underground in Toronto and at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London.
Death
She died in Hillingdon, London, aged 88.