Susan Shaw

Susan Shaw (29 August 1929 – 27 November 1978; born Patricia Gwendoline Sloots) was an English actress. She became known for her appearances in British films during the 1940s and 1950s, including the Huggett film series and Pool of London (1951). She also worked in television and theatre before retiring from film in 1963. Quotes Susan Shaw’s story is one of the saddest in British film. She rose from a working-class South London background to become one of the most popular and beautiful British actresses of the 1940s and 50s, but the misery of the last twenty years of her life made her death a merciful release. The Sad Story of Susan Shaw, The Norwood Society She'd wanted to become a dress designer but was working as a typist at the Ministry of Information when she did a screen test for the J. Arthur Rank Organisation. Shaw was by now one of the busiest young actresses in Britain.. In April 1951, she was listed as one of Britain's most popular actresses in a poll of 2,000 Daily Mail readers. The film historians Steve Chibnall and Brian McFarlane praised the 'sulky, spiky tenacity that differentiated her from many of her contemporaries. External links Category:1929 births Category:1978 deaths Category:Actresses from the United Kingdom Category: dead people