Kay Bannerman (11 October 1919 – 31 March 1991) was a British actress and screenwriter.
Biography
Kay Bannerman was born on 11 October 1919 in
Hove
Hove is a seaside resort and one of the two main parts of the city of Brighton and Hove, along with Brighton in East Sussex, England. Originally a "small but ancient fishing village" surrounded by open farmland, it grew rapidly in the 19th cen ...
, Sussex, England. She was the daughter of Captain Robert George Bannerman and Chicot Mowat. Bannerman grew up in Scotland and France. Bannerman trained in the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Bannerman performed on stage. She married Nikita Bruce but they divorced in 1945. Bannerman then went on to marry
Harold Brooke. Together they wrote a number of screenplays, the best known of which was
All for Mary
''All for Mary'' is a 1955 British comedy film brought to the screen by Paul Soskin Productions for the Rank Organisation. It was based on a successful West End play by the English husband and wife team of Kay Bannerman and Harold Brooke. It wa ...
. Bannerman had two daughters with Brooke. Celia, one of their daughters, went on to become an actress. She died 31 March 1991 in
Marbella, Spain.
Stage
* ''Emmanuele in Asmodée'' (1939)
* ''Suzanne in Prison Without Bars'' (1939)
* ''Sarah in Major Barbara'' (1939)
* ''Ann Sheldon in Other People's Houses'' (1942)
* ''Mary Jefferson in One Flight Up'' (1942)
* ''Raina in Arms and the Man'' (1943)
* ''Polina in The Gambler'' (1945)
* ''Diana Temple in High Horse'' (1946)
Screenplays
* ''Fit for Heroes'' (1945)
* ''The Nest Egg'' (1952)
* ''All For Mary'' (1954)
* ''The Call of the Dodo'' (1955)
* ''Handful of Tansy'' (1959)
* ''Don't Tell Father'' (1962)
* ''The Snowman'' (1965)
* ''She Was Only an Admiral's Daughter'' (1972)
* ''Take Zero'' (1974)
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1919 births
1991 deaths
20th-century British actresses
20th-century British screenwriters
British women screenwriters
People from Hove
Alumni of RADA
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