Anna Konstam (22 February 1914 – 21 November 1982) was a British

theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a Stage (theatre), stage. The performe ...

and film actress. She appeared in the comedy '' Love in a Mist'' at St Martin's Theatre in 1941. She also played roles at Stratford in 1942–43, including

Desdemona Desdemona () is a character in William Shakespeare's play ''Othello'' (c. 1601–1604). Shakespeare's Desdemona is a Venice, Italy, Venetian beauty who enrages and disappoints her father, a Venetian senator, when she elopes with Othello (char ...

in ''

Othello ''The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice'', often shortened to ''Othello'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare around 1603. Set in Venice and Cyprus, the play depicts the Moorish military commander Othello as he is manipulat ...

'', Olivia in ''

Twelfth Night ''Twelfth Night, or What You Will'' is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Viola an ...

'' and Hermione in ''

The Winter's Tale ''The Winter's Tale'' is a play by William Shakespeare originally published in the First Folio of 1623. Although it was grouped among the comedies, many modern editors have relabelled the play as one of Shakespeare's late romances. Some criti ...

''.

Partial filmography

* '' Young and Innocent'' (1937) - Elsie - Bathing Girl (uncredited) * '' They Drive by Night'' (1938) - Molly O'Neill * '' Too Dangerous to Live'' (1939) - Lou * '' The Midas Touch'' (1940) - Mamie * '' Saloon Bar'' (1940) - Ivy * '' Waterloo Road'' (1945) - May * ''All the Advantages'' (1972) - (final film role)

Selected theatre appearances

* '' The Last Straw'' by

Reginald Denham Reginald Denham (10 January 1894 – 4 February 1983) was an English writer, theatre and film director, actor and film producer. Biography Reginald H. F. Denham was born in London, England, in 1894. He spent a good part of his career dire ...

(1937) * '' Saloon Bar'' by Frank Harvey (1939) * '' Love in a Mist'' by

Kenneth Horne Charles Kenneth Horne, generally known as Kenneth Horne (27 February 1907 – 14 February 1969), was an English comedian and businessman. He is perhaps best remembered for his work on three BBC Radio series: ''Much-Binding-in-the-Mars ...

(1941)

References

External links

* British stage actresses British film actresses 1914 births 1982 deaths Actresses from London 20th-century English actresses {{UK-film-actor-stub