Belle Chrystall (25 April 1910 – 7 June 2003) was a

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who appeared in a number of leading roles in British films during the 1930s. She was born in

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in 1910. She came to

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and after appearing on stage was given a minor part in a film ''

A Warm Corner ''A Warm Corner'' is a 1930 British comedy film directed by Victor Saville and starring Leslie Henson, Heather Thatcher and Austin Melford. The film's sets were designed by Walter Murton. It was based on a successful play by Franz Arnold a ...

'', directed by

Victor Saville Victor Saville (25 September 1895 – 8 May 1979) was an English film director, producer, and screenwriter. He directed 39 films between 1927 and 1954. He also produced 36 films between 1923 and 1962. Biography Saville produced his first f ...

but she was given no more work after that. The filming of '' Hindle Wakes'' led her to apply for the part of Jenny Hawthorne which led her to become an instant success. She made her last film in 1940.BFI.org
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Filmography

* ''

'' (1930) * '' Hindle Wakes'' (1931) * ''

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'' (1931) * '' The Frightened Lady'' (1932) * '' Friday the Thirteenth'' (1933) * '' The Girl in the Flat'' (1934) * ''

Youthful Folly ''Youthful Folly'' is a 1934 British drama film directed by Miles Mander and starring Irene Vanbrugh, Jane Carr and Mary Lawson. It was a quota quickie made at Shepperton Studios for release by Columbia Pictures.Chibnall p.281 It portrays ...

'' (1934) * ''

Key to Harmony ''Key to Harmony'' is a 1935 British drama film directed by Norman Walker and starring Belle Chrystall, Fred Conyngham and Reginald Purdell. The film is a quota quickie made at British and Dominions Elstree Studios for release by Paramount ...

'' (1935) * '' The Scotland Yard Mystery'' (1934) * ''

The Edge of the World ''The Edge of the World'' is a 1937 British film directed by Michael Powell, loosely based on the evacuation of the Scottish archipelago of St Kilda. It was Powell's first major project. The title is a reference to the expression '' ultima Th ...

'' (1937) * '' Anything to Declare?'' (1938) * '' Follow Your Star'' (1938) * '' Yellow Sands'' (1938) * ''

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'' (1939) * '' The House of the Arrow'' (1940)

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* English film actresses 1910 births 2003 deaths Actresses from Preston, Lancashire 20th-century English actresses {{UK-film-actor-stub