Carla Lehmann (26 February 1917 – 1 December 1990) was a Canadian-born stage,

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and television actress.

Career

Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in Canada, Lehmann was the youngest of the five children of Dr Julius Lehmann and Elsa Hillerns. She was educated at Riverbend School (now Balmoral Hall), where she edited the school newspaper, and from the age of fifteen appeared at the Little Theatre, Winnipeg. Gaining a place to train for an acting career at RADA in London, she then joined the Croydon Repertory Company for a year before first appearing in the West End. Her stage work included appearances in several Aldwych farces. During the Second World War she starred in war films opposite

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and

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. She also played in Cottage to Let opposite John Mills and

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in 1941. Lehmann notably played Susan Foster in the film ''

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'' (1944) and Lady Mary Hannay in the BBC television series '' The Three Hostages'' (1952).

Private life

Lehmann spent most of her adult life living in England. In 1941 she married George Anderson McDowell Elliot, a former Royal Marine officer recently commissioned into the

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, but they later divorced. In 1947 she married her second husband, John R. Townsend, an insurance broker, in Westminster, and they had three sons, John Anthony (born 1948), Nicholas (born 1949),Carla Lehmann: From Winnipeg Little Theatre to London's Stage UPDATE
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Filmography

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* 1917 births 1990 deaths 20th-century Canadian actresses Actresses from Winnipeg Canadian stage actresses Canadian film actresses Canadian television actresses Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art {{Canada-actor-stub