Biography for
Kay Kendall More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

21 May 1926, Withernsea, Yorkshire, England, UK

Date of Death

6 September 1959, London, England, UK (myeloid leukemia)

Birth Name

Justine Kay Kendall-McCarthy

Nickname

Katie

Height

5' 9" (1.75 m)

Spouse

Rex Harrison

(22 June 1957 - 6 September 1959) (her death)

Trivia

Kay is the sister of actor Cavan Kendall.

Kay met and fell in love with Rex Harrison, who was married at the time, after they appeared together in The Constant Husband (1955). Rex learned of Kay's leukemia from her doctor a couple of years later. He divorced actress Lilli Palmer and quickly married Kay in 1957, agreeing with the doctor never to tell her the reason for her failing health. They lived the good life up until the end.

Cousin of Jack Cardiff

Sister of Kim Campbell

Actress Jill St. John has said that Kendall was her idol.

Personal Quotes

We British are so square we have to smuggle our tits past Customs.

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