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ASK THE GLOBE
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Q. What can you tell me about the career of the English actress
Dame Wendy Hiller?
H.C., Newburyport
A. The Film Encyclopedia says Hiller, born in Bramshall, Cheshire, on
Aug. 12, 1912, went on stage at the age of 18. She became an instant
star with her London debut in "Love on the Dole" in 1935, and she
repeated her success the following year on Broadway. Two years later
she married the play's author, Ronald Gow, and appeared in her first
British film, "Lancashire Lad." She remained primari...
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