Duxbury, Elspeth (1909–1967)

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Duxbury, Elspeth (1909–1967)

English actress. Born April 23, 1909, in Mhow, India; died Mar 11, 1967, in London, England; m. John F. Waterhouse.

Made stage debut in Eastbourne as Ann Whitefield in Man and Superman (1929) and London debut in The Pleasure Garden (1932); appeared at Birmingham Rep (1933–35, 1938, 1946); other plays include Counsellor-at-Law, Storm Song, The Astonished Ostrich and The Taming of the Shrew; films include Make Mine Mink, The Yellow Hat and The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery.