Vera Lindsay (née Poliakoff;[1] 27 November 1911 – 15 June 1992) was a British Shakespearean actress.
Career
[edit]Vera Lindsay performed at The Old Vic during the 1930s alongside Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud, and under the direction of Michel Saint-Denis.
She also appeared in a number of early TV productions including Annajanska the Bolshevik Empress (1939),[2] Katharine and Petruchio (1939),[3] The Tempest (1939),[4] Twelfth Night (1939) [5] and Spellbound (1941)[6]
Personal life
[edit]Lindsay was daughter of Vladimir Poliakoff. She was married to:
- Major Percy Basil Harmsworth Burton
- News Chronicle editor Sir Gerald Barry; had two sons, one of whom, Stephen, was a stage director and performing arts administrator[7]
- John Russell CBE, a British art critic[8]
Selected filmography
[edit]- Spellbound (1941)
References
[edit]- ^ Vera Lindsay Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins
- ^ Annajanska the Bolshevik Empress in Internet Movie Database
- ^ Katharine and Petruchio in Internet Movie Database
- ^ The Tempest in Internet Movie Database
- ^ Twelfth Nightin Internet Movie Database
- ^ Spellbound in Internet Movie Database
- ^ Stephen Barry (obituary) The Guardian, London, 9 November 2000
- ^ John Russell, Art Critic for The Times, Dies at 89, nytimes.com. Accessed 24 December 2022.