1. – Polly Ward, It’s In The Air (US: George Takes The Air), 1938. After two films together, the UK comedy star George Formby dropped the future Mrs David Lean as his co-star to avoid a Fred ‘n’ Ginger syndrome. Or to avoid anyone raining on his parade. Kay, who worked on the scripts for Lean[‘s Great Expectations and Oliver Twist, immediately retired until…
2. – Rosamund John, The First of the Few (USA: Spitfire), 1942. Noel Coward saw her test and wanted her for In Which We Serve. “Please don’t,” said his co-director David Lean. “It’s my wife. I’ll never get anything to eat.” He never protested when Coward said she was perfect – “she’s got a nice, mousey quality.”
Birth year: 1911Death year: 2005Other name: Casting Calls: 0