Anne Firth

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| name = Anne Firth

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1918|8|1|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1961|1|16|1918|8|1|df=yes}}

| death_place = Farnworth, Lancashire, England

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| occupation = Actress

| spouse = {{Marriage|John Michael Brigstocke|1955}}

| yearsactive = 1938–1960 (film & TV)

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Anne Heather Firth (1 August 1918{{spaced ndash}}16 January 1961) was a British film actress.Chapman p.157 She appeared in several leading roles in films of the 1940s. She also worked on the West End stage, appearing in the 1937 play Bonnet Over the Windmill by Dodie Smith and in 1939 appearing in Goodness, How Sad by Robert Morley.{{cite news |author=|date= 13 November 1939|title= New turns to comedy |url= https://www.newspapers.com/image/794494472 |work=Daily Mail|location= Hull, England, UK|access-date= 2023-06-18}}

Personal life

She was born to Ivan Eustace Firth (1891–1963) and Dorothy Gurney (1890–1965) in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England.{{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/anne-heather-firth-24-6nfzrm |title= Anne Heather Firth 1918-1961 |website= Ancestry.com |access-date= 2023-06-18}}

In 1945 she was stricken with paralysis of the spine, interrupting her career for eighteen months. She was unable to walk, but slowly recovered in time to be cast in Scott of the Antarctic.{{cite news |author=|date=3 January 1948|title= Return to health-and to films |url= https://www.newspapers.com/image/827269531 |work= Middlesex County Times and West Middlesex Gazette |location= Ealing, England, UK |access-date= 2023-06-18}}

In 1953, she was injured in a van crash that left her badly disfigured. She was later married to John Michael Brigstocke, a retired naval officer, but left him after only a few weeks of marriage.

She died of an intentional aspirin overdose after losing her job as a bartender due to injuries.{{cite news |author=|date=3 February 1961|title= Died of aspirin overdose |url= https://www.newspapers.com/image/785798451 |work= West London Press, Westminster and Chelsea News |location= London, England, UK |access-date= 2023-06-18}}

Selected filmography

References

Bibliography

Chapman, James. Past and Present: National Identity and the British Historical Film. I.B.Tauris, 2005.

External links

{{IMDb name|0278740}}

Category:1918 births

Category:1967 deaths

Category:British film actresses

Category:People from Westcliff-on-Sea