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Veronica Hurst
Hurst in Angels One Five, 1952
Born

Patricia Wilmshurst


(1931-11-11)11 November 1931
Died15 November 2022(2022-11-15) (aged 91)
Alma materRoyal Academy of Dramatic Art
OccupationActress
Years active1951–1983
Spouses

(m. 1955; div. 1966)

Ian Fordyce

(m. 1966; div. 1974)

Veronica Patricia Hurst (born Patricia Wilmshurst;[1] 11 November 1931 – 15 November 2022) was a British film, stage and television actress.[2] Hurst was born in Malta and brought up in Tooting, London.

Early career[edit]

Hurst was awarded the Leverhulme Scholarship to RADA and made her film debut as Joan Webb in Laughter in Paradise (1951) with director Mario Zampi describing her as "one of the greatest potential screen stars I have ever seen". The film featured Alastair Sim, Fay Compton and Guy Middleton. She was then contracted to the Associated British Picture Corporation for seven years.[3] In 1952, she appeared in the critically acclaimed Battle of Britain film Angels One Five, directed by George More O'Ferrall and starring alongside Jack Hawkins and John Gregson.[4]

In one of her most popular roles, as Kitty Murray in The Maze (1953), she was on loan to Allied Artists. The Maze was based on a novel by Maurice Sandoz and directed by William Cameron Menzies. Hurst, then 21, co-starred with Richard Carlson. They were supported by Hillary Brooke and Lilian Bond, among others. Like It Came from Outer Space, The Maze is a cult film and helped introduce the 3D film to film audiences.[4]

Films[edit]

Allied Artists retained Hurst for a second film, The Royal African Rifles (1953). Her second American feature was directed by Lesley Selander and had a screenplay by Daniel Ullman. Hurst played the daughter of a traitor who assists in smuggling German arms to British East Africa during World War I. Some of her other film credits include The Yellow Balloon (1953), Will Any Gentleman...? (1953), Bang! You're Dead (1954), Don't Blame The Stork (1954), The Gilded Cage (1955), Peeping Tom (1960), Dead Man's Evidence (1962), Live It Up (1963), Licensed to Kill (1965) and The Boy Cried Murder (1965).[4][5]

Television[edit]

Hurst appeared in fifteen films in the 1950s and '60s. By the early 1960s she began to act frequently in both British and American television series. She had roles in The Pursuers (1961), Public Eye (1966), The Baron (1967), Man in a Suitcase (1968), Detective (1968), Market in Honey Lane (1967), The Troubleshooters (1969), Fraud Squad (1970), The Persuaders! (1971), Dixon of Dock Green (1968–71), The Flaxton Boys (1971), and General Hospital (1972–75).[4]

Death[edit]

Hurst died on 15 November 2022, just four days after her 91st birthday.[6] Her last screen appearance was an interview with Talking Pictures TV that year, which left a tribute after the programme announcing her death.

Filmography[edit]

Television[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Quinlan, David (2000). Quinlan's Film Stars. Batsford. ISBN 9780713486513.
  • ^ "Veronica Hurst". Archived from the original on 27 March 2017.
  • ^ "Screen Test". 9 April 2004.
  • ^ a b c d Veronica HurstatIMDb
  • ^ "Veronica Hurst – Movies and Filmography – AllMovie".
  • ^ "Veronica Hurst obituary". The Times. 19 November 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022. (subscription required)

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Veronica_Hurst&oldid=1232998735"

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