Nova Pilbeam

Birth Name:

Nova Margery Pilbeam

Birth Place:

Wimbledon, London, England, United Kingdom

Profession

Actress, Soundtrack

Won the Film Weekly medal for best performance in a British film for "Tudor Rose" in 1936
After the death of her first husband, Pen Tennyson, great-grandson of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, she married BBC journalist Alexander Whyte and had a daughter named Sara
Began her acting career on stage, playing Ellen Brown in a 1932 production of "Gallows Glorious․"
Made her screen acting debut in the film "Little Friend" in 1934 at the age of 14
Best known for playing Erica Burgoyne in "Young and Innocent" and Betty Lawrence in "The Man Who Knew Too Much․"
Was one of the actresses considered to play Mrs․ de Winter in Alfred Hitchcock's 1940 adaptation of "Rebecca․"

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