Wendy Hiller

Birth Name:

Wendy Margaret Hiller

Birth Place:

Cheshire, England, United Kingdom

Profession

Actress

Awarded O․B․E․ qualifications in 1971 and later D․B․E․ in 1975
Honored by the London Film Critics Circle with the Dilys Powell Award in 1996
Married to screenwriter Ronald Gow for more than 50 years
Died of natural causes at age 90 and was later interred at St․ Mary's in Radnage, Buckinghamshire, the same church seen in 1987's "A Month in the Century"
Quote: "I think a little posterity must always be nice․ After I'm dead I'll probably be a cult and they'll have entire seasons of me at the National Film Theatre․ Thank God I won't have to watch them all․"
Despite living a private lifestyle away from the cameras, she would often support various arts organizations, once serving as the president of the Chiltern Shakespeare Company in her later years
Originally a stage actress, she would gain widespread recognition for her portrayal of Eliza Doolittle in the George Bernard Shaw play Pygmalion before bringing the same role to film in 1938, a role that would earn her her first Oscar nomination

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