Vera Lindsay (née Poliakoff; 27 November 191115 June 1992) was a British

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actress.

Career

Vera Lindsay performed at

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during the 1930s alongside

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and

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, and under the direction of

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. She also appeared in a number of early TV productions including ''Annajanska the Bolshevik Empress'' (1939), ''Katharine and Petruchio'' (1939), ''The Tempest'' (1939), ''Twelfth Night'' (1939) and '' Spellbound'' (1941)

Personal life

Lindsay was daughter of Vladimir Poliakoff. She was married to: *Major Percy Basil Harmsworth Burton *''

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'' editor Sir Gerald Barry; had two sons, one of whom,

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, was a stage director and performing arts administrator * John Russell CBE, a British art criticJohn Russell, Art Critic for The Times, Dies at 89
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Selected filmography

* '' Spellbound'' (1941)

References

British stage actresses British Shakespearean actresses 20th-century British actresses British television actresses 1911 births 1992 deaths {{UK-stage-actor-stub