Viola Keats (1911–1998) was a British
stage,
film and
television actress. ''
The Independent
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'' called her "an actress of vigour and conviction."
After training at
RADA
The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA; ) is a drama school in London, England, that provides vocational conservatoire training for theatre, film, television, and radio. It is based in the Bloomsbury area of Central London, close to the Sena ...
, her first appearance on the London Stage was at the
Apollo Theatre
The Apollo Theatre is a Grade II listed West End theatre, on Shaftesbury Avenue in the City of Westminster, in central London. in 1933, in ''The Distaff Side'', and the following year she made her Broadway debut in the same play.
[ Her first screen appearance was in 1933 in '' Too Many Wives'', and she went on to have starring roles in films such as '' A Woman Alone''. From the 1950s, her screen work was largely in television, but she continued to work throughout in the theatre, including an Australian tour of '']A Streetcar Named Desire
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'' as Blanche, and in the 1958 Agatha Christie
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play ''Verdict
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'' at the Strand Theatre.[
]
Filmography
* '' Double Wedding'' (1933)
* '' Too Many Wives'' (1933)
* '' Matinee Idol'' (1933)
* '' Enemy of the Police'' (1933)
* '' His Grace Gives Notice'' (1933)
* '' The Pointing Finger'' (1933)
* '' Too Many Millions'' (1934)
* '' Her Last Affaire'' (1935)
* '' The Night of the Party'' (1935)
* '' The Guv'nor'' (1935)
* '' A Woman Alone'' (1936)
* '' No Time for Tears'' (1957)
* '' She Didn't Say No!'' (1958)
* '' Escort for Hire'' (1960)
* ''Two Wives at One Wedding
''Two Wives One Wedding'' is a low budget 1961 British crime film directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Gordon Jackson, Christina Gregg, and Lisa Daniely
Lisa Daniely (born Mary Elizabeth Bodington; 4 June 1929 – 24 January 2014) was a ...
'' (1961)
* ''The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
''The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone'' is a 1961 British romantic drama film made by Warner Bros. It was directed by José Quintero and produced by Louis de Rochemont with Lothar Wolff as associate producer. The screenplay was written by Gavin Lamb ...
'' (1961)
* '' On the Fiddle'' (1961)
* ''Tamahine
''Tamahine'' is a 1963 British comedy film directed by Philip Leacock and starring Nancy Kwan, Dennis Price and John Fraser. It is a film about a Polynesian woman who believes she can change the culture of Hallow School, a British boys' bo ...
'' (1963)
* ''Witchcraft
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'' (1964)
* '' The Witches'' (1966)
References
External links
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Viola Keats Obituary in ''The Independent''
1911 births
1998 deaths
British stage actresses
British film actresses
British television actresses
People from Stirling (council area)
20th-century British actresses
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