June Duprez

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia June Duprez 14 May 1918 30 October 1984 was an English film actress The daughter of American vaudeville performer Fred Duprez she was born in Teddington Middlesex England during an air raid in the final months of World War I She began acting in her teens with a theatre company and made her first film The Crimson Circle in 1936 Her next film The Cardinal 1936 was also a success and she had a small role in The Spy in Black 1938 but it was her fourth film The Four Feathers 1939 that made her a star Her peak of success came with the landmark fantasy film The Thief of Bagdad 1940 which she made for Alexander Korda Korda took charge of her career after this point and took her to Hollywood where he set her asking price at 50000 per movie However as Duprez had not yet achieved the level of popularity in America that she had in Britain Kordas tactic only served to place her out of contention for most roles She appeared in Little Tokyo USA 1942 Tiger Fangs 1943 None But the Lonely Heart 1944 and The Brighton Strangler 1945 before performing well amid a top ensemble cast in René Clairs film version of Agatha Christies And Then There Were None 1945 After a few more motion pictures Duprez retired Her final credited film performance was in One Plus One 1961 She retired from acting when she married for a second time in 1948 a wealthy sportsman The union produced two daughters but ended in divorce in 1965 Duprez lived in Rome Italy for several years then returned to London to live out the remainder of her life She died there after a long period of illness at age 66 Description above from the Wikipedia article June Duprez licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia