Ann Todd started on the stage in 1928 before making her cinema debut
in 1931. During the 1930s, she appeared in The
Ghost Train (1931), The Return of Bulldog Drummond (1934), Things
to Come (1936) and South Riding (1938). After a promising beginning
she appeared in numerous minor screen roles including until becoming
internationally famous for her performance as an emotionally disturbed
pianist in The Seventh
Veil (1945). From 1949-57 she was married to director David
Lean, who directed several of her films including The
Passionate Friends (1949), Madeleine
(1950) and The
Sound Barrier (1952). In the '50s she found leading roles harder
to come by and joined the Old Vic in London; appearing on stage in a
number of Shakespeare plays. In the mid '60s she began a second career
as writer/producer of travel documentaries.
