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I had a flair for comedy and could give a sustained performance.

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When I first began, the technicians, camera and makeup men made me feel so self-conscious that I began to have the biggest inferiority complex about my looks.

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I dreaded doing close-ups.

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For a London play, rehearsal time would be four weeks for the entire show. In films, I'd spend six weeks on the big dance numbers to get them perfect before the actual shooting.

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In films, the fact that you can always do a scene again takes a load off your mind, enabling you to strive for perfection, which I always wanted.

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I collaborated on most of my dance numbers, literally 50/50, with the choreographers I worked with.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Actress

Born: March 11th, 1907

Died: August 19th, 1981

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