Judy Gunn

{{Short description|British actress (1915–1991)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Judy Gunn | image = The Love Test.jpg | image_size = Joan Winfindale | caption = Judy Gunn in ''The Love Test'' (1935) | birth_name = Joan Winfindale | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1915|2|10}} | birth_place = [[Burton upon Trent]], [[Staffordshire]], [[England]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1991|04|19|1915|02|10|df=y}} | death_place = [[London]], England | other_names = | years_active = 1933–1937 | website = | awards = }} '''Judy Gunn''' (born '''Joan Winfindale'''; 10 February 1915 – 19 April 1991) was a British stage and [[film actress]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/11219 |title=Gunn, Judy |publisher=[[British Film Institute]] |access-date=2010-05-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018231707/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/11219 |archive-date=2012-10-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/ngb/judy-gunn|title=Judy Gunn | Theatricalia}}</ref>

When she was thirteen, she played a leading role in a local dramatic performance and the following year she went to [[RADA]] to study, where she was the youngest pupil. After two years there she was engaged for provincial repertory work and commenced her career with touring companies before starting on the [[London]] stage. In 1933 she starred alongside [[Bobby Howes]] in the [[West End theatre|West End]] musical ''[[He Wanted Adventure]]''.

==Filmography== * ''[[The Roof (1933 film)|The Roof]]'' (1933) * ''[[Lilies of the Field (1934 film)|Lilies of the Field]]'' (1934) * ''[[The White Lilac]]'' (1935) * ''[[Vintage Wine]]'' (1935) * ''[[The Riverside Murder]]'' (1935) * ''[[The Love Test]]'' (1935) * ''[[The Private Secretary (1935 film)|The Private Secretary]]'' (1935) * ''[[The Last Journey]]'' (1936) * ''[[In the Soup (1936 film)|In the Soup]]'' (1936) * ''[[Beauty and the Barge (1937 film)|Beauty and the Barge]]'' (1937) * ''[[Silver Blaze (1937 film)|Silver Blaze]]'' (1937) * ''[[The Five Pound Man]]'' (1937)

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0348199}}

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