Nova Pilbeam

Nova Margery Pilbeam (b. November 15, 1919 in Wimbledon) is a British actress with notable performances in both theatre and film. She was last known to be living in the London village of Highgate. November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Wimbledon may refer to: Wimbledon, London, a town in south-west London A constituency based around it, Wimbledon (UK Parliament constituency) Wimbledon station, a train station The Championships, Wimbledon, one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments Wimbledon (film), a movie based on the tennis championships Wimbledon F.C., a... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Serge Sudeikins poster for the Bat Theatre (1922). ... Films are produced by recording actual people and objects with cameras, or by creating them using animation techniques and/or special effects. ... Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the most populous city in the European Union, with an estimated population on 1 January 2005 of 7,421,328 and a metropolitan area population of between 12 and 14 million. ... View of Highgate, John Constable, 1st quarter of 19th century. ...

She reached great fame early in her life with high-profile roles as a child stage actress. This early success led to a great deal of work in her teen years, most memorably in the 1930s films of Alfred Hitchcock "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1934) and "Young and Innocent" (1937). She also gained acclaim with her lead performance as Lady Jane Grey in "Tudor Rose" (1935). // Events and trends The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the global depression. ... Alfred Hitchcock Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock KBE (August 13, 1899 – April 29, 1980) was a British-born American film director and producer, closely associated with the suspense thriller genre. ... The Man Who Knew Too Much was a 1934 suspense film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Young and Innocent (U.S. title: The Girl Was Young) is a British film (1937) directed by Alfred Hitchcock starring Nova Pilbeam, Derrick De Marney and John Longden. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Lady Jane Grey, in an engraving by Willem and Magdalena van de Passe, apparently after a lost Hans Holbein portrait Lady Jane Grey (October 12?, 1537–February 12, 1554), was a great granddaughter of Henry VII of England, and was proclaimed Queen of England for nine days in 1553. ... á 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Unfortunately, she was not able to maintain the success of her early years and did not continue to work in the cinema past the late 1940s. Her career might have taken a completely different direction had she been cast (as David O. Selznick had originally wanted) in the lead role of Hitchcock's 1940 film "Rebecca", which won the award for Best Picture at the 1941 Academy Awards and launched the career of Joan Fontaine. // Events and trends The 1940s were seen as a transition period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s, which also leads the period to be divided in two halves: The first half of the decade was dominated by World War II, the widest and most destructive armed conflict in... David O. Selznick David Oliver Selznick (May 10, 1902–June 22, 1965), was one of the icon Hollywood producers of the Golden Age. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Rebecca is a 1940 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock as his first American project. ... The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Joan Fontaine (born October 22, 1917) is an American actress. ...

References

• More detailed biography at wickedlady
• Bonus materials included in The Criterion Collection's DVD edition of "Rebecca"
• Nova Pilbeam at the Internet Movie Database