Sunday Wilshin

London, England, UK

Biography

From Wikipedia Sunday Wilshin (1905–1991) was a British actress and radio producer; the successor to George Orwell on his resignation in 1943. She was born in London as Mary Aline Wilshin (corroborated by publicly-available birth records; other sources give Sunday/ Sundae Mary Aline Horne (-) Wilshin) and educated at the Italia Conti Stage School. Wilshin was a member of the 'Bright young things' of the 1920s, and a close friend of the actress Cyllene Moxon and of author (and former actress) Noel Streatfeild. In connection with the 'bright young things', Wilshin commonly appears in accounts of a gathering where she was assaulted by the silent film actress Brenda Dean Paul.

Movies

A film directed by Giuseppe Guarino.

An Obvious Situation
1930

A woman, disappointed in love, becomes increasingly cynical and attempts to marry a wealthy man.

As Good as New
1933

A young woman becomes the driver of a wealthy stockbroker who lost her family’s savings.

The Love Contract
1932

A Canadian returns to find his fiancée is married and schemes revenge.

Bashful lawyer Henry cannot attend his fiancée's birthday party because of a business engagement. However, farcical circumstances find him mistaken for the dance partner of a professional lady hired to entertain a country house party at which his fiancée is a guest.

The Chance of a Night Time
1931

Scotland Yard sends a handwriting expert to a country house full of people with guilty secrets in order to solve a murder.

Murder by Rope
1936

A young bride is deserted by her husband but finds happiness with another man. They contract a bigamous marriage for the sake of their child....

Michael and Mary
1931

Conniving con artist Mrs Oliver targets the family of Mrs Carruthers, seducing her husband and framing her son for the theft of a valuable necklace. With her family facing ruin and disgrace, Mrs Carruthers resorts to increasingly violent measures to protect them.

During the Edwardian era, a working-class ballet dancer begins a romance with a wealthy artist against a background of sharp disapproval.

Dance Pretty Lady
1931

A British musical comedy film directed by Wilhelm Thiele

Two women of different social backgrounds work together in a dressmakers.

Nine Till Six
1932

A jealous girl compromises a Lord's gypsy wife but confesses when the gypsy cures her baby's diphtheria.

The Green Caravan
1922

Lady Torrent attempts to sell some of her best Parisian gowns to get back into her husband's good books. Confusion ensues following a misunderstanding over an advertisement.

Borrowed Clothes
1934

A cowboy saves a village girl from a mad squire's torture chamber.

Hutch Stirs 'em Up
1923

Betty, the rebellious daughter of a millionaire, decides to marry the penniless Jean—against her father's will—and runs away to France and lives a life of luxury on the profits from her father's business. Pretending his business is crashing, her father finally puts a stop to her behavior, which forces Betty to support herself by getting a job in a night club.