- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJustine Kay Kendall-McCarthy
- Nickname
- Katie
- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Kay Kendall was born on May 21, 1927 in Withernsea, Yorkshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Les Girls (1957), The Reluctant Debutante (1958) and Simon and Laura (1955). She was married to Rex Harrison. She died on September 6, 1959 in London, England, UK.
- SpouseRex Harrison(June 22, 1957 - September 6, 1959) (her death)
- Her husband Rex Harrison maintained that while he was singing "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" in My Fair Lady (1964) he was thinking of her to access his innermost emotion. This is particularly evident in one scene where he sits and looks almost tearful and lost.
- Met and fell in love with Rex Harrison, who was married at the time, after they appeared together in Marriage a la Mode (1955). Rex learned of Kay's leukemia from her doctor a couple of years later. He divorced Lilli Palmer and married Kay in 1957, agreeing with the doctor never to tell her the reason for her failing health. They lived the good life up until the end.
- Jill St. John has said that Kendall was her idol.
- Her grandmother, Marie Kendall, was an Edwardian music hall star. Her father, Terry Kendall, was a music hall song-and-dance man.
- Cousin of Jack Cardiff
- We British are so square we have to smuggle our tits past Customs.
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