The forgotten UK actress Anne Crawford
Posted: August 10th, 2013, 12:58 am
Anne Crawford, like Kay Kendall shortly after her, died of Leukemia in her 30s. While it seems likely that Kay was on the verge of International stardom at the time of her death, I'm not so sure about Anne, though I'd like to think I was wrong. My reason for saying so is that looking at her career when it got into the 50s, is that she was doing a lot of television and comparing her to Millions Like Us co-star Patrica Roc, who after 40s stardom ended up guesting in tv drama's Like Dixon Of Dock Green and retiring after the pilot of The Saint in 1962, that the same fate might have befallen Anne.
However, she and Patrica Roc were revelations in Millions Like Us. Anne played an upper class young woman drafted into factory work with working class girls like Pat Roc and Megs Jenkins. The main theme of Anne's role was her relationship with factory foreman Eric Portman which is uneasy to begin with but turns to love, but we never find out of the class difference between them makes a difference.
I also like Anne in the cop movie Street Corner which I discuss in detail on another thread.
However, she and Patrica Roc were revelations in Millions Like Us. Anne played an upper class young woman drafted into factory work with working class girls like Pat Roc and Megs Jenkins. The main theme of Anne's role was her relationship with factory foreman Eric Portman which is uneasy to begin with but turns to love, but we never find out of the class difference between them makes a difference.
I also like Anne in the cop movie Street Corner which I discuss in detail on another thread.