1. Diana Wynyard appeared in the film version, beginning her brief Hollywood career.
10 Facts About Diana Wynyard
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Diana Wynyard was tempted to return to the screen to play opposite Ralph Richardson in On the Night of the Fire, a film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst.
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Diana Wynyard's best remembered success was as the frightened heroine of Gaslight, the first film version of Patrick Hamilton's play Gas Light.
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Diana Wynyard stumbled off the rostrum during the sleepwalking scene in Macbeth in 1948.
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Diana Wynyard fell 15 feet, but was able to continue.
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Diana Wynyard appeared in Alexander Korda's version An Ideal Husband, based on the Oscar Wilde play, but her remaining film appearances were in supporting roles.
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Diana Wynyard was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1953.
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Diana Wynyard was married to the English film director Carol Reed from 3 February 1943 until August 1947, and subsequently to a Hungarian physician, Tibor Csato.
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Diana Wynyard died from renal disease in Holborn, Central London in 1964, aged 58, while rehearsing The Master Builder with Michael Redgrave and Maggie Smith as part of the new National Theatre Company.
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Diana Wynyard's death occurred before the intended broadcast in May 1964 and it was eventually shown posthumously on 21 September 1964.