10 Facts About Dorothy Hyson

Dorothy Hyson was the only child of actress Dorothy Dickson and matinee idol Carl Constantine Hyson.

Dorothy Hyson's mother was known for being the Toast of Broadway.

Dorothy Hyson moved to England with her parents who eventually divorced.

Dorothy Hyson's mother had a successful run in Jerome Kern's musical Sally and became the highest-paid actress in London.

Dorothy Hyson worked on films during the daytime and appeared on stage at night.

Dorothy Hyson continued to be in light West End comedies and had a big hit in an adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice in 1936.

Dorothy Hyson acted in revue, musical comedy and plays like the thriller Pink String and Sealing Wax in 1943 and an adaptation from Trollope Scandal at Barchester in 1944.

Dorothy Hyson worked at the secret codebreaking establishment Bletchley Park during World War II, Dorothy Hyson was part of a team of twelve led by Patricia Bartley who broke the German diplomatic code, Floradora.

Dorothy Hyson was a "byword for theatrical West End glamour" and after the war returned to the West End, joining John Gielgud's Haymarket Company in 1945.

Dorothy Hyson was widowed in 1989 and died from a stroke on May 23,1996, aged 81, in Britain, a year after the death of her mother, who died at age 102.