Sunday Wilshin, by Bassano, vintage print, late 1932

Sunday Wilshin (26 February 1905 – 19 March 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 whereat she was assaulted by the silent film actress Brenda Dean Paul.

Selected filmography

Bibliography

  • Low, Rachael. The History of British Film. Volume VII. Routledge, 1997.
  • Sutton, David R. A chorus of raspberries: British film comedy 1929–1939. University of Exeter Press, 2000.

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