Belle Chrystall (25 April 1910 – 7 June 2003) was a British actress who appeared in a number of leading roles in British films during the 1930s. She was born in Preston, Lancashire in 1910. She came to London and after appearing on stage was given a minor part in a film A Warm Corner, directed by Victor Saville but she was given no more work after that. The filming of Hindle Wakes led her to apply for the part of Jenny Hawthorne which led her to become an instant success. She made her last film in 1940.
Follow Your Star, The Edge of the World, Hindle Wakes
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Destroyed her birth certificate in order to claim to be younger than her actual age.
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Educated at Preston School for Girls and Westbourne High School. Trained for acting at RADA in 1927, where one of her fellow students was Charles Laughton.
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Her stage debut was in "Crime" in 1928.
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Acted on stage and in BBC radio plays and was a leading lady of British films in 1930's. Her most highly regarded performance was in the Michael Powell-directed drama The Edge of the World (1937).
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During the 1940's, was briefly a model and the face of Lux soap.
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One daughter, Chrystall, who was born in 1947 and died in 1999.