Kathleen Byron
Kathleen Byron, best-remembered as the sex-obsessed nun in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s Black Narcissus, died on Jan. 18. She was 88 (or 86, depending on the source) and is supposed to have been in poor health for several years.
Born in London (either on Jan. 11 1921 or 1923), Byron made her film debut playing a maid in Carol Reed’s 1942 drama The Young Mr Pitt. She had better luck four years later, playing an angel in Powell and Pressburger’s A Matter of Life and Death, a role that led to her being cast in Black Narcissus (1947).
Black Narcissus, I should note, is my favorite of the Powell-Pressburger films: partly because of its Himalayan atmosphere (though filmed within [...]
by Andre Soares | January 20, 2009
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Tags: Black Narcissus, Classic Movies, Emeric Pressburger, Kathleen Byron, Michael Powell, The Small Back Room
