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Nova Pilbeam

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Nova Pilbeam was a famous child actress on stage and screen in the UK. Her biggest sucesses were her two movies directed by Alfred Hitchcock, "The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) and "Young and Innocent". She married director Pen Tennyson in 1939 and retired in the 40s. See full bio »

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Nova Margery Pilbeam
in Wimbledon, London, England, UK
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1948 The Three Weird Sisters
Claire Prentiss
 
1948 Devil's Plot
Tracy Hart
 
1947 Green Fingers
Alexandra Baxter
 
1946 This Man Is Mine
Phoebe Ferguson
 
1943 Yellow Canary
Betty Maitland
 
1942 The Next of Kin
Beppie Leemans
 
1942 Banana Ridge
Cora Pound
 
1941 Three Wise Brides
Baby Furze
 
1940 Pastor Hall
Christine Hall
 
1939 Cheer Boys Cheer
Margaret Greenleaf
 
1939 Prison Without Bars (TV movie)
Reformatory Inmate
 
1937 The Girl Was Young
Erica Burgoyne
 
1936 Nine Days a Queen
Lady Jane Grey
 
1934 The Man Who Knew Too Much
Betty Lawrence
 
1934 Little Friend
Felicity Hughes
 
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1936 Nine Days a Queen (performer: "Aftime with Goode Companie" - uncredited)
 
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1944 Out of Chaos (documentary short)
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Interviewed in the book: "Sixty Voices: Celebrities Recall the Golden Age of British Cinema." See more »

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David O. Selznick saw her potential in Hitchcock's film "Young and Innocent" (1937) and avidly pushed for her to star in Hitchcock's next film "Rebecca." Hitchcock's impression she was too immature for the role and the sudden collapse of her studio, Gaumont British, combined to help her lose the part to Joan Fontaine. See more »

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