Kathleen Byron

Kathleen Elizabeth Fell (11 January 1921 – 18 January 2009), professionally known as Kathleen Byron, was an English actress. Born in Manor Park, Essex, Byron trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Her first speaking film role was in Carol Reed's The Young Mr. Pitt (1942). In 1943, she married USAAF pilot Lt. John Daniel Bowen and moved to the United States. Director Michael Powell convinced her to return to Britain, where she appeared in several films of the Powell and Pressburger partnership, including A Matter of Life and Death (1946) and Black Narcissus (1947). Byron's performances earned her a nomination for Best Actress by the New York Film Critics Circle.