Audrey Dalton

Dublin-born 'Audrey Dalton' (qv) knew right from childhood that she wanted to be an actress: She appeared in school plays and (after the family's move to London) applied to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. While Dalton was at RADA, a London-based Paramount executive saw her in a play and asked her to audition for the upcoming film _The Girls of Pleasure Island (1953)_ (qv). Winning the part (and a Paramount contract), Dalton arrived in the U.S. in 1952 and co-starred in "Pleasure Island"; the studio loaned her out to 20th Century-Fox for _My Cousin Rachel (1952)_ (qv) and _Titanic (1953)_ (qv). Dalton later freelanced, working in films and on TV. Her first husband was assistant director 'James H. Brown' (qv), who is the father of her four children; she is now married to a retired engineer.::Tom Weaver <[email protected]>