Moira Redmond

Who was Moira Redmond?

Moira Redmond was an English actress.

She was born in Bognor Regis, Sussex, England, the daughter of the actress Molly Redmond and her husband who was a stage manager. Moira's parents separated when she was a child, so she was brought up by an aunt and a grandmother.

As a young actress, she joined the Windmill Girls who performed non-stop revues and nude tableux at the Windmill Theatre in the West End. Several years later, she married her first husband and emigrated to Australia, but the marriage did not endure so she returned to Britain determined to make her name as an actress.

She made her stage debut as an understudy to Vivien Leigh in Peter Brook's revival of Titus Andronicus with Laurence Olivier. In July of that year, she made her London debut at the Stoll in the same production.

In 1958, she made her film debut in a thriller, entitled Violent Moment, which was followed by several more roles in the films Doctor in Love, A Shot in the Dark and several B-film thrillers.

Meanwhile her theatrical career had taken off with roles in Verdict, in which she played Helen Rollander; Detour After Dark, Horizontal Hold; Patrick Peace Hotel; The Winter's Tale and 'Flint.