Dixon, Adele (1908–1992)
Dixon, Adele (1908–1992)
English actress and singer. Name variations: Adèle Dixon. Born June 3, 1908, in Kensington, England; died April 11, 1992, in Manchester, England; m. Ernest Schwaiger.
Made stage debut in Where the Rainbow Ends (1921); appeared in numerous Shakespearean roles at the Old Vic (1928–30), including Juliet, Olivia, and Ophelia; other plays include The Sport of Kings, Leona and Lena, Marriage à la Mode, The Good Companions, Hocus-Pocus, Orders is Orders, Give Me a Ring, Three Sisters, Anything Goes, All Clear, Babes in the Wood and The Hasty Heart; made NY debut in Between the Devil (1937); films include Uneasy Virtue and Woman to Woman.
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