Dorothy Hyson, Lady Quayle (born Dorothy Wardell Heisen; December ,
â€" May , ) was a successful American film and stage actress who
worked largely in England. During World War II, she worked as a
cryptographer at Bletchley Park.She was the only child of actress
Dorothy Dickson and matinée idol Carl Constantine Hyson (né Heisen).
Her mother was known for being the Toast of Broadway. Hyson made her
acting debut at age three, playing her mother's daughter in a silent
film shot by director George Fitzmaurice shot at New York's Paramount
studios. Hyson moved to England with her parents who eventually
divorced. Her mother had a successful run in Jerome Kern's musical
Sally and became the highest-paid actress in London. Hyson was
schooled in England and France, but "Little Dot", as she was
nicknamed, made several West End appearances in children's roles
including J.M. Barrie's Quality Street. After seeing her, aged , in
the theatrical adaptation of Daisy Ashford's The Young Visiters, Sybil
Thorndike told her mother, "She's going to be a star."After finishing
school in Paris, Hyson appeared in Soldiers of the King with Cicely
Courtneidge at age . Her professional theatrical debut was in Ivor
Novello's play Flies in the Sun. She worked on films during the
daytime and appeared on stage at night. Filming at Blackpool with
Gracie Fields Sing As We Go and acting in the West End in Dodie
Smith's Touch Wood led to a nervous breakdown. She continued to be in
light West End comedies and had a big hit in an adaptation of Jane
Austen's Pride and Prejudice in . In she appeared as Titania in
Tyrone Guthrie's Old Vic revival of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
â€" May , ) was a successful American film and stage actress who
worked largely in England. During World War II, she worked as a
cryptographer at Bletchley Park.She was the only child of actress
Dorothy Dickson and matinée idol Carl Constantine Hyson (né Heisen).
Her mother was known for being the Toast of Broadway. Hyson made her
acting debut at age three, playing her mother's daughter in a silent
film shot by director George Fitzmaurice shot at New York's Paramount
studios. Hyson moved to England with her parents who eventually
divorced. Her mother had a successful run in Jerome Kern's musical
Sally and became the highest-paid actress in London. Hyson was
schooled in England and France, but "Little Dot", as she was
nicknamed, made several West End appearances in children's roles
including J.M. Barrie's Quality Street. After seeing her, aged , in
the theatrical adaptation of Daisy Ashford's The Young Visiters, Sybil
Thorndike told her mother, "She's going to be a star."After finishing
school in Paris, Hyson appeared in Soldiers of the King with Cicely
Courtneidge at age . Her professional theatrical debut was in Ivor
Novello's play Flies in the Sun. She worked on films during the
daytime and appeared on stage at night. Filming at Blackpool with
Gracie Fields Sing As We Go and acting in the West End in Dodie
Smith's Touch Wood led to a nervous breakdown. She continued to be in
light West End comedies and had a big hit in an adaptation of Jane
Austen's Pride and Prejudice in . In she appeared as Titania in
Tyrone Guthrie's Old Vic revival of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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