| Christina Aziz |
A British actress, who was born in the West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, to a French mother and Irish father. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 for her film career. She married four men, and she had one child. Her most important works include The 39 Steps (1935), Secret Agent (1936), Blockade (1938), and The Prisoner of Zenda (1937).
She graduated with a BA from the University of Birmingham and was determined to pursue a career in the theater. After several failed auditions and work as a model for hats, the opportunity came to her with a small role as a French maid in The Lash (1927). In 1930, she appeared in the movie The W Plan (1930). She became a star of British cinema, and she relied in her early films on her beauty until she gained experience.
She was loaned to Fox and traveled to Hollywood but did not achieve success, so she returned to Britain. Alfred Hitchcock used her in The 39 Steps (1935), turning her to an international star. She joined Paramount and appeared in several films. She showed the comedic side of her talent through the movie On the Avenue (1937) and co-starred in a film with Bob Hope and three films with Fred MacMurray.
In 1940, her sister died following a German raid on London, so she volunteered in the army. She became entertainment director for the United Seamens Service and volunteered in the Red Cross as a nurse in field hospitals, and after the war, she was unable to regain her popularity and made some films, the last of which was The Fan (1949). She had a successful stint on Broadway and a few appearances on television and radio. She devoted her efforts to charitable work, helping children who were orphaned or injured due to the Second World War. She died in Marbella, Spain on October 2, 1987 of pancreatic cancer.
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