| Christina Aziz |
A British actress, who was born in the West Midlands, England, United Kingdom on February 26, 1906 and died in Marbella, Spain on October 2, 1987 of pancreatic cancer. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960 for her film career. She married four men, and she did not have children. Her most important works include: The 39 Steps (1935), Secret Agent (1936), Blockade (1938), and The Prisoner of Zenda (1937). She was of a bewitching beauty, and she had abundant charisma and sharp intelligence. She was born to a French mother and Irish father. She attended a girls' school to learn French. She graduated from the Faculty of Arts at the University of Birmingham and was determined to pursue a career in the theater, which angered her father who wanted her to work in teaching, but she challenged him to become an actress. After several failed tests and work as a model for hats, the opportunity came to her in a small role as a French maid in The Lash (1927). In 1930, she presented the movie The W Plan (1930). She became the star of the female screen in British cinema, and she relied in her early films on her beautiful face and aristocratic beauty, until she gained experience and skill. She was loaned to Fox and traveled to Hollywood but did not achieve success, so she returned to Britain. Alfred Hitchcock saw her in The 39 Steps (1935) to turn her to an international star. She moved to work with Baram Company Net and presented several films. She showed the comedic side of her talent through the movie On the Avenue (1937) and presented a film with Bob Hope and three films with Fred McMurray. In 1940, her sister died following a German raid on London, so she volunteered in the army. She became a director of entertainment in the British army 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 experience 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.
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