Name	Kay Kendall (Justine Kay Kendall-McCarthy)
Height	5' 9"  (175 cm)
Date of Birth	May 21, 1926
Birthplace	Withernsea, Yorkshire, England
Star Sign	Taurus
Died	September 6, 1959 (Aged 33)
Location of Death	London, England
Cause of Death	Cancer - Leukemia
Nationality	England
Ethnicity	White
Occupation	Actress
Celebrity Index	Ka
Claim to Fame	Les Girls
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Born in Withernsea, Yorkshire, England, UK

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Cousin of Jack Cardiff

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Kay is the sister of actor Cavan Kendall.

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Kay met and fell in love with Rex Harrison, who was married at the time, after they appeared together in The Constant Husband (1955). Rex learned of Kay`s leukemia from her doctor a couple of years later. He divorced actress Lilli Palmer and quickly married Kay in 1957, agreeing with the doctor never to tell her the reason for her failing health. They lived the good life up until the end.

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Sister of Kim Campbell

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Spouse, Rex Harrison (22 June 1957 - 6 September 1959) (her death)

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• Kay Kendall and Rex Harrison
• Kay Kendall and Steve Cochran
• Kay Kendall and Sidney Chaplin
• Kay Kendall and Peter Finch
• Kay Kendall and Charles Feldman

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