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In 1943 she settled down with Lindsay; she took the name Ann Lindsay, but they never married. Her partner already had a wife he had left in Australia in 1926. After the war, they both toured Russia and nearby countries together. They moved from London to
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She was named as secretary of Newport Communications, a company formed by Swingler to manipulate paper rations. Davies rose to lead the company. In October 1942, she also became the first woman to be president of the Unity Theatre.
265:), which she completed on her deathbed. Having undergone further surgery to remove her ovaries following a re-occurrence of cancer, she died at their home in Castle Hedingham on 9 January 1954, aged 39. 166: 467: 462: 420: 364: 322: 33: 209:. Davies also had strong links to the communists, and one person described her as the party's "almost pin-up". She went to work for 299: 305: 229: 452: 225: 157:, Wales, in 1914 to Sarah Ann and Morgan Davies, as one of three children. She went to school locally, before going on to 158: 457: 412:
Natural Space In Literature: Imagination and Environment in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Fiction and Poetry
214: 181: 115: 447: 442: 232:, on the arts and entertainment committee. The convention took place in Manchester in February 1941. 194:'s appeasement policy and had Davies in a Russian uniform. The production ran for seven months and 191: 416: 410: 360: 354: 318: 206: 186: 310: 241: 210: 79: 384: 300:"Davies, Ann Lorraine [known as Ann Lindsay] (1914–1954), actress and translator" 32: 195: 162: 436: 252: 218: 132: 339: 314: 177: 257: 137: 202: 173: 154: 60: 245: 391:, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University 131:, was a British actress and translator. She translated 248:
in 1951, and she underwent surgery for breast cancer.
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From 1952 to 1953, she worked on her translation of
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Index


Cardiff
Castle Hedingham
Jack Lindsay
Émile Zola
La Terre
Cardiff
University College, Cardiff
Students Union
Welsh Hockey team
Harrods
Robin Hood
Unity Theatre
Babes in the Wood
Neville Chamberlain
Montagu Slater
Basque
League of Nations
Randall Swingler
Jack Lindsay
open marriage
People's Convention
Communist Party of Great Britain
Castle Hedingham
Essex
Émile Zola
La Terre


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