Mary Kerridge’s Biography, Net Worth, Fact, Career, Awards and Life Story
Beginning her career in the repertory companies of Margate, Southsea and Bath, Kerridge made her West End debut in 1937 with Edgar Wallace’s The Squeaker. She then based herself in Windsor, running the Theatre Royal and its in-house repertory company, whilst also directing and performing. During the second world war she toured with Donald Wolfitt’s travelling Shakespearean company.
After the war, she appeared in a number of West End productions under her husband’s direction, amongst them Tyrone Guthrie’s only play as a writer (“Top Of The Ladder” at the St James theatre in 1950). At the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, she was directed by the theatre’s founder as Rosalind in As You Like It and Imogen in Cymbeline. In 1955 she played Queen Elizabeth in Laurence Olivier film of Richard III, then reprised the role for Olivier’s company at The Old Vic in 1962 (opposite Paul Daneman’s Richard), alongside the part of Portia in Julius Caesar. In 1963 and 1964 she appeared alongside Michael MacLiammoir at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin and the Vaudeville Theatre, respectively.
