Background
Granddaughter of Victorian painter, Sir Luke Fildes Resident Advisor and Welsh Sculptor Sir William Goscombe-John Resident Advisor, and son of British Olympian (Epée) Luke Val Fildes, Audrey showed keen interest in acting while a student at Hayes Court School.
Career
In 1949, she played the role of Louis Mazzini"s mother, who was ostracised by her aristocratic family, in the film Kind Hearts and Coronets. She later related that, while at Hayes Court, she was directed in a performance of The Merchant of Venice by Alec Guinness. At the performance, he brought Peggy Ashcroft backstage and introduced Audrey to her as "my Portia".
During her 20s she enjoyed an active acting career, appearing as Sonia in the celebrated production of Dostoyevsky"s Crime and Punishment with John Gielgud at the New Theatre in 1946 and as Diana in Jean Anouilh"s Ring Round the Moon (1950), directed by Peter Brook and costarring Paul Scofield.
In the early Seventies Audrey trained for a second career as a Gilder and Restorer at the City and Guilds of London School. In 1976 she returned to Canada, settling in Toronto.
Her gilding and restoration clients included the Government of Ontario and pieces of her work remain at Queen"s Park, the Provincial Parliament.
Membership
She was a member of the William Morris Society of Canada.