Career
She died young in 1955 aged 44 following an operation. Mission Davies made her first stage appearance at the Palladium in a revue in 1924. The following year she joined Cochran"s Young Ladies in revues such as "One Dam Thing After Another" and "This Year of Grace".
Her outstanding stage triumph was in the role of Blanche du Bois, which she took over from Vivien Leigh, in the original West End production of " A Streetcar Named Desire".
Mission Davis appeared in 38 films, and was active in television at the time of her death. She left one son Brook Blackford.