Background
Cordell was born in Brooklyn, New New York
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Cathleen Cordell
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"My father"s business took him to India when I was a baby," she said, "Then we went to France, and when I was 7 years old I was thrust into a French boarding school." She later attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Artist
Career
She was described as "a lass born in Brooklyn with an Irish name and an English accent. Educated in India and France." She moved to England, then France, in order to begin her childhood education. Cordell"s stage debut came in lieutenant"s You I Want, presented by Seymour Hicks" company in England.
Her "first important role" in the United States came in Never Trouble Trouble at the Brighton Theater in Brooklyn, New York, August 17, 1937.
A Brooklyn newspaper described Cordell as "a "discovery" of John Golden" and said the actress "has appeared abroad previously." Cordell went on to appear on Broadway in Love of Women (1937), Romantic Mr. Dickens (1940), Golden Wings (1941), Yesterday"s Magic (1942), Sheppey (1944), While the Sun Shines (1944), and The Linden Tree (1948).
During World World War II, Cordell lived in England and worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation. Cordell retired from acting in 1985 after appearing in the movie The Return of the Living Dead. Cordell died on August 19, 1997, in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, at age 82.
According to the Internet Movie Database, Cordell"s cause of death was emphysema.
Her burial is unknown.
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Quotations: "My father"s business took him to India when I was a baby,".
Membership
Cordell was a member of the casts of Hilltop House (playing Vicky McLain), Amanda (playing Eve Fuller), Valiant Lady (playing Monica Brewster) and Counterspy and appeared in other programs, such as Grand Central Station and The March of Time.
