Davina Craig

Davina Craig
Born	20 April 1914 Bedford Park, London, England
Died	19 July 1983 (aged 69) Opotiki, New Zealand

Davina Hilda Craig (20 April 1914 – 19 July 1983)^[1] was a stage and film actress, famous for her comedy servant roles.

When she was eight, her mother took her to America and she was educated there. Returning to London, she spent a year at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts after which she appeared in Ivor Novello’s play I Lived With You and later went onto films. After her film career, she moved to New Zealand.^[2]

Filmography

• I Lived with You (1933)
• The Ghost Camera (1933)
• Are You a Mason? (1934)
• The Black Abbot (1934)
• Tangled Evidence (1934)
• Annie, Leave the Room! (1935)
• Widow's Might (1935)
• The Private Secretary (1935)
• The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936)
• Crown v. Stevens (1936)
• Where There's a Will (1936)
• Dusty Ermine (1936)
• Love Up the Pole (1936)
• Sunset in Vienna (1937)
• London Melody (1937)
• South Riding (1938)
• Anything to Declare? (1938)
• Traitor Spy (1939)
• Hoots Mon! (1940)
• The Farmer's Wife (1941)
• My Wife's Family (1941)
• Tower of Terror (1941)
• I’ll Turn to You (1946)

References

1. Government of New Zealand death index
2. Film Review, Speed, Maurice F., 1973, pg. 25

External links

• Davina Craig's profile at the Internet Movie Database