Among the many might-have-beens in film history was the starring of Nova Pilbeam opposite Laurence Olivier in Rebecca (1940), Alfred Hitchcock’s first Hollywood film. The producer, David O Selznick, ...

Nova Pilbeam was a great lost figure of British cinema – lost because she last appeared on screen in 1948, and on stage in 1951. Thereafter, she lived in obscurity in north London. Yet she had been a ...

The Man Who Knew Too Much star Nova Pilbeam has died, aged 95. Pilbeam recently passed away after living in seclusion in London for more than 50 years, according to The Independent. Popperfoto The ...

She stood out in 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' and 'The Girl Was Young' (and missed a chance at 'Rebecca') before going into seculsion in the early 1950s. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor “I think it was ...

Nova Pilbeam, who has died aged 95, was celebrated in the 1930s as Britain’s leading child and teenage star on both stage and screen; yet her light guttered in the 1940s and thereafter she faded into ...

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Nova Margery Pilbeam (15 November 1919 – 17 July 2015) was an English film and stage actress. Pilbeam gained attention as a child stage actress. This led to much work in her teen years. She appeared ...