Alison Leggatt was born in 1904 in Kensington, London. Her first major film role was in David Lean’s “This Happy Breed” as ‘Aunt Sylvia’ in 1944. Other roles include “Waterloo Road”, “The Card” and “Far From the Madding Crowd” in 1967. She died in 1990.
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Alison Leggatt was born on February 7, 1904 in Kensington, London, England as Alison Joy Leggatt. She was an actress, known for Far from the Madding Crowd (1967), This Happy Breed (1944) and The Day of the Triffids (1963). She died on July 15, 1990 in London.e and screen character actress who made her reputation in plays by John Osborne and Harold Pinter. Born into a wealthy family, she started acting against the wishes of her parents. In films, she was often cast as upper-crust ladies, kindly wives, disapproving mothers-in-law, landladies or housekeepers.
