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name: "Penelope Dudley-Ward"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/penelope-dudley-ward"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 August 1914"
died: "22 January 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T00:56:39.574215+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Penelope Dudley-Ward

Actor. Born 4 August 1914 in London, England, UK. Died 22 January 1982.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 August 1914, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 22 January 1982
- **Active:** 1938–1942
- **Also known as:** Penelope Dudley Ward, Penelope Ann Rachel
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 74 (1), 1940s 74 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penelope_Dudley-Ward, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3544351, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0240178/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/105800

## Biography

Penelope Dudley-Ward (also credited as Penelope Dudley Ward) was an English actress. Born Penelope Anne Rachel Dudley Ward on 4 August 1914 in London, she was the elder daughter of Liberal MP William Dudley Ward and socialite Freda Dudley Ward. She appeared in British films from 1935 to 1944.

Her screen roles included Natasha Kovrin in *Moscow Nights* (1935), Toppy LeRoy in *The Citadel* (1938), Sarah Undershaft in *Major Barbara* (1941), Maureen in *In Which We Serve* (1942), Ann Tisdall in *The Demi-Paradise* (1943), and Mrs Perry in *The Way Ahead* (1944). She also worked in theatre before retiring from acting after her second marriage.

She was married first to Anthony Pelissier from 1939 until their divorce in 1944; they had a daughter, actress Tracy Reed. In 1948 she married film director Sir Carol Reed, with whom she had a son, Max Reed. She died in London on 22 January 1982.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *In Which We Serve* (1942), Fi1m 74, as Maureen — [page](https://film.one/film/in-which-we-serve.md)
- *The Citadel* (1938), Fi1m 74, as Toppy LeRoy — [page](https://film.one/film/the-citadel.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *English Without Tears* (1944), as Joan Heseltine
- *The Way Ahead* (1944), as Mrs. Perry
- *The Demi-Paradise* (1943), as Ann Tisdall
- *In Which We Serve* (1942), as Maureen — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/in-which-we-serve.md)
- *We Serve* (1942), Actor
- *Major Barbara* (1941), as Sarah Undershaft
- *The Case of the Frightened Lady* (1940), as Isla Crane
- *Convoy* (1940), as Mabel
- *Dangerous Comment* (1940), as Mrs. Conway
- *Hell's Cargo* (1939), as Annette Lestailleur
- *The Citadel* (1938), as Toppy LeRoy — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-citadel.md)
- *Escape Me Never* (1935), as Fenella McClean
- *Moscow Nights* (1934), as Natasha

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