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2 unusual facts about Judith Evelyn


Judith Evelyn

On September 3, 1939, together with her fiancé, Canadian radio producer Andrew Allan, Evelyn survived the sinking of the Anchor-Donaldson liner SS Athenia.

(It had been previously filmed in 1939 in England, with Diana Wynyard and Anton Walbrook, but that version was suppressed in the U.S. by MGM, which filmed the 1944 version.) Craig's Wife was filmed three times, first in 1928, then in 1936, starring Rosalind Russell.


Andrew Allan

In September 1939, Allan, traveling with his fiancee, American actress Judith Evelyn, was a survivor of the torpedoing of the SS Athenia.


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