Thea Gregory

Thea Gregory ( Ida Reddish; 1926 – 18 December 2022) was a British actress, known for her roles in numerous in B-movie thrillers, including The Golden Link and Profile. Early life Thea Gregory was born in Nottingham in 1926 as Ida Reddish, daughter of Edith (née Lewis, born 1893) and Stephen Albert Reddish (1893 – 1988), a commercial traveller in the printing industry. Reddish had a sister, Jennie (1923 – 1981), and grew up in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire. Career Gregory began her stage career, under the name Ida Reddish, with Birmingham repertory theatre, in the early 1940s. She appeared in plays such as King John, alongside Denis Quilley, and The Insect Play, with Paul Eddington. Gregory also worked under the name Thea Kronberg. In 1945, she moved to Perth and joined a small repertory company, where she met fellow member John Gregson, who would become her husband. As Gregson's prominence grew, so did Gregory's by association, and they began working at Ealing Studios for the Rank Organisation. Now married, Gregory made her film debut in 1950, credited as Thea Gregory, in the Ealing comedy The Magnet.