One of the popular artists of her time, Kay Walsh was an English actress and dancer. Born in Chelsea, London, Kay Walsh was raised and taken care by her grandmother. She began her career as a dancer in music halls at the young age of 17. Her film career got a boost after she met her future husband David Lean who was a director. Kay and David together worked on big projects such as In Which We Serve and Great Expectations. She also worked successfully with Alec Guinness.

Walsh continued to work as a character actress in films through the 1950s, including films with Alfred Hitchcock and Ronald Neame. Her own favorite film role was that of the barmaid Miss D. Coker in Neame`s 1958 film of The Horse`s Mouth, with Alec Guinness. Between films, she appeared regularly in plays and farces at the Strand and Aldwych theatres, directed by Basil Dean.