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- Birth nameVida Beatrice Frances Hope
- Vida Hope was born on December 16, 1910 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK. She was an actress, known for L'homme au complet blanc (1951), Je suis un fugitif (1947) and À cor et à cri (1947). She was married to Derek N. Twist. She died on December 23, 1963 in Chelmsford, Essex, England, UK.
- SpouseDerek N. Twist(1955 - December 23, 1963) (her death)
- British character actress and theatrical director, often on screen in cheerful proletarian roles.
- She was also a noted stage director.
- She died after her red Triumph Herald estate car was in a head-on collision with a lorry on Westway close to the Widford roundabout in Chelmsford, Essex. She was on her way to her cottage in Nounsley where she lived with her husband, film editor Derek N. Twist. The couple also owned a house in Frognal Gardens, Hampstead, London.
- First worked as a typist in an advertising office at the age of 16,.
- Most reference books give her birth year as 1918, but official records show she was 8 years older.
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