Vera Lindsay

Vera Lindsay (née Poliakoff; 1911–1992) was a British Shakespearean actress.

Vera Lindsay performed at The Old Vic during the 1930s alongside Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud and under the direction of Michel Saint-Denis.

She also appeared in a number of early TV productions including Annajanska the Bolshevik Empress (1939), Katharine and Petruchio (1939), The Tempest (1939), Twelfth Night (1939)and Spellbound (1941)

Star- Vera Lindsay-who plays the lead in Pyramid's new film "SPELLBOUND"now in production at Worton Hall Studios.

Vera was daughter of Vladimir Poliakoff. She was married to:

• Major Percy Basil Harmsworth Burton
• the News Chronicle editor Gerald Barry. Their son Stephen was a noted stage director and performing arts administrator.
• John Russell CBE, a British American art critic

• Stephen Barry (obituary) The Guardian, London, 9 November 2000
• John Russell, Art Critic for The Times, Dies at 89

• Spellbound (1941)