Eason, Kathleen “Kay” Young

NUGGET #54

Eason, Kathleen “Kay” Young, (1912-1994), a native of England, was a British actress who appeared in stage and screen roles in the 1930s and early 40s. She married in 1939 Michael Wilding (later the husband of actress Elizabeth Taylor). She came to the U.S. and married British actor Douglass Montgomery (q.v.). They moved to Fair Fields (q.v.) on Golf Lane in 1965 but Montgomery died a year later. She later met Myles Eason (q.v.), an Australian actor living in Ridgefield; they were married and lived at 43 Olmstead Lane until her death. She was active in the Ridgefield Garden Club.
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