Wendy Toye, British dancer, actress, choreographer, and film director, died at Hillingdon Hospital, at the age of 92. Toye began her career on stage at the Royal Albert Hall, moving shortly later into film in 1931. Six years after her debut, she appeared back at the Royal Albert Hall in a ballet she herself choreographed. She went on to choreograph many productions both in Great Brittan, and the United States, including a Broadway production of Peter Pan, starring Boris Karloff.

After years of success as a performer and choreographer, she turned to film directing. In 1952 she directed her first short film which was titled The Stranger Left No Card. The film debuted and won an award at the years Cannes Film Festival. The story was later revived by Toye in 1981, when she directed a new version as part of Anglia Television’s Tales of the Unexpected series. She went on to serve on the Arts Council in Australia, and was awarded the Queen’s Silver Jubilee medal. Toye has been cited as a perfect example of a woman succeeding in a predominantly male profession, in a time where women had to fight for the same rights an opportunities as men.