Biography written in 1954 for the pamphlet of the play 'The School Of Wives' at the Theatre Royal in Bristol
"Christine Finn is here
for the season. Born in India, she came to England in 1946 and worked
for a while at a clerical job with the B.B.C. 'Noticed' for a
performance with the B.B.C. Staff Amateur Company, arrangements were
made for her to go to Drama School - L.A.M.D.A. Her first professional
work was a part in the film, "The Romantic Age" followed by a juvenile
lead in a tour of the play, "Random Harvest"
She was then engaged
by the Birmingham Repertory Company for two years ending last summer
with Lady Grey in "Henry VI" Part III at the Old Vic. A televisions
engagement followed as Mrs Crichton in "Larger Than Life" and at the
Arts Theatre, London she played Sybil Merton in "Lord Arthur Saville's
Crime". She returned to Birmingham to play David in "The Boy David",
then back to London at the Embassy for Ophelia in "Hamlet" and Olivia in
"Twelfth Night"
A part in the film,
"The Large Rope" (not yet released) and a tour of "Angels in Love"
preceded her engagement with the Bristol Old Vic."
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