Deaths Elsewhere

Elsewhere

Dame Wendy Hiller

, 90, one of Britain's finest actresses and George Bernard Shaw's chosen leading lady, died Wednesday in Beaconsfield, England.

She achieved fame early in her career as a girl from the slums in the 1934 Manchester Repertory production of Love on the Dole. Following her appearance in Anthony Asquith's film version of Pygmalion, Ms. Hiller starred in 1941 in Mr. Shaw's Major Barbara.

She won a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for her role in Separate Tables (1958). The title of dame - the female equivalent of knight - was conferred upon her in 1975.

Ms. Hiller's husband, Ronald Gow, died in 1993. She is survived by two children.