journalist, film and theatre critic and novelist Derek Monsey (1921–1979) and they lived in a village in the south of France. Mitchell died of cancer, aged 63, in 1979. Monsey died the same year, roughly one month earlier. Their daughter Cordelia Monsey is a theatre director and a long-term associate of both Sir Peter Hall and Sir Trevor Nunn. Yvonne Mitchell's grandson is the drummer and violinist, Mitch McGugan. Filmography References External links 1915 births 1979 deaths People educated at St Paul's Girls' School Alumni of the London Theatre Studio Deaths from cancer in England Best British Actress BAFTA Award winners Jewish English actresses English Jews English film actresses English stage actresses English television actresses Actresses from London 20th-century English actresses Silver Bear for Best Actress winners