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==Early life== Born in [[Hazel Grove and Bramhall Urban District|Bramhall]], [[Cheshire]], the daughter of Frank Watkin Hiller, a [[Manchester]] [[cotton]] manufacturer, and Marie Stone, she was educated at Winceby House School and Oriel Bank High School and at age 18 joined the Manchester Repertory Company, for which she acted and stage-managed for several years.<ref name="ODNB">{{Cite ODNB|id=89982|title=Hiller, Dame Wendy Margaret (1912β2003)}}</ref> She first found success as slum dweller Sally Hardcastle in the stage version of ''[[Love on the Dole]]'' in 1934. The play was an enormous success and toured the regional stages of Britain, including Hiller's [[West End theatre|West End]] debut in 1935 at the [[Garrick Theatre]]. In 1937, she married the play's author [[Ronald Gow]], 15 years her senior. That same year, she made her film debut in ''[[Lancashire Luck]]'', scripted by Gow.
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