Walter Pidgeon of his better known roles was in "The Dark Command", where he portrayed the villain (loosely based on American Civil War guerrilla William C. Quantrill) opposite John Wayne, Claire Trevor, and a young Roy Rogers. It was not until he starred in the Academy Award-winning Best Picture "How Green Was My Valley" (1941) that his popularity returned. He then starred opposite Greer Garson in "Blossoms in the Dust" (1941), "Mrs. Miniver" (1942) (for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor) and its sequel, "The Miniver Story" in 1950. He was also nominated in 1944 for "Madame
Clare Sandars 1973, she married English investment banker Kenneth Wagg. Clare Sandars Clare Sandars (born London, 1934) is an English former child screen actress. She was born Clare Rosemary Sandars, the daughter of John William Eric Graves Sandars and Margaret Mary Elwes, and grand-daughter of the singer Gervase Elwes. As a child actress, Clare Sandars notably appeared as Mrs. Miniver's daughter Judy in "Mrs. Miniver". There is a scene in "Mrs Miniver" where she plays Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" on the piano for the family. She was given uncredited parts in two other films. Clare Sandars married Sir James Napier Finnie McEwen, Bt.