Evelyn Laye
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
From Wikipedia Evelyn Laye, CBE (10 July 1900 – 17 February 1996) was an English theatre and musical film actress, who was active on the London light opera stage. Born as Elsie Evelyn Lay in Bloomsbury, London, and known professionally as Evelyn Laye, and informally as Boo. Her parents were both actors and her father a theatre manager. She made her first stage appearance in August 1915 at the Theatre Royal, Brighton as Nang-Ping in Mr. Wu, and her first London appearance at the East Ham Pala...
Known For
Filmography
The Woman He Loved
1988
as Lady Cunard
Sun Child
1988
Love and Marriage
1984
as Mother
The Gay Lord Quex
1983
as The Countess of Owbridge
Number 10
1983
as Lady Chesterfield
Storyboard
1983
as Dowager Lady Brompton
A Bit of Singing and Dancing
1982
as Mother
All for Love
1982
as Mother
Never Never Land
1980
as Millie
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Mrs Standing
Say Hello to Yesterday
1971
as Woman's mother
Love, I Think
1970
as Cynthia Pitman
Theatre of Death
1967
as Madame Angelique
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Julia, Countess of Owbridge
Silver Wedding
1957
as Lady Marlowe
Theatre Night
1957
as Lady Lydia Marlowe
I'll Turn to You
1946
as Herself
The Night Is Young
1935
as Elizabeth Katherine Anne 'Lisl' Gluck
Princess Charming
1934
as Princess Elaine
Evensong
1934
as Madame Irela (Maggie O'Neil)
Waltz Time
1933
as Rosalinde Eisenstein
One Heavenly Night
1930
as Lilli
The Luck of the Navy
1927
as Cynthia Eden
Who Would Not Welcome One?
1922
as Herself