Evelyn Laye
Known for Acting · 24 credits
- Born
- 1900-07-10
- Died
- 1996-02-17
- Place of birth
- Bloomsbury, London, England, UK
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 Palace on 24 April 1916, aged 16, in the revue Honi Soit, in which she subsequently toured.
For the first few years of her career she mainly played in musical comedy and operetta, including Going Up in 1918. Among her successes during the 1920s were Phi-Phi (1922), Madame Pompadour (1923), The Dollar Princess, Blue Eyes (1928) and Lilac Time.
Known For
TV Shows (7)
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Julia, Countess of Owbridge
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Mrs Standing
Theatre Night
1957
as Lady Lydia Marlowe
Storyboard
1983
as Dowager Lady Brompton
Love and Marriage
1984
as Mother
Number 10
1983
as Lady Chesterfield
All for Love
1982
as Mother
Movies (17)
Sun Child
1988
The Woman He Loved
1988
as Lady Cunard
The Gay Lord Quex
1983
as The Countess of Owbridge
The Luck of the Navy
1927
as Cynthia Eden
Say Hello to Yesterday
1971
as Woman's mother
Theatre of Death
1967
as Madame Angelique
Who Would Not Welcome One?
1922
as Herself
The Night Is Young
1935
as Elizabeth Katherine Anne 'Lisl' Gluck
A Bit of Singing and Dancing
1982
as Mother
One Heavenly Night
1930
as Lilli
Evensong
1934
as Madame Irela (Maggie O'Neil)
Princess Charming
1934
as Princess Elaine
I'll Turn to You
1946
as Herself
Love, I Think
1970
as Cynthia Pitman
Never Never Land
1980
as Millie
Silver Wedding
1957
as Lady Marlowe
Waltz Time
1933
as Rosalinde Eisenstein
About Evelyn Laye
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 Palace on 24 April 1916, aged 16, in the revue Honi Soit,… With 24 credits spanning from 1922 to 1988, Evelyn Laye has appeared in 17 films and 7 TV shows.
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Most Popular Evelyn Laye Movies
- Sun Child (1988)
- The Woman He Loved (1988) — as Lady Cunard
- The Gay Lord Quex (1983) — as The Countess of Owbridge
- The Luck of the Navy (1927) — as Cynthia Eden
- Say Hello to Yesterday (1971) — as Woman's mother
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