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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Sweet aloes
- Boo, to my friends
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Film & TV
Bloomsbury, London, England, UK
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…
Known for
- The Woman He Loved — Lady Cunard1988
- Sun Child1988
- Love and Marriage — Mother1984
- The Gay Lord Quex — The Countess of Owbridge1983
- Number 10 — Lady Chesterfield1983
- Storyboard — Dowager Lady Brompton1983
- A Bit of Singing and Dancing — Mother1982
- All for Love — Mother1982
- Never Never Land — Millie1980
- Tales of the Unexpected — Mrs Standing1979
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1900-07-10
- Active to
- 1996-02-17
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 307
- Total plays
- 1,254
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Evelyn
- Family name
- Lei
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Bloomsbury
- Place of death
- London
- Spouse
- Frank Lawton
- Occupation
- stage actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Evelyn Laye Allan Warren.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1900-07-10
- date of death
- 1996-02-16
- Commons category
- Evelyn Laye
- cause of death
- respiratory failure
- start of work period
- 1915-00-00
- place of burial
- Golders Green Crematorium
- manner of death
- natural causes
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