Evelyn Laye

Movie Actress

Evelyn Laye was born in Bloomsbury, England, United Kingdom on July 10th, 1900 and is the Movie Actress. At the age of 95, Evelyn Laye biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Other Names / Nick Names
Elsie Evelyn Lay
Date of Birth
July 10, 1900
Nationality
United Kingdom
Place of Birth
Bloomsbury, England, United Kingdom
Death Date
Feb 17, 1996 (age 95)
Zodiac Sign
Cancer
Profession
Actor, Film Actor, Stage Actor
Evelyn Laye Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 95 years old, Evelyn Laye has this physical status:

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Weight
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Hair Color
Blonde
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Build
Slim
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Evelyn Laye Religion, Education, and Hobbies
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Evelyn Laye Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Sonnie Hale, ​ ​(m. 1926; div. 1930)​, Frank Lawton, ​ ​(m. 1934; died 1969)​
Children
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Evelyn Laye Life

Evelyn Laye, CBE, (born 10 July 1900 – 17 February 1996), was an English actress who appeared on the London light opera stage and later in New York and Hollywood.

Jessie Matthews, her first husband, has left her for Laye, who has received a lot of public sympathy for her.

Frank Lawton, her second husband, appeared in stage productions often.

Early years

Elsie Evelyn Laye was born in Bloomsbury, London, and was known informally as Boo. Both her parents, as well as her father, were actors and her father, a theatre manager.

Personal life

Laye, who was born in 1926, received a lot of public sympathy when Hale left her for actress Jessie Matthews. She was initially reluctant to have a divorce, but a divorce lawsuit followed in 1930, amid a trial conclusion. She married actor Frank Lawton, to whom she remained married until his death.

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Evelyn Laye Career

Career

Lay made her first stage appearance in August 1915 at the Theatre Royal, Brighton, as Nang-Ping in Mr. Wu, and her first London appearance in the revue Honi Soit, which she later toured.

She appeared in musical comedy and operetta, including The Beauty Spot in 1917 and Going Up in 1918. Phi-Phi (1922), Madame Pompadour (1923), The Dollar Princess, Blue Eyes (1928), and Lilac Time were among her 1920s triumphs.

Laye made her Broadway debut in 1929 in the American premiere of No.l Coward's Bitter Sweet, and appeared in several early Hollywood film revivals. She starred in pantomimes like The Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella. In 1937, she appeared in the C.B. opposite Richard Tauber. Franz Lehár's operetta Paganini is on sale in Cochran, and on tour. For the VE Day edition of BBC's Music Hall, Laye performed with an unidentified dog.

Laye had less success during the Second World War, but she returned to the West End in 1954 in Paris's musical Wedding. She also appeared in the 1956 sitcom My Husband and I. Silver Wedding (1957), The Amorous Prawn (1959), and Phil the Fluter (1969) were among other stage performances.

She appeared on This Is Your Life twice, first in August 1959 when she was stunned by Eamonn Andrews at the BBC Television Theatre, and then in December 1990, when Michael Aspel surprised her at Fairfield Halls in Croydon.

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