Gwen Ffrangcon Davies

Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies was a British actress whose career centered on the stage, with further appearances in television, radio, and film. Born in London in 1891, she began performing in 1911 as both a singer and an actress, encouraged by Ellen Terry. In 1924 she took the role of Juliet opposite John Gielgud, and he subsequently cast her in Richard of Bordeaux as Queen Anne. She played Mrs. Manningham in the original production of Patrick Hamilton's Gaslight in 1938 and spent much of 1942 as Lady Macbeth opposite Gielgud. She won the Evening Standard Award in 1958 for playing Mary Tyrone in the play Long Day's Journey Into Night. After retiring from the stage in 1970, she continued acting on radio and television, and her film work included The Devil Rides Out (1968) and The Witches (1966), both for Hammer Films. At age 100 she made her final acting appearance in The Master Blackmailer.