Marie Ney
Biography
Marie Ney was a British character actress whose stage and screen work spanned five decades, from 1919 to 1969. Born in London, she went as a young child with her family to New Zealand, where she began acting before continuing her career in Australia. She later returned to Britain and acted at the Old Vic with performers such as Michael Redgrave and Robert Donat, and in 1930 she played Lady de Winter in the musical The Three Musketeers at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Her first film appearance came in the Australian silent Desert Gold (1919). Among her later films were Scrooge (1935), Jamaica Inn (1939) and Yield to the Night (1956). She also worked in television from the 1950s, and her last credited screen appearance was in an ITV Playhouse episode in 1969. She died in 1981.
85years old at death
- Born London
- Died London
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Also credited as Marie Fix and Marie Menzies
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 29 years1935 to 1964
Every film, newest first
- 1964WitchcraftIMDb rating 6.1
- 1956Yield to the NightIMDb rating 7.1
- 1939Jamaica InnIMDb rating 6.3
- 1935ScroogeIMDb rating 6.4
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First role
Ney made her first appearance on film in the silent movie Desert Gold, which was made in Australia in 1919.
Marie Ney movies on Netflix
Witchcraftas Malvina Lanier
Yield to the Nightas Prison Governess
Jamaica Innas Patience Merlyn
Scroogeas Spirit of Christmas Past
Worked with
Marie Ney shares two films with Marianne Stone, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.









Films together
Marianne Stone2 films together, 1956 to 1964
Marianne Stone's page Witchcraft1964IMDb rating 6.1Ney as Malvina LanierStone as Forrester's Secretary
Yield to the Night1956IMDb rating 7.1Ney as Prison GovernessStone as Richardson
Athene Seyler2 films together, 1935 to 1956
Athene Seyler's page Yield to the Night1956IMDb rating 7.1Ney as Prison GovernessSeyler as Miss Bligh
Scrooge1935IMDb rating 6.4Ney as Spirit of Christmas PastSeyler as Scrooge's Charwoman
Lon Chaney Jr.1 film together, 1964
Lon Chaney Jr.'s page Witchcraft1964IMDb rating 6.1Ney as Malvina LanierChaney as Morgan Whitlock
Michael Ripper1 film together, 1956
Michael Ripper's page Yield to the Night1956IMDb rating 7.1Ney as Prison GovernessRipper as Roy
Geoffrey Keen1 film together, 1956
Geoffrey Keen's page Yield to the Night1956IMDb rating 7.1Ney as Prison GovernessKeen as Prison Chaplain
Charles Laughton1 film together, 1939
Charles Laughton's page Jamaica Inn1939IMDb rating 6.3Ney as Patience MerlynLaughton as Sir Humphrey Pengallan
Alfred HitchcockDirector, 1 film, 1939
All films by Alfred Hitchcock Jamaica Inn1939IMDb rating 6.3Ney as Patience Merlyn
Henry EdwardsDirector, 1 film, 1935
All films by Henry Edwards Scrooge1935IMDb rating 6.4Ney as Spirit of Christmas Past
Don SharpDirector, 1 film, 1964
All films by Don Sharp Witchcraft1964IMDb rating 6.1Ney as Malvina Lanier
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