Rene Ray
Biography
Rene Ray was a British actress who worked in theater and film from the 1930s to the 1950s and also wrote novels. Born in London, she made her screen debut in the silent film High Treason in 1929 and first took the West End stage in 1930 in André Charlot's production of Wonder Bar. She starred with Conrad Veidt in The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1935) and appeared with Trevor Howard in They Made Me a Fugitive (1947). On stage she acted at the Lyric Theatre in 1936 with Laurence Olivier and Ralph Richardson in JB Priestley's Bees on the Boat Deck, and she made a single Broadway appearance in An Inspector Calls from 1947 to 1948. She played the central role in the London production of Women of Twilight nearly 450 times, later repeating it on film. She wrote several novels and scripted The Strange World of Planet X. She died in 1993.
81years old at death
- Born London
- Died Jersey
- Star sign: VirgoLast day of the sign, on the Libra cusp
- Irene Lilian Creese (birth name)Also credited as René Ray, Countess of Midleton, Rene Ray, Countess of Midleton, Irene Creese, René Midleton and Irene Midleton
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 18 years1936 to 1954
Every film, newest first
- 1954The Good Die YoungIMDb rating 6.7
- 1947They Made Me a FugitiveIMDb rating 7.2
- 1936Secret AgentIMDb rating 6.4
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First role
On 5 December 1930, Ray made her first West End stage appearance in Andre Charlot's production of Wonder Bar, performed at the Savoy Theatre.
Beyond film
Ray played the central role in Sylvia Rayman's Women of Twilight in the London production, appearing nearly 450 times, and she took the same part in the film version.
Behind the camera
Ray scripted a seven-part science fiction serial for ATV in 1956, The Strange World of Planet X, and her novelization of it was published the next year.
Behind the camera
Ray's first novel, Wraxton Marne, came out in 1946. A magazine profile from 1953 described her second book, Emma Conquest, as an immediate best-seller.
A first
Ray made just one Broadway appearance, in Cedric Hardwicke's staging of Priestley's An Inspector Calls. The production played the Booth Theatre from October 1947 through January 1948.
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Worked with
Rene Ray made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
John Gielgud's page
Peter Lorre's page
Trevor Howard's page
Robert Morley's page
Joan Collins's page
John Ireland's page
All films by Alfred Hitchcock
Alberto CavalcantiDirector, 1 film, 1947
All films by Alberto Cavalcanti
All films by Lewis Gilbert
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Official profiles and reference pages.