Evelyn Laye

Evelyn Laye was born on Jul 10, 1900 in UK. Evelyn Laye's big-screen debut came with One Heavenly Night directed by George Fitzmaurice in 1930. Evelyn Laye is known for My Family and Other Animals directed by Peter Barber-Fleming, Darren Redmayne stars as Gerry Durrell and Hannah Gordon as Mrs. Durrell. The upcoming new movie Evelyn Laye plays is The Woman He Loved which will be released on Apr 03, 1988.

London-born Evelyn Laye, daughter of actor parents, was already treading the boards at the age of two. Her father managed the Palace Theatre in Brighton and this was where Evelyn first made a name for herself. A seasoned stage performer by the age of fifteen, she graduated to the London West End three years later in a small part in "The Beauty Spot". During the 1920's, she was one of England's most popular stars of musical revue and operetta, with hits in the aviation musical "Going Up" (1918-19), "Madame Pompadour" (1923), "Betty in Mayfair" (1925-26) and "Merely Molly" (1926-27), the last two at the Adelphi Theatre. She appeared, both in London and on Broadway, in