Evelyn Laye, CBE (10 July 1900 â€" 17 February 1996) was an English
actress who was active on the London light opera stage, and later in
New York and Hollywood. Her first husband, actor Sonnie Hale, left her
for Jessie Matthews, earning much public sympathy for Laye. Her second
husband was actor Frank Lawton, with whom she often appeared in stage
productions.Laye was born as Elsie Evelyn Lay in Bloomsbury, London,
and known informally as Boo. Her parents were both actors and her
father a theatre manager.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 at the East Ham Palace on 24 April 1916, aged
15, in the revue Honi Soit, in which she subsequently toured.
actress who was active on the London light opera stage, and later in
New York and Hollywood. Her first husband, actor Sonnie Hale, left her
for Jessie Matthews, earning much public sympathy for Laye. Her second
husband was actor Frank Lawton, with whom she often appeared in stage
productions.Laye was born as Elsie Evelyn Lay in Bloomsbury, London,
and known informally as Boo. Her parents were both actors and her
father a theatre manager.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 at the East Ham Palace on 24 April 1916, aged
15, in the revue Honi Soit, in which she subsequently toured.
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