Vanessa Lee
Vanessa Lee | |
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Born | Winifred Ruby Moule 18 June 1920 |
Died | 15 March 1992 London, U.K. | (aged 71)
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Film actress, singer |
Spouse(s) | Peter Graves, 8th Baron Graves (m. 1960–1992) |
Vanessa Lee (18 June 1920 - 15 March 1992), born Winifred Ruby Moule, was a British actress and singer.[1][2] She was known for her appearances in Ivor Novello's musicals, especially after the Second World War.
Life[]
Winifred Moule was born in Streatham in 1920. She married British actor Peter Graves in 1960.[3] That same year she made her first recording, of the operetta Bitter Sweet, with .[4] In 1958/59, she played Jacob Bray in a successful revival of Old Chelsea by Richard Tauber, along with Graves and Kenneth McKellar. A Radio Luxembourg series, which ran from 1956 to 1958 as part of the radio programme This I Believe, was based on her career.[5]
Filmography[]
- The Passing Show (1953)
- The Split (1968) as Little Girl
- Armchair Theatre (1969) (episode: The Frobisher Game)
- The Adventurers (1970) as Trustee Banker's Wife
Discography[]
- Bitter Sweet (1960)
- After the Ball
- Those Dreaming Years
- Shine through my dreams
References[]
- ^ "Vanessa Lee | SecondHandSongs". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
- ^ "Lee, Vanessa 1920-1992 [WorldCat.org]". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
- ^ "Vanessa Lee". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
- ^ "Bitter Sweet, Vanessa Lee", WorldCat, retrieved 2019-09-11
- ^ "Vanessa Lee (Winifred Ruby Moule) - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-09-11.
External links[]
- Vanessa Lee at IMDb
Categories:
- 1920 births
- 1992 deaths
- British television actresses
- British film actresses
- British women singers
- 20th-century British actresses
- People from Streatham