SALLY GRAY ,BRITISH ACTRESS BORN 1915 FEBRUARY 14- 2006 SEPTEMBER 2006
SALLY GRAY ,BRITISH ACTRESS BORN 1915 FEBRUARY 14- 2006 SEPTEMBER 2006 Constance Vera Browne, Baroness Oranmore and Browne (née Stevens; 14 February 1915 – 24 September 2006), commonly known as Sally Gray, was an English film actress of the 1930s and 1940s.[1] Her obituary in The Irish Times described her as "once seen as a British rival to Ginger Rogers."[2] According to one obituary, "In the Thirties she was a charming soubrette of light movies and musical comedy. After a break from performing, she emerged in the mid-Forties as a sultry beauty who starred in a series of moody dramas and potent thrillers. Biography Early life Born Constance Vera Stevens in Holloway, London, Gray was the daughter of Charles Stevens, who drove a motor cab, and his wife, Gertrude Grace.[4] Her mother was a ballet dancer[3] and her grandmother a "principal boy" in the 1870s. Her father died when Gray was young. Theatre career She trained as a child at Fay Compton's School o...