Audley, Maxine (1923–1992)

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Audley, Maxine (1923–1992)

English actress. Born in London, England, on April 29, 1923; died in 1992; daughter of Henry Julius Hecht and Katharine (Arkandy) Hecht; educated at Westonbirt School; trained for the stage at the Tamara Daykharhanova School in New York and at the London Mask Theatre School; married Leonard Cassini (divorced); married Andrew Broughton (divorced); married Frederick Granville (divorced).

Maxine Audley make her first stage appearance as a walk-on in Midsummer Night's Dream at the Open Air Theatre in July 1940. Following years of stage work, she also appeared in such films as Anna Karenina (1947), The Sleeping Tiger (1954), The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957), The Prince and the Showgirl (1957), King in New York (1957), The Dunkirk Story (1958), The Vikings (1958), Our Man in Havana (1959), The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960), The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965), House of Cards (1969), and The Looking-Glass War (1970). Her British television credits include Queen Elizabeth I in Kenilworth, Celia in The Cocktail Party, Tanis in Portrait in Black, Mrs. Wilton in John Gabriel Borkman. Audley also appeared in the television serials "The Voodoo Factor" and "Danger Man," and played Mrs. Marlow on "Prime Suspect."

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