Hemingway, Marie (c. 1893–1939)

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Hemingway, Marie (c. 1893–1939)

English actress. Born c. 1893 in Yorkshire, England; died June 11, 1939; m. Claude Rains (actor), 1920 (div. 1920).

Made stage debut as Nahasi in False Gods (1909), followed by Playing with Fire, Dad, The Great John Ganton, Quality Street, Seven Days, Pen, The Passing of the Third Floor Back, The Liars, Up in Mabel's Room, In Nelson's Days, and No No Nanette, among others; appeared as Ellean Tanqueray in the film The Second Mrs. Tanqueray (1916).